- Parran Hall
Parran Hall is an academic building on the campus of the
University of Pittsburgh on Fifth Avenue in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania ,United States . Parran Hall was completed in1957 , designed byEggers & Higgins , architects of theDirksen Senate Office Building , [ [http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=100218 Emporius: Eggers & Higgins] ] with a major addition by Deeter-Ritchey-Sippel and Crump completed in 1967. [ [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=graduateschoolofpublichealth-pittsburgh-pa-usa Emporis Building Number 240363] ] The school was founded in1948 with a $13.6 million grant from the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust. [ [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-119.html Tour of Pitt] ]The nine-story building is the primary home of the Graduate School of Public Health. The building encompasses an entire city block bounded by Fifth Avenue, Bouquet, O'Hara, and DeSoto Streets. It contains a 282 seat auditorium, lounge, administrative offices, seminar rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices. [ [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/bulletins/archive/health/ha.html About the Graduate School of Public Health] ]
Thomas Parran
Renamed in
1969 to honorThomas Parran, Jr. , formerSurgeon General of the United States . Following a career as the health commissioner of New York State and three four-year terms as U.S. Surgeon General, Thomas Parran came to Pitt to help establish the Graduate School of Public Health. He was internationally renown for programs such as one to expose and stamp out syphilis. He served as dean of the school from1948 to1958 and helped develop the University's total medical science program. [ [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittmiscpubs;cc=pittmiscpubs;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=graduate%20school%20of%20public%20health;rgn=full%20text;idno=00c50130m;didno=00c50130m;view=image;seq=225;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset Alberts, Robert C. Pitt: the story of the University of Pittsburgh, 1986, pg. 205, University of Pittsburgh Press, accessdate=2008-08-27] ] [ [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittfact;cc=pittfact;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=crabtree%20hall;rgn=full%20text;idno=1974a073698;didno=1974a073698;view=image;seq=0019 Pitt Fact Book 1974] ]"Man"
The bronze and steel sculpture hanging high atop Parran Hall's facade, "Man" by
Virgil Cantini , symbolizes the human quest for knowledge, with special reference to international research in the health fields. The dynamic composition shows an outstretched, skeletal figure in bronze surrounded by upward-moving, randomly placed peaks of varying sizes. Close-set circular steel bands unify the piece. The peaks represent the elevation of humanity above the mundane or peaks of progress. The circle represents universality. Originally lighted in front to dramatize the features of the sculpture, the lighting was removed when students began climbing the light and redirecting its rays intoCathedral of Learning classrooms or residence hall rooms. [ [http://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/content.php?page=82&context=ContextAbout About the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh] ] [cite news
title=Cantini's art beautifies Pitt
date=2007-10-26
first=Holden
last=Slattery
work=The Pitt News
url = http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2007/10/26/News/Cantinis.Art.Beautifies.Pitt-3058658.shtml
quote=Originally, there was a heavy light in front of the sculpture to dramatize its features, but when students began climbing the light and redirecting its rays into Cathedral classrooms or dorm rooms, it was removed, Cantini said.]Crabtree Hall
Crabtree Hall is an annex to the rear of Parran Hall. It was designed by the architectural firm of Deeter, Ritchey, and Sippel [ [http://ryan.library.cmu.edu/fmi/xsl/AA/browserecord.xsl?-lay=Layout+%231&-recid=6192&-find=-find CMU architectural archive] ] and completed in
1969 and dedicated to James L. Crabtree, head of the Department of Public Health Practice and later Dean from 1958 until 1966. [ [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/bulletins/archive/health/ha.html Bulletins, University of Pittsburgh] ]External links
* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-119.html University of Pittsburgh Virtual Tour: Parran Hall]
* [http://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/ Graduate School of Public Health]
* [http://www.drs.pitt.edu/map/PUBHL.htm Disability Entrances for Parran Hall]References
*cite book | author=Alberts, Robert C. | title=Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987 | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=
University of Pittsburgh Press | year=1987 | id=ISBN 0-8229-1150-7
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