November 3
New Houses Break Ground
Ground was broken on Devon’s two new houses yesterday. Principal benefactor Foster Jennison, Class of ’62, and a host of other luminaries including Havenport mayor Sal DeSanto and Governor Sullivan Lodge III, Class of ’75, joined President Strauss for the ceremony.
The new houses will allow Devon to expand its enrollment by 15 percent and will eventually accommodate just under eight hundred undergraduates. Designed by Soren O. Pedersen Associates, the houses are described as a “contemporary interpretation of the traditional Gothic style.” All told, the houses have over half a million square feet of floor space. Unnamed as yet, the project is expected to take two years.