Foellinger Auditorium Schedule

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It is the southernmost building on the main quad, and is directly across the quad from the Illini Union.

October 2, 2008, [2]Helene Foellinger: Pioneer in the Industry.

The Board of Trustees at the University of Illinois.

Foellinger's Website, Retrieved October 8, 2008. It is the university's largest lecture hall, and also often hosts public lectures, concerts, and students performances.

Upon graduating, Helene worked for her father’s newspaper, the News-Sentinel.

However, despite some deviations from Blackall's original plan, upon the building’s completion and its two day dedication on November 4th and 5th, 1907, it still was capable of holding 2,500 students, more than the entire student body at the time. Patrons of the new auditorium noticed an odd echo during the dedication speeches and this led the university's physicists to examine the relatively new area of acoustics.Foellinger Auditoirum was renovated in 1937 and 1970. The first renovation in 1937 included a major seat replacement project, which reduced the seating capacity from 2,500 to 1,936 seats (the current capacity). The renovation also added dressing rooms and the ceiling was lowered to help eliminate the echo.

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