The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

Groundbreaking Ceremony

President Zimmer shakes hands with Joe Mansueto, AB'78, MBA'80, at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library.
Photo by Dan Dry

More than 200 people turned out Wednesday, September 24, to celebrate the symbolic first turning of the earth for the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library—an event that broke new ground in several senses. As the crowd gathered under a tent near the heart of campus, speaker after speaker noted the significance of putting a new library on that important piece of ground: putting books at the center of the enterprise. Read more . .

Program

Video of ceremony

Welcome

Robert J. Zimmer, President of the University of Chicago
Photo by Dan Dry

Remarks

Thomas Rosenbaum, Provost
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Text of remarks by Andrew Abbott

Judith Nadler holding a shovel — Judith Nadler, Director and University Librarian
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Text of remarks by Judith Nadler

James S. Crown, Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Helmut Jahn presents drawings to Joe and Rika Mansueto — Helmut Jahn, Director of Design, President, CEO, Murphy/Jahn, presents his renderings to Joe Mansueto, AB'78, MBA '80, and Rika Mansueto, AB'91.
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Groundbreaking

Ceremonial breaking of ground for Mansueto Library — Ceremonial breaking of ground. (Left to right) Helmut Jahn, James Crown, Robert Zimmer, Joe Mansueto, Rika Mansueto, Thomas Rosenbaum, Judith Nadler and Andrew Abbott.
Photo by Dan Dry

Closing

The University of Chicago community celebrates the groundbreaking of Mansueto Library — Robert J. Zimmer, President of the University of Chicago, speaks to the University of Chicago community.
Photo by Dan Dry

The Groundbreaking Ceremony was held on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at 11 a.m., at 57th Street and Ellis Avenue, at the future site of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, beside the Joseph Regenstein Library.