About the Knowledge Center: Donors and Named Locations

The building is named in recognition of a combined $10 million gift from Charles Mathewson and International Game Technology. Private donations account for more than $22 million of the $75 million facility. As you explore the building, you will discover that many of the locations of interest have received the names of those persons or organizations that made the Knowledge Center possible.

Named Locations

• First Floor
• Carol Franc Buck Foundation Sculpture Garden
• Leslie Harvey & Robert George Whittemore Tower Entry and Reception Gallery
• Marilyn R. Melton Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
• Wells Fargo Auditorium
• Luther Mack & Frank Hawkins Stage
• Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation Classroom
• Frances C. & William P. Smallwood Studio Classroom
• Sierra Pacific Dynamic Media Lab
• Marshall R. Matley Foundation Multimedia Center
• Mallory Foundation Viewing Room
• AT&T Computer Instruction Lab
• Second Floor
• Bretzlaff Foundation Research & Computing Help Desk
• E. L. Cord Foundation Atrium
• Marshall R. Matley Foundation Library Services Center
• Sierra Pacific Book Nook
• Frank & Joan Randall Rotunda
• Clark J. Guild, Jr. Family Stairway
• Third Floor
• Clarence & Martha Jones Special Collections and University Archives
• Patricia L. & C. I. Chase Tower Reading Room
• Fourth Floor
• Paul & Gwen Leonard Faculty & Graduate Reading Room
• Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Rotunda Reading Room
• Alan Bible Conference Room
• Robert S. & Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation Conference Room
• Fifth Floor
• William F. & Nadine M. Pillsbury Tower Reading Room