Ralph J.Bunche Hall (Los Angeles)

Named for graduate and diplomat Ralf Bunche. Bunch grew up in LA and was the assistant to the UN High Commissioner on the question if Isreal should become a State. The High Commissioner was blown up and Bunche is believed to have changed the recommendation to support Israel independence. When the building was constructed the students hated it so much that the hung the architect in effigy. The high rise section was named the waffle iron because of the protruding windows. The low rise section has an atrium. It was the tallest building on campus and we used the roof for practicing with sextants.