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New Name for Bennett
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When Bennett Hall emerges from its renovation this fall, it will bear the name Fisher-Bennett Hall in recognition of a leadership gift from Richard L. Fisher, C’63, G’67. It contributes to a $23 million plan to renovate the 81-year-old building, which has been home to Penn’s College for Women, the English department and several humanities programs. The renovation will add a lecture hall, undergraduate study center and seminar rooms; refurbish classrooms; house the Cinema Studies Program; and offer teaching and rehearsal space for the music department.
“Bennett Hall was my home at Penn,” says Fisher. “As an English major and graduate student, it was in this building that I learned about myself and the world. Later, when I taught in Bennett Hall, I was able to share this knowledge with my students. ... Today’s faculty and students deserve the best environment for their own work.”
Fisher, a senior partner of the New York real estate development firm Fisher Brothers, earned a bachelor’s degree with honors and completed coursework for a doctorate. Before turning to real estate, he was a teaching fellow in the department and wrote for “The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin” and “Philadelphia Magazine.” He is a former trustee and SAS overseer whose gifts include the Richard L. Fisher Professorship in English