UC building name changes

[Alan Gould]

Fun facts...

[FROM California Magazine, Summer 2026, californiamag.org ]

Building Name Changes at UC

Student Center <- Cesar Chavez Student Center (Chavez was sex abuser) 

Law Building <- Boalt Memorial School of Law 

(John Henry Boalt made racist statements re Chinese Immigrants & 

supported Chinese Exclusion Act)

Physics North and Physics South  <- LeConte Hall

(John & Joseph LeConte came from Georgian slave holding family, 

served in the Confederacy & had white supremacist views)

Social Sciences Bldg  <- Barrows Hall

(David Prescott Barrows was colonizer of Philippine education system, 

promoted imperialism and white supremacy)

Philosophy Hall  <- Moses Hall

(Bernard Moses wrote racist and white supremacist views)

Anthropology Art and Practice Bldg  <- Kroeber Hall

(Alfred Kroeber collected Native American remains but failed to 

recognize existence of the Ohlone people and employed Ishi, 

the sole survivor of the Yahi genocide as a living exhibit 

in the UC Museum of Anthropology)