McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Continues their Building Excellence on Franklin Antonio Hall Project at University of California, San Diego By Brian Hoover, Senior Editor
Photos provided by McCarthy Building Companies
Above: Artist rendering of Franklin Antonio Hall, UC San Diego.
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ranklin Antonio graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics and Information Science in 1974. Antonio went on to become co-founder of Qualcomm, where he serves as chief scientist. Among many other achievements, Antonio has provided strategic technical guidance and engineering
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mentoring across Qualcomm’s engineering programs. Antonio supports the Jacobs School of Engineering’s growth at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), including his recent donation of $30 million for programmatic expansion. UC San Diego (UCSD) has named their newest building after Franklin Antonio in recognition of his generous gift.
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Franklin Antonio Hall is an approximately 186,000-squarefoot structure designed from the ground up and is currently under construction and scheduled for completion in spring 2022. This new $135 million structure will support both undergraduate and graduate student learning with six separate engineering departments, including computer science and engineering,
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