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From 1966 until 1971 this building housed both the Department of Physics and the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and was called the Physics and Engineering Building. It became the Physics Building when CEAS moved to the Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Building in January, 1971.
The Planetarium was named for Manfred Olson (1905-1966), professor of physics from 1931 to 1963. Olson worked on the development of the atomic bomb at the University of Chicago in 1943, and from 1947 to 1949 was a senior physicist at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he worked on Geiger counter systems. After retiring from UWM he became director and lecturer at the Planetarium on a part-time basis. |
1900 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Built: 1966
Cost: $ 2,582,179
Architect: Herbst, Jacoby & Herbst
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