Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building, home to the National Veterans Resource Center Special Collections Research Center

glass building with row of flags in front

Construction: 2018

Architects: SHoP Architects

Construction Engineering: M/E Engineering and Thornton Tomasetti

Contractors: LeChase Construction Services

Cost: $62.5 million

Funding: $20 million gift from D’Aniello family; Build America Merit Award

Named for: Daniel D’Aniello ‘68 and Gayle D’Aniello

Space: 115,000 sq. ft., three stories

Occupied: 2020

Notes: The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) was founded in 2011 and serves as a national interdisciplinary institute focused on the social, economic, education, and policy issues impacting veterans and their families. In 2018, U.S. Navy veteran, IVMF Advisory Board Co-Chair and University Life Trustee Daniel D’Aniello ‘68 and his wife, Gayle, announced a $20 million gift to the University to help build the National Veterans Resource Center as the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building. The University was also awarded a 2021 Construction Risk Partners Build America Merit Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors of America. The University won the Building New category, which offers an award between $10 to $75 million.

Construction of the three-story, 115,000 square-foot building began in 2018, implementing standards of universal design and ADA compliance. Amenities include a 3,700 square-foot event space, an oval 750-seat auditorium and multi-media center, classroom and office spaces, a resource facility for student veterans, and a state-of-the-art information lab. Unique design features of the building include a full glass curtain wall surrounding the building, a towering tree-like feature wall outside the auditorium, and rooftop parade grounds.