Flawn Academic Center

Flawn Academic Center
The Flawn Academic Center, with the Main Building in the background
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Former names"Harry's Place", Undergraduate Library and Academic Center
General information
Town or cityAustin, Texas
CountryUnited States
Coordinates30°17′11″N 97°44′25″W / 30.286259°N 97.740319°W / 30.286259; -97.740319

The Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (abbreviated FAC, formerly the Undergraduate Library and Academic Center)[1] is an undergraduate library and "technology and collaboration" facility located on the University of Texas at Austin campus.[2][3] The center, named after former university president Peter T. Flawn in 1983,[4] opened between 1963 and 1964.[5][6] Upon its opening, the building featured the first open-stack library on campus for undergraduates along with much of the Humanities Research Center.[5]

Among the permanent displays in the Center's Leeds Gallery is a re-creation of Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner's study along with personal effects. Charles Umlauf's sculpture The Torchbearers is located at the front of the building.[7]

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  4. ^ "Portrait of Peter Flawn hangs in Academic Center". The Alcalde. 78 (1). Emmis Communications: 44. September–October 1989. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
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