Holy Cross To Name Science Building After Anthony Fauci

WORCESTER, MA — The country's top infectious disease specialist - whose name has been mentioned in the news more than any other infectious disease expert in the past, Dr. Anthony Fauci will be honored by his Massachusetts alma mater this summer.

On June 11, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will be dedicating a new building as the Anthony S. Fauci Integrated Science Complex.

"Dr. Fauci has often credited his professional success to the Jesuit intellectual rigor that was a core part of his Holy Cross education, which instilled in him a lifelong commitment to social justice," the school said in a news release.

Fauci graduated from the school in 1962 and majored in classics with a premedical concentration.

"It's fitting that Dr. Fauci's name will adorn a complex designed to foster integrated learning across multiple academic disciplines – the kind of broad, collaborative and holistic thinking one needs to manage health crises such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola and Zika, or the current COVID-19 pandemic," Vincent Rougeau, the president of Holy Cross, said in a statement. "We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Fauci in such a public and enduring way."

Since the graduating class of 2020 was stuck with a COVID-fueled online ceremony with Fauci as a speaker, the class of 2020 will now have an opportunity for an in-person degree ceremony after Fauci's dedication.

Located in Worcester, Holy Cross is a liberal arts college made up of 3,100 students.