John S. Wold ‘38, his wife Jane, and President Stephen Ainlay cut the ribbon to welcome the Union community to the new Peter Irving Wold Center. The Center is a gift donated by the Wold family in honor of John’s father, Peter, who was chair of Union’s physics department from 1919 to 1945.

Wold Center open for business

With three former Union presidents and two congressmen in attendance, the campus community gathered at Hull Plaza at 1 p.m. on Saturday for the formal dedication of the new Peter Irving Wold Center.