The Rauch Business Center rises at the site of the former Taylor Stadium at E. Packer Avenue and Taylor Street. Home to the College of Business and Economics, the Center is named for the building’s chief benefactor, the late Philip Rauch ’33, retired board chairman of the Parker Hannifan Corp. in Ohio.
The five-story, 115,000-square-foot building, dedicated in October 1990, allowed Lehigh to consolidate the business school’s operations and programs, which had been scattered around campus. It boasts classrooms, auditoriums, seminar and conference rooms and a Financial Services Laboratory. The building, which will mark its 25th anniversary this fall, also looks out on a large courtyard.
The Center became a reality after Lehigh moved its football stadium to the Goodman Campus.
Rauch earned his varsity letters in both football and wrestling while at Lehigh. He also was benefactor of the Rauch Field House on the Goodman campus.
