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Robert "Bud" Cramer is a former Congressman from the state of Alabama. Belonging to the Democratic party, he represented Alabama's 5th District from 1991 to 2009. In this position, he dedicated the NS Science and Technology Center at the site of the "Computer Science Building", which would eventually be part of the Research Hall. For this reason, the research hall was dedicated in his name in 2004. The building was described as containing "offices for Atmospheric Science, research laboratories, meeting rooms, and the Global Hydrology Resource Center computer laboratory to support the extensive ongoing research between NASA, UAH, and the Universities Space Research Association."[1]


Robert "Bud" Cramer Research Hall

Robert "Bud" Cramer Research Hall

[1] University of Alabama in Huntsville, "2005-2007 Undergraduate Catalog" (2005). Course Catalogs. 3. https://louis.uah.edu/catalogs/3

University of Alabama in Huntsville. (2000). 1989-1990 Factbook. University of Alabama in Huntsville.

University of Alabama in Huntsville. (2000). 2004-2005 Factbook. University of Alabama in Huntsville.

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Robert "Bud" Cramer Research Hall, UAH Events. Accessed July 20th 2022. https://www.uah.edu/events/venues/detail/52/1/robert-bud-cramer-research-hall.