"For what it's worth, Random Hall was originally going to be named "Random House." Dean Wadleigh & I sent a joint letter to Bennett Cerf, then head of Random House Publishers, inviting him to the dedication ceremony. We received a "cease & desist" type letter from Random House legal folks. It became Random Hall -- named, of course, in honor and memory of J. Arthur Random."

        -- Dan Fingerman '69, The Founding and Naming of Random

[This page is currently under construction. Until we find time to write up a comprehensive history for Random Hall, however, feel free to browse the alum recollections and other news scrounged up from MIT's The Tech.]

• Founding and Naming of Random by Dan Fingerman '69
• More on Founding of Random by Rick Huber '70
• A melange of information, including bits on honorary residents, UMOC, and the IM hockey team by Mark Rapacioli '87
• Beginnings of mixed-gender floors and the reasons for the existence of the hall phones by John Elsbree '88
• A bit of R&R by Dennis Atherton '71
• Card playing, original spirit of the dorm, dorm naming, marriages, the "Odd 6" and much more by Ron Michener '71
• Ducks and optimism by James Michener (Ron's brother)
• They got Nixon by Ron Michener '71
• Bits of pure trivia by Ron Michener '71
• Vietnam by Ron Michener '71
• The history of the Clam by Larry Rosen '84