[2] It was built with a gift from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and funds from the General State Authority.
[4] The wall panel behind the circulation desk of the library features a mural carved by Edward Catich.
[10] In 2012, the Mascaro Center addition to Benedum Hall won the International Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Design Award in the Educational Facility Category.
A $39.9 million Phase II of renovations to the subbasement, 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 8th floors, as well as the creation of a new 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) mezzanine level, was approved in November, 2010.
[13] Former President, CIA Director, and Ambassador George H. W. Bush spoke at the hall during a March 15, 1979 meeting.