page_title: Brittain Dining Hall
section_title: Innovator dedications
hierarchical_section_title: Brittain Dining Hall / Architecture / Innovator dedications
caption_attribution_description: English: These are the eight faces engraved in stone on Brittain Hall's Western pillars. The faces on the top row from left to right are en:Leonardo DaVinci, en:Luca della Robbia, en:Eli Whitney, en:Thomas Edison, and en:Michaelangelo. The faces on the bottom row from left to right are en:Archimedes, en:Antoine Lavoisier, en:Isaac Newton, en:Aristotle, and en:Charles Darwin. (en:user:Excaliburhorn, self-taken, 2007)
context_page_description: Brittain Dining Hall is the primary dining hall of East Campus at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dedicated in name of Marion L. Brittain, it serves as the primary dining location for all Freshman Experience and Area II housing residents. It is located between Techwood Drive and Williams Street, facing Bobby Dodd Stadium to its west.
context_section_description: Brittain Hall's Western Side faces Techwood Drive and Bobby Dodd Stadium. This side is the only entrance for patrons and features ten Doric pillars emblazoned with stylized busts of ten famous scientific minds and the fields to which they contributed; these are fields that were present at Georgia Tech during Brittain's 1928 construction. Civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering are represented by Leonardo da Vinci. Ceramics is represented by Luca della Robbia. Textiles is represented by Eli Whitney. Electrical engineering is represented by Thomas Edison. Architecture and the fine arts are represented by Michelangelo. Physics is represented by Archimedes. Chemistry is represented by Antoine Lavoisier. Mathematics and astronomy are represented by Isaac Newton. Biology is represented by Aristotle. Ecology is represented by Charles Darwin.
caption: Top row, left to right: Leonardo DaVinci, Luca della Robia, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, Michaelangelo  Bottom row, left to right: Archimedes, Antoine Lavoisier, Isaac Newton, Aristotle, Charles Darwin
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