As a tangible symbol that UCSB alumni will have a lifelong relationship with their alma mater, the Mosher Alumni House has been planned by the UCSB Alumni Association and UCSB. This is a striking facility designed by award-winning Barry Berkus '55 to serve UCSB's 155,000 alumni and to memorialize their achievements. It is also an important link in a 50-year building program that began in 1954 with the original Library and the General Science Building and which has transformed a World War II Marine Corps base into a world-renowned research university. Mosher Alumni House is a permanent, visible presence on campus of the caring and the contributions of UCSB alumni and the lens that enables older generations of Gauchos to focus their attention and support on the needs of today's students. A warm gathering place for returning alumni as well as the campus and larger community, Mosher Alumni House is also a constant reminder to current students of the importance of their impending alumni status. Its meeting areas, many named for alumni whose generosity helped make the building possible, will be used to recruit top faculty and staff members and to cultivate potential donors. Finally, it is the home on campus for the UCSB Alumni Affairs Department and the UCSB Alumni Association from which to carry on their work of serving UCSB and enlisting alumni talents in preserving and promoting UCSB's image, traditions, pride and status.  Mosher Alumni House... the cornerstone of the UCSB campus.