This building was funded through a unique private public partnership, where half of the $150 million needed was provided by the North Carolina voters in a bond referendum passed in 2016. The remaining half was secured by NC State through philanthropy efforts funded by our generous alumni and friends. The building has been named to honor Edward P. Fitts Jr, an ISE alumnus who graduated in 1961 and his wife Debra. And Edgar S. Woolard Jr, another and ISE Alumnus who graduated in 1956 his wife Peggy.