Business leader, Navy veteran and Smith School benefactor Leo Van Munching Jr. ’50 died on Feb. 14, 2016, at his home in Darien, Conn. He was 89. Van Munching Hall, home to the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the School of Public Policy, bears his name.

College Park, Md. October 6, 2005 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced an extensive project to upgrade and renovate the Smith Schools state-of-the-art educational facilities. Planning for the construction of a new Annex began in July 2005 with groundbreaking slated for summer 2006 and completion in October 2007. The new Annex will add approximately 38,000 square feet of new space to Van Munching Hall, the Smith School's home.