A New Home

By 1970, the thriving program was expanding so rapidly that the facility in downtown La Jolla was running out of laboratory space. Fortunately, in 1971, the Dow Chemical Company gave SCRF 13.2 acres of undeveloped land on the Torrey Pines Mesa. With the help of a major construction grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the support of private donors, a new facility was completed in 1976. Left: Julie Nixon, daughter of President Richard Nixon, and SCRF President Ed Keeney. Right: Keeney and then-San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson attended at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photos courtesy of UCSD Mandeville Special Collections Library.