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HAJOR LAND ACQUISITION
LA JOLLA,
Foundation
CA Jan.
acres
at
10666 I'lorth Torrey
of
Nearly
and
undeveloped
in
the
recognition
D.
real- estate
Lusk
development
The southernmost
"The Lita
Annenberg
gift
Hazen,
of
the
Scripps
contributions
The
partnership
land
its
be
a $3.5
and Research
of
existing
current
25 acre
cal-1ed
"The
million
just
under
facilities
gift
Torrey
Lusk
Research
from John D.
rrvine,
Pines
Lusk
calj.fornia
firm.
portion
Hazen Science
Texas,
Center"
of
Trustees,
research
purchasecl
of
of
the
to
and Los Angeles
Board
comprised
its
The Lusk conrpany, an
to medicine,
and George Wimpey of
of
will
a New York
was
Clinic
Road i.n La Jolla.
10-acre
Clinic
from
OF SCRIPPS CLINIC
purchase
$16.1 million
size
of
of
Scripps
l-and across
property
new
william
from
1989
Pines
doubling
the
campus"
17,
has announced the
2I
campus,
TO NEARIY DOUBLE SIZE
from
Gentry
area
honor
and member
who has made numerous
and the arts.
Construction
t'10R8
be named
a $f mil-fion
resident
Wimpey/Gentry
Inc.
will
Co.
II,
of
a general
California
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SCRIPPS CLINIC LAND ACQUISTTTON
plans
Current
foot
l-aboratory
center
for
parking.
for
for
the
a Department
Bio-organic
If
funding
may include
The purchase
for
for
a
slightty
transaction
larger
an 80r000
Neuropharmacology
ds
well
as
buildings,
children
undevel-oped l-and Scripps
for
can be identified,
and clinical
center
call
of
chemistryr
sources
research
and a day-care
new site
of
area
within
the
the
facility
for
plans
a conference
owns just
Cl-inic
and the
additional
scripps
included
a
square
clinic
center,
employees.
trade
of
10.1
north
of
the new site,
boundaries
acres
of
of
the
new
parcel.
The
$19
Lusk
mil-lion
purchase
campaign
and
according
chief
and Hazen contributions
to
site
Dr.
by
officer.
real-
member of
the
Clinic
been committed,
"This
Edwards
1970s'
the
event
said.
it
to
we
fill
estate
it
not
of
sourc€sr
Ernest
civic
a
entire
president
Clinic
Trustees,
have come at
and
W. Hahn,
leader,
and
$10.6 million
has
to
a more opportune
Torrey
Pines
was more than
imagine.
with
private
from
developer,
the
in
he added.
there
could
gifts
lead
secure
leadership
Board of
nWhen we moved
seemed that
growth
decade
could
to
costs
Under the
california
Scripps
the
C. Edwards, Scripps
southern
already
CIinic
development.
Charles
executive
Scripps
were
However,
new health
care
Mesa in
timer"
the
mid
enough space for
it.
took
facilities
less
all
than
a
and research
l-aboratories."
The undeveloped
Road
has
long
been
l-and on the
east
considered
by
I'1ORE
side
scripps
of
North
clinic
Torrey
as
the
Pines
onry
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SCRIPPS LAND ACQUISITION
possibl,e
space
for
enlarging
three
sides:
north
by the Sheraton
the
south
to
the
developer
property
by the Torrey
Pines
Gentry
The
on norntal
system.
Scr ipps
Cl inic
enormous
insight
into
therapeutic,
as well
after
San Diego
57
acres
of
on
to
the
and to
real
estate
Torrey
pines
Petroleum.
Department
and abnormal
confined
Course,
complex.
acquired
Neuropharmacology
Golf
office
market
from Royal Dutch Shell
Pines
is
now under construction,
Center
came on the
George
campus, which
Grande Hotel
by the Torrey
The new site
focus
west
the
planned
functions
of
researchers
brain
the
the
brain
site
they
by
determining
can influence
will
and nervous
believe
function
as abused drugs
for
can
gain
how
neural- cells
and tissues.
Ultimately'
development
the
new Center
A
is
molecul-es
Clinic
(RISC)
and
and
and other
the
of
creatiott
Chemistry,
branch
of
with
at
elsewhere
biological
the
of
the
have
the
the
of
t'l0R8
of
made impressive
pharmaceut j.cals
organic
chemica-
Institute
macromofecules.
This
of
at
bio-organic
particular
concept
the
add.
small
tltree-dimensional
revolutionary
to
investigators
biologyr
than
Research
lead
researchers
synthesis
rather
could
with
nofecular
the
shapes
analyzing
studies
collaboration
Bio-Organic
specific
cornerstone
design,
for
in
Investigators
deternrining
proteins
new drugs
concerned
of
properties.
neuropharnracology
growing
rapidly
chemistry
the
of
the
Scripps
studies
in
structure
of
approach
"rational-"
based on f uI1
is
drug
knowteclge
PagC 4 -_
of
their
SCRIPPS CLINIC LAND ACQUISITION
molecular
The lead
donors
Lusk,
the Arthur
the
vice
functions.
donated
progranl in
real
1984.
estate
of
made a
the
he's
been a nrember
son Wil]iam
joined
to
to
his
is
fatLrer
the
of
establish
board
in
Lusks
Southern
a special
managenrent.
becanre a donor
gi f t
$1 mil-lion
now held
establish
to
by Dr.
to
Scripps
1983, and just
the Research Council- in
immunochemistry,
and $45'000
University
Business
John
The Lusk
of
community leaders,
to
Annenberg Hazen first
when she joined
His
Active
School
Graduate
California
l-aLer
In addition,
million
$4
officer
research
The Lusk Company, and has
of
Cl-inic
recently
since
house these
many years.
for
executive
hematology
for
whictr will
Clinic
Scripps
and chief
Council
the body.
new property
I'larIow I'lemorial Fund.
chairman
Lita
of
$100,000
Research
Scripps
rvithin
the
chairman
board
Company, donated
of
for
have been friends
studies
D.
interactions
Richard
Clinic
four
years
an endowed chair
in
Lerner,
director
many.
The l4ount Sinai
of
the
Research Institute.
Her
lledical
philanthropic
School- in
New York '
in
has named a buildinq
Lita
International
funded
the
the
Childrenr
s
l4etropolitan
York PubLic
her
Annenberg
Neuroscj-ence
Laboratory
of
Clinic
UCLA.
Museum in
.Iong a recipient
honor.
In
of
addition,
Hazen Award for
Institute
Oncology
at
are
achievements
in
Hazen is
New York,
Library.
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at
generosity'
she founded
CIinical
New York,
and tlematology
her
the
Research,
and established
the
Marion
al-so a benef actor
and a conservator
of
Davies
of
the
the
New
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LA JOLLA, C A J a n .
purchased
by
I7,
-qcripps Clinic
st reet
(1ower
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2L acres
ano Resea'rch Foundation
portion
is
photo)
across
the
current
campus at 10666 North Torrev Pines Road in L,a Jol
outlined
of
of
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from
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its