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San Diego: Departments
Bioengineering
Biology
Biomedical Sciences
Bioengineering
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Biology
The biology department was initiated with
the appointment of the late David Mahlon Bonner as the first professor
and chairman. Bonner was an internationally famous biochemical
geneticist, who left his position as professor of microbiology
at Yale University to take up the challenge of creating a new
University department in La Jolla. He arrived in December, 1960
and was joined by three other members of the original faculty:
John A. DeMoss, Stanley E. Mills, and S. Jonathan Singer. This
group initiated a research and graduate teaching program in cell
and molecular biology in temporary quarters in Sverdrup Hall of
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, closely allied with a
group of faculty members in the Department of Chemistry, including
Martin D. Kamen, Stanley L. Miller, and Bruno H. Zimm.
After a little more than three
years in La Jolla, during which brief time he made very great
contributions to the future of the University, Bonner died at
the age of 48. He was succeeded in June, 1964 by Singer. Early
in 1965, the Department of Biology and part of the Department
of Chemistry moved into what was first known as Building D. This
permanent building was dedicated in May, 1965 as David M. Bonner
Hall. In July, 1965, the chairmanship of the department was taken
over by Clifford Grobstein, formerly of Stanford University. By
the mid-1960's, the department was intensively preparing its first
undergraduate course offerings to supplement its graduate program.
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Biomedical Sciences
Please see Colleges and Schools, School
of Medicine.
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