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Spring 2009 Volume Twelve / Number One SPRING 2009 VOLUME TWELVE / NUMBER ONE NON-PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT 751 SAN DIEGO, CA A PUBLICATION OF THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Office of Communications—TPC30 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, California 92037 www.scripps.edu PUBLISHER: Keith McKeown EDITOR: Mika Ono DESIGN: Studio 32 North PRODUCTION: Studio 32 North Kevin Fung COVER ILLUSTRATION: Tatsuro Kiuchi INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS: Meg Mateo Ilasco PHOTOGRAPHY: James McEntee PRINTING: Precision Litho Copyright © 2009. Published by TSRI Press™ THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Scripps Florida : Donors IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF DONORS We are grateful to the following Florida donors, and others who have made gifts to advance the work of Scripps Research in Florida. This list includes gifts of $10,000 and above made from January 2004 to February 2009, including in-kind gifts. VOLUME TWELVE / NUMBER ONE SPRING 2009 $ 2 MILLION+ $ 25,000 to $ 99,999 Rodney B. † and Marjorie S. Fink * Amgen / Bank of America / J. Gary* and Dawn Burkhead / C/Max Capital / Hannah S. & Samuel A. Cohn Memorial $ 1,000,000 to $ 1,999,999 Foundation (Gerald Cohn*) / Edwards Angell Palmer & FEATURES: Alafi Family Foundation / George H.* and Patsy Conrades / Dodge / Ernst & Young / Florida Power & Light / Florida Lawrence J. † and Florence A. De George Charitable Trust / Trend / Freeman Foundation / Greenberg Traurig / Wil- Alexander W.* and Renate E. Dreyfoos / George T. and liam A. Haseltine Charitable Foundation / Ivax Corpora- Wilma A. Elmore / Elizabeth Fago / Phillip* & Patricia tion / Dr. David and Ingrid Kosowsky / Lehman Brothers / 01 SCRIPPS FLORIDA OPENS : The Lehman Brothers Foundation / National City, now MOre THAN FIVE Years IN THE maKING, Frost Philanthropic Fund / NLM Family Foundation a part of PNC / NeoRx / Northern Trust Bank of Florida THE NEW CAMPUS HAS ARRIVED (Nancy Lurie Marks) / Office Depot N.A. / Quantum Foundation / Cecile Sardo / Seacoast $ 500,000 to $ 999,999 National Bank / Siemens One / The Unforgettable Fund / Anonymous Non-Profit Foundation / Arthritis Foundation The Weitz Company / Workforce Alliance Mid-East Region / The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust / Pfizer $ 10,000 to $ 24,999 10 SCRIPPS FLORIDA SPEAKS OUT : American Management Services / B.E. Aerospace / John A ROUNDtaBLE DISCUSSION $ 100,000 to $ 499,999 C. Bills Enterprises / The Breakers Resort, Palm Beach / Conquer Fragile X Foundation (Harris Hollin) / The Factor The Conrades Family Fund / E. Llwyd and Diana Eccle- Foundation (Kim Madeiros) / Frenchman’s Creek Women stone / Mark A. and Lisa Emalfarb / Fisher Scientific / For Cancer Research / Amin J.* and Julie Khoury / Esther Florida High Tech Corridor Council / The GEO Group / B. O’Keeffe Foundation / Dr. Charles and Juliette Weiss- Dr. J. John and Judy Goodman / Gunster Yoakley & mann / Whitehall Foundation Stewart / Herbert S. and Diane Hoffman / Korn/Ferry International / Lake Worth Merchandise Mart / Menin Development Co. / William Meyer Private Charitable ALSO: Foundation / Minto Communities / National Fragile X Foundation / Publix Super Markets Charities / 16 THE DISCOVERIES OF TOMORROW Sun-Sentinel / Vecellio Group / Wachovia / Weitz-DPR This issue of Endeavor magazine celebrates the opening of the Scripps Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute. Scripps Florida, which was made possible by a one-time appro- * Member of the Board of Trustees priation of federal economic development funds by the State of † Deceased Florida and substantial support from Palm Beach County, is dedicated to expanding biomedical research, educating future 21 scientists, and improving human health. Scripps Florida researchers focus on basic biomedical science, PHIL SCRIPPS ReseARCH ACCOUNTABILITY A drug discovery, and the application of the latest research tech- N T nology to the drug discovery process. Areas of research include We want you to support The Scripps Research Institute with confidence. As one of the country’s largest, private, non-profit research H R cancer biology, infectious disease, aging and metabolism, neu- organizations, we are proud of the way we manage our resources, private funding and assets. Accountability to our donors has earned OPY roscience, chemistry, and molecular therapeutics. us the highest possible four-star rating from Charity Navigator — the nation’s most-utilized evaluator of charities — eight years in a row. Less than one percent of charities nationwide have received the four-star rating for eight straight years. This prestigious ranking is given to only those organizations that exceed industry standards and outperform most charities. JUPITER, FL. Scripps Florida Opens MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING, THE NEW CAMPUS HAS ARRIVED It took nearly a dozen workers all day on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 to put up the 50 x 145 foot tent for the official opening of Scripps Florida the next day. They started at eight in the morning and finished at sundown, tacking down the blue sparkled carpet stretched over a temporary wooden floor, arranging the 10 potted palms and putting a raised platform in the front for the dignitaries and another in the back for the television cameras. In between, they set out some 850 folding chairs for guests. The next morning, a program and an ornate box filled with chocolates would be placed on each chair. > 01 SCRIPPS FLORIDA OPENS Opening Ceremonies : 2-26-09 The tent was set up on an empty, grassy field close to the new Scripps Florida facilities — three distinctive state-of-the-art buildings providing 350,000 square feet of laboratory space. Until just a few months ago, the field was a crowded construc- tion village filled with trailers, pick-up trucks, stacked pallets, and posses of men and women in hardhats plowing the dust. In another year or so, the same field will become the home of a new Max Planck Society facility, the renowned German academy’s first in the United States, drawn to the site by the proximity of Scripps Florida and its innovative researchers. The morning of the Scripps Florida opening ceremonies on Thursday, February 26, 2009, brought a surging breeze with the perfect blue skies as the guests started to arrive. They in- cluded Palm Beach County Commission Chairman Jeff Koons, Commissioner Karen Marcus and other members of the Palm Beach County Commission, State Senator Ken Pruitt, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) President Frank Brogan, mem- bers of the Scripps Research Board of Trustees and Board of Scientific Governors, and Scripps Florida faculty, staff, sup- porters, and friends. Florida Governor Charlie Crist, whose flight had been delayed, made a dramatic entrance later in the program. The Jupiter High School “Spirit of Jupiter” Marching Band opened the ceremonies with a stirring version of the national anthem and a drum-powered rendition of “The Horse,” a late 60s soul instrumental. Flag duties were handled by the William T. Dwyer High School Junior ROTC. “The road has been long and sometimes bumpy, but today we all join together to celebrate the completion of this mag- nificent campus,” said Scripps Research President Richard A. Lerner, M.D. “We are open for business.” Lerner reiterated his confidence in Scripps Florida and the groundbreaking advances its investigators will produce. “It is our responsibility, those of us who have some admin- istrative responsibility, to build the houses worldwide where science can be done,” he said. “What we can promise is that something important will happen in those buildings. We don’t yet know exactly what, but that’s how the scientific enterprise Above: works. It is the unpredictability of science that makes it so Scripps Florida > prepares to celebrate exciting and so interesting.” the opening of its 02 permanent new campus. SCRIPPS FLORIDA OPENS “We are open for business. RICHARD A. LERNER, M.D. “As we face growing economic challenges, we must support the growing biomedical and life sciences industries. GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST The Scripps Florida campus is dedicated to expanding bio- collaboration with Florida Atlantic University, to offer instead medical research, educating and training future scientists, and 30 acres of the FAU campus and an adjacent 70-acre property. improving human health. In 2005, the first laboratory building to temporarily house Scripps Florida researchers opened on the FAU campus, with MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE a second building added in 2006. Construction of the new The Scripps Florida opening marks a milestone in the history Scripps Florida campus, adjacent to the temporary quarters, of The Scripps Research Institute. Plans to establish Scripps got under way in 2006. The two laboratory buildings vacated Florida were first announced in October 2003, after months by Scripps Florida will now be used to house Max Planck So- of discussions with then-Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who was ciety scientists while their facilities are constructed. Ultimately, looking to expand the state’s economic development in bio- these buildings will revert to FAU for science education. 04 technology. To date, total investment in Scripps Florida from A three-month move-in process to the bright new Scripps the state and from Palm Beach County has been nearly $500 Florida buildings — which were completed on time and on million, which, in addition to supporting the construction of budget — was completed in early 2009. The buildings currently the new campus, enables the recruitment of top scientists from house about 300 employees. around the world. In his remarks at the opening ceremonies, Governor Crist Initial plans called for construction on a parcel of land predicted that thousands of jobs would eventually be created made available by Palm Beach County in the western part because of the state’s investment in Scripps Florida. of the county, but legal and other issues caused the county, in “As we face growing economic challenges, we must support SCRIPPS FLORIDA OPENS Top and second from top: The audience listens as Frank Brogan, president of Florida Atlantic University, expresses his delight at the establish- the growing biomedical and life sciences industries,” Crist said. ment of Scripps Florida on the university’s Jupiter campus.
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