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Davies Children's Center
Marion Davies, motion-picture actress of the late '20s and early
'30s, donated $1.9 million in 1952 for construction of a children's
clinic in the Center for the Health Sciences. The project was an
outgrowth of the Marion Davies Foundation, a charitable nonprofit
corporation through which the star channeled efforts to fight childhood
diseases.
Doris and Louis Factor Health Sciences Building
Philanthropist and former Max Factor Co. vice president Louis Factor
was one of four sons of the founder of the international cosmetics
firm. He began working in his family's Hollywood plant in his teens,
became an industry leader, and, on his retirement 1973, is said
to have known most of the 7,000 employees. He married his childhood
sweetheart, Doris, whose gift after her husband's death in 1975
made completion of the building possible.
David Geffen School of Medicine
On May 7, 2002, entertainment executive and philanthropist David
Geffen announced a $200 million unrestricted gift to the School
of Medicine. The gift is the largest ever made to the University
of California, and the largest single donation ever made to a school
of medicine in this country. In recognition, the school now bears
Geffen's name.
Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics
Research Center
Leslie and Susan Gonda donated $45 million -- the largest charitable
gift from an individual donor in the history of the University of
California and one of the largest ever to a public university. The
Gondas, natives of Hungary, fled Hitler's regime and emigrated to
Venezuela and later to the United States. After finding success
in a number of business ventures, Gonda co-founded International
Lease Finance Corp., an aircraft-leasing firm. The couple created
their family foundation in 1988, dedicated to the memory of family
members lost in the Holocaust. A detail of the building facade is
shown above.
Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Medical Research
Laboratories
A gift from longtime UCLA benefactors Gordon and Virginia MacDonald
enabled construction of the laboratories, which were dedicated in
1991. Gordon MacDonald attended UCLA from 1927-'30 and earned a
law degree from USC in 1933. He left law, became involved in real
estate, and built a large, diversified corporation, The MacDonald
Group, Ltd., specializing in estate financing. His wife made philanthropic
contributions to diverse medical disciplines.
Peter Morton Medical Building
The building originally known as 200 Medical Plaza was re-named
in November 2003 to honor a gift from Peter Morton, business entrepreneur
and philanthrophist. Morton's generous donation was earmarked for
two purposes: renovating and upgrading the busy outpatient location
on the Medical Plaza (750,000 patient visits last year), and equipping
the new Mattel Childrens' Hospital within UCLA's replacement hospital.
Morton is the owner of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas,
and Morton's Restaurant in West Hollywood. He also was one of two
entrepreneurs who started the Hard Rock Café restaurants.
Reed Neurological Research Center
Clarence C. Reed was a Southern California physician whose gift
of land, plus a matching grant of $1.37 million from the National
Institutes of Health, provided construction funding for the center.
The surgeon received his medical degree from the University Chicago
in 1925 and served residencies in Berlin, Vienna and London.
Jules Stein Eye Institute and Doris Stein
Eye Research Center
Jules Stein was a doctor, entertainment executive and philanthropist
who, with his wife and family, contributed more than $1.5 million
for construction of the institute. Stein worked his way through
medical school leading dance bands and later became chief resident
in ophthalmology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He later gave
up medicine and founded Music Corp. of America (MCA), now Universal
Studios, Inc.
The area between the two buildings is known as Stein Plaza.
Warren Hall
Stafford Leak Warren was the first dean of the UCLA School of Medicine
(1947-'63) and director of the Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and
Radiation Biology (1947-'55). Warren was the chief medical officer
of the Manhattan Engineering Project and chief of the medical section
of the Manhattan Engineering District, the operating arm of the
atomic bomb project.
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