$20 MILLION SUPPORTS SECOND SCIENCE
BUILDING
There he goes again.
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A new gift from San Francisco philanthropist Lorry Lokey
more than doubles his initial investment in the UO’s
new Integrative Science Complex.
Lokey’s latest contribution of up to $15 million
brings his total commitment for the two-phase project
to $25 million ($5 million for Phase One and $20 million
for Phase Two). It also propels the university toward
its goal of raising $60 million for Phase Two, a new building
neighboring Phase One, Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories, an
underground nanoscience facility.
“A matching [private] contribution of this magnitude
is absolutely critical in attracting the state legislature’s
support for bonding authorization,” said Richard
Linton, UO vice president for research and graduate studies.
Phase Two of the project will require up to $30 million
in state G bonds—the largest such single request
in the university’s history.
“The remaining $10 million required to round out
financing of this building must come from additional nonstate
and private sources,” Linton said.
The university is in the vanguard of institutions advancing
integrative science: discipline-spanning teams of leading
professors and researchers exploring critical scientific
frontiers.
“This project is extremely important to the state
as well as the university,” Linton said. “By
bringing our renowned cognitive neuroscientists into a
research environment shared with their colleagues in other
fields, we will sustain Oregon as a leader in advancing
the understanding of the mind and brain and in translating
that knowledge into improved human health and performance.”
Linton said a faculty committee would soon begin work
on defining program priorities for Phase Two, a multi-story
structure of up to 100,000 square feet. Plans call for
state-of-the-art research labs, classrooms, and meeting
space along with shared facilities for sophisticated instrumentation.
Meanwhile, other gifts and corporate leases are helping
the College of Arts and Sciences complete the outfitting
of Lokey Laboratories, which will open by the end of this
year. Commitments to date include $400,000 from the Alice
C. Tyler Perpetual Trust, $50,000 from Jeffery D. Loomis
’83 of San Francisco, and a three-year lease agreement
valued at about $200,000 by Voxtel, Inc., of Beaverton,
Oregon, for space in the Partnership Labs.
Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories is a signature research center
associated with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies
Institute (ONAMI).
—Melody Ward Leslie
