On Jul. 25, 1993, Sandia Corp. became a Martin Marietta company, leaving the AT&T fold for the first…
In April 1993, James Watson resigned as head of National Human Genome Research Institute (NCHGR) following allegations that…
In 1993, Cook County Hospital’s HIV/AIDS clinic was re-named the Sable/Sherer Clinic. The clinic treated one-third of Cook…
In 1993, the Physicians Pavilion at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) opened on Marquam Hill to provide…
In 1993, Oregon Health Policy Institute, an interdisciplinary center of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland State…
In 1993, Jon M. and Karen Huntsman donated $10 million to the University of Utah to establish a…
On Nov. 2, 1992, the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center bridge opened. The 660-foot-long suspended pedestrian enclosed skybridge is…
On Feb. 28, 1992, Madigan Army Medical Center opened its 1.2 million square foot complex, the newest and…
In 1992, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the Pacific Health Research Institute its largest and most enduring…
In 1992, the University of Iowa (UI) Research Foundation received its first U.S. patent on the CMV promoter,…
In 1992, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) President Peter O. Kohler, M.D. announced the appointment of Grover…
On Oct. 7, 1991, the University of Washington (UW) announced a $12 million gift from Microsoft co-founder Bill…
In 1991, the University of Alaska is home to the Alaska Frozen Tissue Collection (AFTC) was founded as…
In 1991, Stoddard Cancer Center, now part of UnityPoint Health, opened at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. In 1990,…
In 1991, the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center was founded. Simmons Cancer Center is built on a…
In 1991, Honeycrisp (Malus pumila), an apple cultivar (cultivated variety) developed at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station’s Horticultural…
On Aug. 18, 1990, the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act was signed into law by President…
In 1990, Connecticut United for Research Excellence Inc. (CURE) was founded. CURE was a statewide coalition of educational…
In 1990, the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill received…
In 1990, Geneticist Mary-Claire King and her colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley discovered BRCA1, the first…
On May 24, 1989, Dr. Kyriacos Costa “K.C.” Nicolaou joined the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic faculty. Dr. Nicolaou…
On Jan. 19, 1989, a team of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the U.S. produced the…
In 1989, Scripps Research Institute’s graduate program was launched, building on the institute’s strengths in the integration of…
In 1989, Thomas Cech from the University of Colorado in Boulder was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for…
In 1989, the State Office of Rural Health became part of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to…
On Aug. 15, 1988, a program advisory committee on the human genome was established to advise the National…
On Mar. 2, 1988, the Landmarks Preservation Board officially designated the Seattle City Light Steam Plant building and…
In 1986, The University of Michigan Cancer Center was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The University of Michigan…
In 1988, the Center for AIDS Research at Albert Einstein Cancer Center was funded by the National Institutes…
On Jun. 12, 1987, a crew of just 47 physicians and 225 allied health employees rallied to formally…