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Presidential Visits | Campus
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the new NIH campus in
Bethesda on October 31, 1940. This event was held to celebrate NIH's
historic move from one building in Washington, D.C. to its new campus
setting in Maryland on 45 acres of land donated by Luke and Helen
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On June 22, 1951, President Harry S Truman applied the first trowel
of mortar to the NIH Clinical Center cornerstone. To symbolize advances
in clinical medicine at the time, the cornerstone included samples
of therapeutic aids, drugs, and techniques and devices to represent
diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson stepping off helicopter onto the lawn
of the NIH Clinical Center, August 9, 1965. He is being greeted by
PHS Surgeon General William H. Stewart, NIH Director Dr. James Shannon,
and Dr. Jack Masur, Clinical Center Director. |
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President Johnson with PHS Surgeon General William H. Stewart and
NIH Director Dr. James Shannon arrived at the NIH on August 9, 1965,
to sign into law an extension of the Research Facilities Construction
Program. In his remarks, President Johnson noted that “Here
on this quiet battleground our Nation today leads a worldwide war
on disease.” |
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Dr. Theodore Cooper, President Gerald Ford, and Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson
listening to HEW Secretary Casper Weinberger speak at the July 1,
1975, swearing in ceremonies of Dr. Cooper as the HEW Assistant Secretary
for Health, and Dr. Fredrickson as Director of the NIH. |
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President Gerald Ford speaking at the July 1, 1975, ceremony swearing
in Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson as NIH Director. In his speech, President
Ford says of the NIH “Through your accomplishments, NIH has
become a symbol of hope, not just for the patients who are here in
this or the other buildings, but all people, everywhere.” |
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President Gerald Ford observes Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson taking
his oath of office as Director of the National Institutes of Health
on July 1, 1975. HEW Secretary Casper Weinberger administers the oath
as Mrs. Fredrickson holds the family Bible. |
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President Gerald Ford shakes hands with NIH staff, patients, and
guests at the Clinical Center. He was on hand to observe the swearing
in of Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson as the Director of the NIH, July 1,
1975. |
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First Lady Rosalyn Carter, and Mrs. James Callaghan, wife of the
British Prime Minister, are shown speaking with a patient in the Clinical
Center’s Laminar Flow Room facilities. Mrs. Carter and Mrs.
Callaghan visited the Clinical Center on March 11, 1977. |
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On March 11, 1977, First Lady Rosalyn Carter, and Mrs. James Callaghan,
wife of the British Prime Minister, visited the NIH campus and met
with NIH Director Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson for a tour of the Clinical
Center. |
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On July 23, 1987 President Ronald Reagan visited the NIH Clinical
Center to announce his 13-member Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Epidemic. HHS Secretary Otis R. Bowen and President Ronald Reagan
listen as NIH Director James B. Wyngaarden briefed the president on
the NIH’s efforts in fighting AIDS. |
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HHS Secretary Otis R. Bowen and NIH Director James B. Wyngaarden
greet President Ronald Reagan during his July 23, 1987 visit to the
NIH Clinical Center. President Reagan visited the NIH to announce
his 13-member Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic.
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President Ronald Reagan, HHS Secretary Otis R. Bowen, Dr. James
B. Wyngaarden and members of the Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Epidemic. In his remarks, the president said, “I hope
the commission will help us all put aside our suspicions and work
together with common sense against this threat.” |
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President Bill Clinton speaking with HHS Secretary Donna Shalala
and NIH Director Dr. Harold Varmus after the cornerstone dedication
ceremony for the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center on
June 9, 1999. |
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Mrs. Betty Bumpers, President Bill Clinton, and Sen. Dale Bumpers
during the cornerstone dedication ceremony for the Dale and Betty
Bumpers Vaccine Research Center on June 9, 1999. In his speech, President
Clinton praised the Bumpers by saying “It is entirely fitting
that today we dedicate this state-of-the-art facility to them. They
are two great Americans.” |
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On June 9, 1999, HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, President Bill Clinton,
Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumpers, and Mrs. Betty Bumpers unveil the cornerstone
to the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center. President Clinton
called the NIH “one of America’s great citadels of hope,
not only for our people, but also for the world.” |
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President George W. Bush tours the Vaccine Research Center accompanied
by (from left) NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, NIH Director Elias A.
Zerhouni, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, and Secretary of the Department
of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge. |
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President George W. Bush delivers an address on Project BioShield
to a full audience at Natcher Auditorium during his visit to NIH on
February 3, 2003. |
Campus Photos
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Building 1, the "Shannon Building," serves as NIH headquarters
in the heart of the campus in Bethesda, Maryland. |
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Building 10, the "Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center,"
has served as the nation's clinical research hospital since 1953. |
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The Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center will connect to the
existing Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. The new 870,000 square
foot complex plans to open with 240 beds and 90 day-hospital stations. |
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The Children's Inn at NIH provides pediatric patients and their
families a place to stay during treatment at the Clinical Center. |
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Building 16, the "Lawton Chiles International House,"
is a locus for international activities supported by NIH and the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS). |
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Building 38 houses the National Library of Medicine, the world’s
largest collection of medical literature, and the Lister Hill National
Center for Biomedical Communications, the research component of the
NLM. |
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Building 40, the "Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center,"
was established to facilitate research in vaccine development. |
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Building 45, the "William H. Natcher Building," is the
gateway to the NIH campus. It houses a 1,000-seat auditorium, nine
conference rooms, a spacious cafeteria, and underground parking for
visitors. |
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Building 50, "The Louis Stokes Laboratories," provides
250,000 GSF of state-of-the-art laboratory, office and conference
facilities for scientists from nine NIH Institutes. |
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This view of the NIH campus looks north past the Natcher Building
(right) to the Stokes Labs (center) and beyond to the Clinical Center
(upper left). Building 31, the "Claude D. Pepper Building,"
(upper right) provides office space for most Institute directors and
their immediate staff. |
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This view of the NIH campus looks south beyond the Stokes Labs and
Natcher Building (center) to the reflective façade of the National
Library of Medicine (upper right). |
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