Sunday, December 1, 2013

Scripps Research Institute



Scripps Research Institute
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences. Headquartered in San Diego, California with a sister facility in Jupiter, Florida, the institute is home to 3,000 scientists, technicians, graduate students, and administrative and other staff, making it among the largest private, non-profit biomedical research organizations in the world.

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TSRI's California campus is located on 35 acres (140,000 m2) of land between the Torrey Pines State Reserve and the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla. In Florida, TSRI occupies 30 acres (120,000 m2) adjacent to the John D. MacArthur campus of Florida Atlantic University in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Scripps Research Institute
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Scripps Research Institute, the Committee for Economic Development, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George H. Conrades is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and was a trustee at the Scripps Research Institute.
Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a VP at the Boeing Company.
W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to Senator Dianne Feinstein, and a regent at the University of California.
John J. Moores was a regent at the University of California, and a trustee at the Scripps Research Institute.
Gerald L. Parsky was a regent at the University of California, and is a trustee at the Salk Institute.
Darlene Marcos Shiley is a trustee at the Salk Institute.
The Shiley Eye Center Rising Star in the West
The Shiley Eye Center is a complex of buildings on the east side of the sprawling UC San Diego campus in the upscale coastal enclave of La Jolla. UCSD is surrounded on one side by the Pacific Ocean and on the other by an impressive array of research facilities. Notable neighbours include the Salk Institute and the Scripps Research Institute. The campus also abuts San Diego's thriving biotech and high tech corridor, home to dozens of start-ups and established biopharmaceutical companies, some of which got their start in the laboratories of UCSD scientists.
Kim Campbell was a trustee at the Salk Institute and a board member for the International Crisis Group.
George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Scripps Research Institute.


















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