Background
Mudd was born in Denver, Colorado in 1895, and was the son of noted mining engineer Seeley W. Mudd and Della Mullock Mudd.
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Seeley Greenleaf Mudd
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He attended Stanford University for two years before transferring to Columbia University, where he received a Bachelor of Surgery degree in mining engineering. He later attended Harvard Medical School where he received his Doctor of Medicine
Career
April 18, 1895 – March 10, 1968) was an American physician, professor, and major philanthropist to academic institutions. He was eight when his family moved to Los Angeles, California. degree in 1924. Doctor practiced cardiology in Los Angeles before joining the faculty at the California Institute of Technology, where he did work on cancer research.
He was later professor and dean at the School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
During his lifetime, Doctor contributed more than $10 million to private colleges and universities. Via his will, he created the Seeley G. Foundation to continue the work "that educational excellence be supported in the form of grants for the construction of buildings for teaching, learning, and research".
Several major academic institutions have buildings named in honor of, including: Albion College: Seeley G. Learning Center Amherst College: The Seeley G. Building Caltech: The Seeley G. Building of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences ("South ") Carleton College: Seeley G. Hall of Science, which houses the chemistry and geology departments Claremont School of Theology: Colby College: Seeley G. Science Building Cornell University: Hall, the center for Neurobiology and Behavior Denison University: Seeley G. Learning Center, addition to William Howard Doane Library University of Denver: Seeley G. Science building Duke University Medical Center: Seeley G. building Harvard Medical School: Seeley G. building Howard University: College of Medicine"s pre-clinical science facility Johns Hopkins University: Seeley G. Science building Lawrence University: Seeley G. Library Lehigh University: Seeley G. building Massachusetts Institute of Technology:Seeley G. Building Northwestern University: Seeley G. Library for Science and Engineering Oberlin College: Seeley G. Learning Center Pacific School of Religion: Seeley G. building Pitzer College: Seeley G. Library (now part of the Honnold/ Library) Polytechnic School: Seeley G. Science building Pomona College: Seeley G. Science Library Princeton University: The Seeley G. Manuscript Library Rice University: Seeley G. Computer Science Laboratory University of Southern California: The psychology and chemistry buildings. The medical research building on the health sciences campus Stanford University: Seeley G. Chemistry Building Vassar College: Seeley G. Chemistry Building, built in 1984 Washington University in Saint Louis: Seeley G. House residence hall, as well as the former Seeley G. Hall for the School of Law (an award-winning building for its use of concrete that ultimately proved unpopular with the University community, demolished 25 years after its 1972 dedication) The Webb Schools: Seeley G. Auditorium, remodeled and renamed in 2013.
Westridge School: Seeley G. Science Building Whitworth University: Seeley G. Chapel Willamette University: Seeley G. Building Yale University: Seeley G. Library lieutenant is a common misconception that the Engineering building at Columbia University was also named for Seeley G.
lieutenant is, in fact, named for his father, Seeley Wintersmith.
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