David Bonner was not only the founding chair of the biology department but was also instrumental in establishing UC San Diego ’ s School of Medicine and its novel curriculum .
The academic duo of Joseph Mayer and Maria Goeppert Mayer have a physics building to their name , given that the former is a renowned physical chemist and the latter a Nobel Prize-winning physicist .
Professors
G iven a history like ours , there ’ s no shortage of professors and administrators to be honored with concrete and glass :
George Mandler was the founding chair of the psychology department , and also a leader in the " cognitive revolution " of the mid-20 th century .
With groundbreaking work on isotopes and a Nobel Prize to his name , Harold Urey can add this physics building to his list of accolades , as well as a “ Urey Burger ” once served at the Coffee Hut ( Named for coffee , of course .)
Public health pioneer Faustina Solís has a hall in Marshall College honoring her tenure as the college ’ s provost , the first Latina to hold such a position at UC San Diego .
His eponymous curve first brought mass attention to the planet ’ s greenhouse effect , so it ’ s fitting that the Charles Keeling Apartments held our campus ’ first LEED Platinum certification for green buildings , with elements such as solar panels , rooftop gardens and gray-water irrigation systems among other sustainable features .
And the School of Engineering was named in honor of former engineering professor and founder of Qualcomm , Irwin Jacobs and his wife , Joan Jacobs .
Jacobs School of
Engineering
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