Facilities & Grounds
L.E. GRIFFIN MEMORIAL
BIOLOGY BUILDING
Originally built in 1959, the biology building received a 12,700-square foot enlargement and renovation in 2000, providing a total space of 44,800 square feet. Faculty-student research laboratories were expanded to support faculty research programs and senior thesis research, teaching laboratories were reconfigured, a lecture classroom was built, as were cold- and constant-temperature rooms, expanded greenhouse facilities, and an emergency generator. A 3D confocal laser scanning microscope was also installed. These additions were made to facilities that include an electron microscope, a computerized population biology lab, neurophysiology workstations, a full stockroom, and diverse field study equipment.
Professor Frank Loxley ("F. L.") Griffin was the first faculty member hired in 1911 by the first president of the college, William Trufant Foster. Griffin taught mathematics for 41 years, retiring in 1952, only to return to the college as acting president (1954-56).
