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~r y'.'''May'6; :1964

} ~ .~~~~_.~. ~ ~., =~ ~"Y„~- w~.. k +~' . ;~SLOAN KETTERING IN,STITUTE FOR CANCBR RESEARC~I ' ~ 5 ~ t ~ rt~~!~THE KETTERING LABORATORY ~! ,s.ti t~f '; The Sloan-Kettering Institute" for &Cancer ;Researsh is ` devoted to ~ t investigations toward the better Control and eventual prevention of ` v., . ~ ~~',cancer in ~. ;.- ' ~ was founded in 1945 as the research affiliate of Memorial Hospi ~' tal: Ia July 1960, in recognition of the value of each organization ~' L•~ to the other and the increasing importance of research activities, the : 2 + Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was formally organized. Within this new organizational structure~the Memorial Hospital and ~4r~`-Sloan-Kettering Institute operate as closely coordinated institutions, , `E< y;with the HospitaL responsible for the care of patients and clinical ` Z'investigation and the Institute responsible for basic and applied _` ->laboratory research, with both programs directed toward a single :,~,` maj r b ti h l i f bl f h ` o o jec ve-t e reso ut ono e pro em o canter ,K._ .;. t The Institute wasfounded,.in the belief that; cancer could be con- ',` ,;,; quered if investigators oU; various scientific disciplines could be '- brought'together to attack the problem on all research fronts with ~' , vigorous-, and intensive -application of fundamental and modern ". scientific principles.''Therefore; 'what has now become the largest ;> {, a' `The Kettering Laboratory, comprising twelve' floors and two' bai ~ ments, with 85,000 square feet of laboratory space, will house`three ,~ ~~ hundred employees. Many research programs not directlrelated to,~ ~~-*clinical'activities will be conducted in 'the,R new laboratory. ' These ~,include Ycytology,~"biophysics, _`chemistry;°,;genetics,-~rexperimental ~°~~ ~_.y~' chemotherapy; ;virolog~ +,~ immunology,';,aad environmental cancern _` CN ~Y:°~ l Z Y nesis.~~ 5 ' A+ +:! , ~.~ e second to the eleventh.'floors containrlaboratattes,~offices an <t private cancer research orgaruzation in the world was established ` + t , ~ ~•. In the field of cancer research,,the advances have been many. In the field of basic research, whollyw new information has been obtained :which will form the solid groundwork for•the scientific advances of k tomorrow -~~a ~ As a consequence ' of rapidly ' expanding scientific horizons, 'the ~ i research program of the Institute; is now being enlarged and ex tended. Additional investigators with special skills in pertinent fields are being added to . the staff : and new, . programs, are being 'initiated, Existtng research programs will.be accelerated. j. ~-~'.In order to insure the investigators optimum working conditions as well as to attract brilliant young scientists to its staff, the Institute ~. 'w4 was faced with the necessity of obtaining additional laboratory space "- The Kettering Laborato~ ovhich ~we are ~dedicating today is the result.: ~ ~ ~ .~7p J ~~.,. JI L „~~ ; 'Lr ` V `animal rooms of`34 research sections of the Institute. The first flooc~"~ consists of public areas.and personnel locker rooms. The basement is y~y+« t,'a ~'.t*' assigned principally to' the Animal Section for receiving research ~~,~ R; ~ ~~- "{~wi ;r~,~w~= , animals • and preparing them, their cages and food for use in' the ~,'~-research laboratories?In the subbasement are some facilities of the ' ;~~ ~i Biophysics Division,`~ including space for a'*linear 'accelerator, a~;~~ ;: r~unique high-intensity'source of very high energy electrons.~Also in, ~ this area is''the` air-conditioning system, called :xhe Carrier Steam ~ ~ Absorption ? System, consisting of two 900-ton units, which °' will ~;~~~ ,, t {~'' furnish air-conditioning for the Kettering Laboratory. These are two4;~f of the biggest in the.,city,' and one can imagine theit capacity by . ; ~a '..considering that' they 'could supply the requirements of over' 350 11 seven room houses: These units will be able to fulfill air-condition ing requirements for the Kettering Laboratory,'the original Institute ., building, and•the physiology and betatron building. There is also r~~ A;`' ~ space for two additional 900-ton units, which will furnish air-condi--s` tomng for the rest of, the Center as it now, exists,,at a.yf~uture date ~`~?~ Parking • areas 'are' located behind the building, on the`main floor ` a~ ~,~, ,' ~ level and in the basement. Three passenger elevators, to carry twent + , ~ y~3r tN , ~ passengers each, and'a large freight elevator serve the.building ,-. ~. a?~~ all levels The.elevators are automatic, fast and, quiet ~~' :M*,,•` ~ ti~4h L ~ ~~. A tunnel under 68thSStreet links the Kettering Laboratory with the rt~ 1:, ~ other buildings of the Center, and by a connection through the base ment into Phipps Houses next door, allows protected indoor com i ~ munication between Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and ~`°x ~ ~~t'~' •~; the New ; York Hospital-Cornell complex .-, ~j ' M~.1 !?X_ ~ e :. a.[ -.f ,`'.1. `... . ~ • n V ~~ W~e,` ~*' L 1 1 ~A.~~`{r•