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  • Generosity from Within Devendra Lal first visited Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as a post doc in 1958. Now, after nearly 50 years of contributing to basic research at Scripps, he's making a different kind of contribution to the institution a donation of $500,000.
  • Old Friends to the Rescue The foundation that provided the original pledge that made the Birch Aquarium at Scripps a reality and two funds that have supported Scripps Oceanography's aquarium for decades have given new gifts to modernize and restore aquarium components.