Seeley G. Mudd
Seeley Greenleaf Mudd, M.D. (April 18, 1895 – March 10, 1968) was an American physician, professor, and philanthropist.
Mudd was born in Denver, Colorado in 1895, and was the son of noted mining engineer Seeley W. Mudd and brother of Harvey S. Mudd, also a miner, businessman, and philanthropist. He was eight when his family moved to Los Angeles, California. He attended Stanford University for two years before transferring to Columbia University, where he received a B.S. degree in mining engineering. He later attended Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. degree in 1924.
Dr. Mudd 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, Dr. Mudd contributed more than $10 million to private colleges and universities.[citation needed] Via his will, he created the Seeley G. Mudd Fund 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 Mudd, including:
- Albion College: Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center
- Amherst College: The Seeley Mudd Computer Center
- Caltech: The Seeley G. Mudd Building of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences
- Carleton College: The geology building
- Colby College: Seeley G. Mudd Science Building
- Cornell University: Mudd Hall, the center for Neurobiology and Behavior
- Denison University: Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center, addition to William Howard Doane Library
- University of Denver: Seeley G. Mudd Science building
- Duke University Medical Center: Seeley G. Mudd building[1]
- Harvard Medical School: Seeley G. Mudd building
- Howard University: College of Medicine's pre-clinical science facility
- Johns Hopkins University: Seeley G. Mudd Science building
- Lawrence University: Seeley G. Mudd Library
- Lehigh University: Seeley G. Mudd building
- Northwestern University: Seeley G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering
- Oberlin College: Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center
- Polytechnic School: Seeley G. Mudd Science building
- Pomona College: Seeley G. Mudd Science Library
- Princeton University: The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
- Rice University: Seeley G. Mudd Computer Science Laboratory
- University of Southern California: The psychology and chemistry building
- Stanford University: Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building
- Vassar College: Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building
- Washington University in St. Louis: Mudd House residence hall
- Westridge School: Seeley G. Mudd Science Building
- Whitworth University: Seeley G. Mudd Chapel
- Yale University: Seeley G. Mudd Library
It is a common misconception that the Engineering building at Columbia University was also named for Seeley G. Mudd. It is, in fact, named for his father, Seeley Wintersmith Mudd.
References
- ^ "Seeley G. Mudd Building Information". Duke University Medical Center Library. 2010.
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External links
- Short bio and picture of Dr. Seeley G. Mudd
- Biography of Seeley G. Mudd from the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library website at Princeton University
- Whitworth University Campus Map
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