La Sierra: Alum Makes Multi-Million Dollar Gift for Science Building

A 1949 graduate of La Sierra University, Dr. Thaine B. Price, is an alumni supporter of the school. Now retired from a surgical practice, Dr. Price made a multi-million dollar donation towards construction of a new science building. A ground-breaking ceremony for the $12.5 million science complex, which will bear his name, was held at the school Feb. 28.

Price told the audience, “When I went to school here, it didn’t have all of the amenities. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to help current students learn,” he said.

La Sierra president Lawrence Geraty said the complex will allow the physics, biological sciences, and the math and computer departments to be under one roof. The complex will include classrooms, 25 laboratories, and faculty offices.

A Seventh-day Adventist institution, La Sierra University was established in 1922.