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...construction of the Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry Building caps 14 checkered years of efforts by the department to secure a home of its own. Twice the University scotched plans for sizable structures because of inability to procure funds--leading Mark S. Ptashne, chairman of the department, to refer to its having been "cruelly denied" in the past...
When Biochemistry achieved department status in 1967, it commissioned renowned architect Marcel Breuer to design a structure for the department. Breuer's plans called for a building fully twice as large as the Fairchild structure...
...when the Fairchild Foundation tendered its offer of $5 million, the department leapt at the offer. One professor, President Bok says, went so far as to tell him, "You either have a new building or you have no Biochemistry department...
...even now, with nine of ten professors--and their entourages of about 16 aides--ensconced in Fairchild, the department's curse of counting its facilities before they've been erected seems to have returned...
...style around town is to be underwhelmed by celebrities. Very Yankee. Says General Store Owner Fairchild: "Putney people are closemouthed: they don't advertise...