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1965 The Wellcome Trust Building for Biochemistry and the Biomedical Library is opened.
1967 The Berkeley Library opens. Donors include – Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, the 2nd Earl of Iveagh; the Gulbenkian Foundation; Lady Mayer; the Chester Beatty Trust; George Dawson; Jack Morrison and the Ford Foundation. The private funds raised help leverage Government matching on a pound for pound basis.
1975 Dr AWB Vincent founds scholarships to support summer internships for Trinity genetics students in US laboratories.
1980s The 1980s is particularly notable for a building programme designed to mark the quartercentenary. There is an increase in philanthropic donations during this decade.
The Law School, with the support of Law Alumni, funds bursaries for students from economically disadvantaged areas to study Law. The London Trust is founded, later renamed The UK Trust for TCD. It has received over £1M in donations since its inception, funding a variety of projects such as £100,000 for the Tom Mitchell Scholarship programme and over £50,000 to the Trinity Access Programmes (TAP).
1987 Trinity College Dublin Association and Trinity College Dublin Trust are incorporated into a single organisation - the Trinity College Dublin Association & Trust. Coming up to the College’s Quartercentenary, the TCD Association & Trust raises almost £1M from graduates to pass to College, the largest sum ever raised by a graduate appeal.
1989 The O'Reilly Institute, named in honour of John P. and Aileen O'Reilly, is opened in 1989 by their son, Sir Anthony O'Reilly, who agrees to fund half the total building cost.
1992 The Wellcome Trust funds the Ocular Genetics Unit.
1994 Trinity Foundation is established as the primary fundraising agency for the College.
Dr Donald Panoz and Elan Corporation pledge support for the Panoz Institute, a purpose-built facility for the School of Pharmacy.
1998 The Smurfit Institute of Genetics is established with support from the EU, Chuck Feeney's foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Dr Martin Naughton, the Wellcome Trust and Dr Michael Smurfit The Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) is launched, following an initial investment of €75M by The Atlantic Philanthropies. It ushers in a new era for research and innovation that benefits the entire third level sector, fundamentally altering the research landscape in higher education.
1999 With funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies and Lewis Glucksman, construction begins on the James Ussher Library, providing 750 additional reader spaces and linking the Berkeley and Lecky Libraries into one complex. The new building, which also houses The Glucksman Conservation Department and Map Library, opens in 2002.
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