Wolfson Pavillion
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Building Name
Wolfson Pavillion
Description
The Wolfson Foundation is a UK based charity that was established in 1955 by Sir Isaac and Lady Wolfson, and their son Leonard (the Foundation’s Chairman from 1972 until his death in 2010). The Foundation aims to support excellence through the funding of capital infrastructure in the fields of
science, medicine, health, education, the arts and humanities. By the end of 2010 over £600 million had been awarded in grants for over 8,000 projects from the foundation. Trustees are a balance of academics and Wolfson family members. The Wolfson Foundation has given grants totalling
£2,101,170 to UCT (over R25 million) for a computer laboratory, medical and science/technology libraries, the Wolfson Pavilion at the IIDMM, undergraduate and postgraduate chemistry laboratories, a scanning electron microscope and, most recently, an award of £550 000 towards the new residence building. This donation was designated to fund a 22 room suite of rooms for medical students, on the fourth floor of the residence. Dent, D. and Perez, G. 2012. The place and the person: Named buildings, rooms and places on the campus of the Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town. South
African Medical Journal. Vol. 102: 6.
science, medicine, health, education, the arts and humanities. By the end of 2010 over £600 million had been awarded in grants for over 8,000 projects from the foundation. Trustees are a balance of academics and Wolfson family members. The Wolfson Foundation has given grants totalling
£2,101,170 to UCT (over R25 million) for a computer laboratory, medical and science/technology libraries, the Wolfson Pavilion at the IIDMM, undergraduate and postgraduate chemistry laboratories, a scanning electron microscope and, most recently, an award of £550 000 towards the new residence building. This donation was designated to fund a 22 room suite of rooms for medical students, on the fourth floor of the residence. Dent, D. and Perez, G. 2012. The place and the person: Named buildings, rooms and places on the campus of the Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town. South
African Medical Journal. Vol. 102: 6.
Address
9 Anzio Road,Health Science Campus, Observatory
Campus
Health Sciences
Latitude
-33.9433
Longitude
18.46577
Building Number
305
Building Code
3050
status
Owned
