Westminster college receives gift from Sorenson Legacy Foundation.

• Position: Salt Lake Area

Salt Lake City -- WESTMINSTER COLLEGE announced SORENSON LEGACY FOUNDATION has donated $833,000 to help construct a science education floor in the new four-story Meldrum Science Center. The James LeVoy and Beverley Sorenson Research Floor will include integrated laboratory/classrooms dedicated to genetics, microbiology, anatomy/physiology and undergraduate research, as well as faculty offices, a conference room and student lounge. The 60,000-square-foot center is scheduled for completion in spring 2010.

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"The education and discovery undertaken on the Sorenson Research Floor will complement our family's desire to advance science and technology through innovation, which was a lifelong passion for my father, James LeVoy Sorenson," says Joan Fenton, Sorenson Legacy Foundation trustee.

The Meldrum Science Center is the capstone project in the college's 10-year master plan. It will enable the college to...