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Press Release
Will Ray of Palm Beach County Promoted to Vice President of External
Affairs of The Scripps Research Institute
Photo of Will Ray at: http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/image/072204ray.jpg
La Jolla, CA, July 22, 2004—Will Ray, until recently director of external
affairs for Scripps Florida in Palm Beach County, has been promoted to the position
of vice president of external affairs for the entire Scripps Research Institute.
"After less than a year on the job overseeing fundraising and other activities
related to Scripps Florida, our newly established division in Palm Beach County,
Will has proven such a success that we want his knowledge and talents to guide
the Institute's entire development effort," said Scripps Research President Richard
A. Lerner, M.D. "This recognition of his talent and productivity is very well
deserved."
Ray, 58, will manage a department of 17 when new hiring is completed in Florida
and La Jolla, California, headquarters of Scripps Research. He reports to Douglas
A. Bingham, Scripps Research executive vice president and general counsel, and
Lerner. He and his staff seek funds from corporations, charitable foundations,
and private individuals. In the current year, Scripps Research will raise approximately
$18 million from these sources towards a total operating budget of about $297
million.
"It is a personal honor to serve Scripps Research on both coasts," said Ray, "and
an honor for Florida that California has brought a Floridian on to the Scripps
Research senior management team." Ray will continue to operate primarily out
of the Scripps Florida administrative offices in West Palm Beach, but will divide
his time between Florida and California.
Ray, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, did his undergraduate work
at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, and earned both Master of Arts and
Ph.D. degrees in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After teaching, editing, and administrative positions with universities in
Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida, he was named president and
chief executive officer of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council in 1982, a
position he held until he joined Scripps Florida in 2003.
At the Council, Ray was responsible for planning, funding and marketing local
arts activities, including preparation for funding the Raymond F. Kravis Center
for the Performing Arts (1983-85), developing the capital campaign for the Armory
Art Center (1985-87), founding and managing Florida Philanthropy, a statewide
conference organization (1996-99), and leading successful drives for a tourist
development tax (1982) and a county parks and culture bond issue (2002).
Ray, an avocational musician, will continue to serve as organist at St. Edward's
Roman Catholic Church in Palm Beach, with assistance from other musicians. He
collects pop-up books and is completing restoration of an historic 1925 home
on the Intracoastal Waterway in Lantana.
About The Scripps Research Institute
The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, is one of the world's
largest, private, non-profit biomedical research organizations. It stands at
the forefront of basic biomedical science that seeks to comprehend the most fundamental
processes of life. Scripps Research is internationally recognized for its research
into immunology, molecular and cellular biology, chemistry, neurosciences, autoimmune,
cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, and synthetic vaccine development.
The Scripps Research Institute, established in its current configuration
in 1961, employs approximately 2,900 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, scientific
and other technicians, doctoral degree graduate students, and administrative
and technical support personnel in 14 buildings overlooking the Pacific Ocean
in the northernmost neighborhood of the City of San Diego.
Scripps Florida, a 364,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art biomedical
research facility, is expected to be built on 100 acres of undeveloped land in
northwest Palm Beach County. The facility will focus on basic biomedical science,
drug discovery, and technology development. Palm Beach County and the State of
Florida have provided start-up economic packages for development, building, staffing,
and equipping the campus, scheduled to open in late 2006. Scripps Florida is
now operating out of 8,000 square-foot lab facilities on the Florida Atlantic
University Boca Raton campus. It will move in early 2005 to a 41,000 square-foot
facility now being built by the university on its Jupiter campus.
For more information contact:
Keith McKeown
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, California 92037
Tel: 858.784.8134
Fax: 858.784.8118
kmckeown@scripps.edu
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