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UCLA alumnus Morton La Kretz donated $5 million for renovations and new laboratories in the Botanical Building. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)

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Morton La Kretz donates $5M to Botany Building for renovations - Daily Bruin

Morton La Kretz donates $5M to Botany Building for renovations

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A UCLA alumnus donated $5 million to support the renovation of the UCLA Botany Building to enhance research in plant, conservation and environmental biology. The gift, from Morton La Kretz, a philanthropist and real estate developer, will renovate the building’s entrances and construct a botanical teaching laboratory on the first floor and conservation research laboratories on the third floor.

https://dailybruin.com/2017/09/26/morton-la-kretz-donates-5-million-to-botany-building-for-renovations/

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Morton La Kretz donates $5M to Botany Building for renovations

By Emi Nakahara

Sept. 26, 2017 3:58 p.m.