Sixty years ago this month, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Caltech as part of the Caltech Y's Leaders of America program, urging students to "rise above the narrow confines of individual concerns to the broad concerns of all humanity."
In this 2017 address, President Rosenbaum discusses the history, future, and critical importance of the instruments designed and built by Caltech researchers.
Allen Davis left more than $60 million from his estate to Caltech. He directed his bequest to support endowed chairs, a top priority in Break Through: The Caltech Campaign.