{"id":142297,"date":"2021-05-25T12:22:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=142297"},"modified":"2021-05-26T08:53:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T18:53:10","slug":"eerie-animal-noises-part-of-snyder-halls-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/25\/eerie-animal-noises-part-of-snyder-halls-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Eerie animal noises, world-class research part of Snyder Hall\u2019s history"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s Snyder Hall, scheduled for demolition in June, will be remembered for its world-class research, and for many, being part of bygone era when laboratory animal science was a common practice at universities around the country. As researchers made groundbreaking discoveries, former students and employees from the 1970s and 1980s recall the eerie animal noises echoing through McCarthy Mall, where Snyder Hall is located. <\/p>\n

The five-story concrete building was built in 1962 for $1.5 million. Snyder Hall was replaced in 2020 with the $65-million state-of-the-art Life Sciences Building<\/a> located on the East-West Road end of McCarthy Mall.<\/p>\n

Snyder Hall part of largest campus expansion<\/h2>\n
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Snyder Hall in 1962 (Photo by M. Miyamoto) Click\/tap for larger image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Snyder Hall was among 37 new buildings constructed during the biggest campus expansion ever at 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa during the mid 1950s to mid 1960s. Initially spearheaded by then 东精影业<\/abbr> President Paul Bachman, the buildup was supported by a new generation of Democratic lawmakers, who had just ended a half century of Republican legislative control. Many of the lawmakers who overrode a governor\u2019s veto to fund the expansion with tax increases were 东精影业<\/abbr> graduates and World War II veterans.<\/p>\n

Bachman died unexpectedly in 1957, and was replaced by Laurence H. Snyder, an internationally known geneticist. During Snyder\u2019s tenure as president from 1958 to 1963, 东精影业<\/abbr> doubled the number of students, academic courses, and degree programs offered. He also oversaw the construction of the new buildings and the installation of the iconic pedestrian thoroughfare, McCarthy Mall, one of Snyder\u2019s proudest accomplishments. <\/p>\n

One of the new buildings, the Health Research Institute Building, was renamed Snyder Hall in 1967 in his honor.<\/p>\n

World-class research \"People<\/a><\/h2>\n

Snyder Hall was home to a number of internationally recognized academics performing cutting-edge research in biology and microbiology.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few examples of the world-class research performed there over nearly six decades.<\/p>\n