Mr. Ratha gave the village high school a new classroom, which he intended as a science hall.
The dining room, like the lobby of the science hall and the forecourt of the school's three original buildings, smelled solid without being stagnant.
The north end, a good long walk from the museum, zoo, science hall and sports stadiums, is the site of soccer and cricket fields.
Lawrence was not only a great scientist whose discoveries changed the course of science, hall officials said, but a passionate advocate of science education for everyone.
When the $12 million science hall opens in the spring of 2002, museum officials hope they can convince a generation of New Jersey children (and their parents) that science is not another word for "boring".
To that end, Dr. Ismael Calderon, the museum's director of science, said that the science hall was planned as "an intense, comprehensive high-tech, immersive teaching experience for children and families".
Mary Sue Price, the museum's director, said that when the science hall opens to the public on Nov. 29 after almost a decade of planning, "the museum will be whole again".
The college hired the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings E. Merrill to develop a master plan and to design a 14‐story Science Hall that was opened last fall and that now dominates the campus, across the street from the stadium.
The Newark Museum will be incorporating the geological media presentations created by Dr. Gates and his team in the institution's new $14 million natural science hall, scheduled to open in November.
More important, Notre Dame's bowl revenue this year will go toward undergraduate and graduate financial aid, library acquisitions and scientific instruments for its new science hall, benefiting all of its students.
