Using a letter written by Dean of Life Sciences Fred Eiserling in June
1993 to Vice Chancellor Alan Charles, UCLA partially based its argument to sell
the gardens on Eiserling’s assertion that it did research purpose and would be better
suited for another use within the University. In 1965, the University’s Alumni
magazine stated “the gardens will be used for instruction, conferences, and
activities of many UCLA departments and University-related groups, especially
architecture, art, botany, and theater arts.”
According to Eiserling, who served as dean of Life Sciences from 1987
to 2004, the intent of his letter was not to pave the way for the university to
sell the property. “I was never part of the planning operation,” he said. “I wanted
to divest the Life Sciences of that garden... From our standpoint it had no
educational value.”
The full newspaper (it doesn’t break out individual
articles) is at:
http://www.bhcourier.com/downloads/050412Fissue.pdf
(The garden article appears on pp. 1 and 10.)
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