In the 1990s, Jefferson was having some hurt feelings. UPenn’s School of Medicine was kicking their asses in cancer research. Though Jeff just finished the 11-story Bluemle Building for the purposes of research, they only received one quarter of the National Institutes of Health grants Penn was getting. In 1996, self-made gazillionaire Sidney Kimmel donated $10 million for the purposes of getting some more cancer researching going. In response, Jeff re-named their cancer research facility the Kimmel Cancer Center.
