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The Gail Borden Building was dismantled in early 2005 as part
of improvements to UTMB's central campus.
Built in 1952 in response to the need for additional
laboratory space, the Gail Borden
Building was designed to house the
university’s basic science departments. It also served as one of many homes for
the university’s library. It was named in memory of Gail Borden, who
arrived on Galveston Island in 1829 and went on to found the first Texas
newspaper, become the first customs collector at the Port of Galveston, and
serve as secretary and an agent of the Galveston City Company.
Although he is credited with a
number of inventions, his best known is probably the process for making
condensed milk.
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