Downs-Lauritsen Laboratory of Physics

Downs-Lauritsen houses the offices and labs of researchers in physics and high-energy physics. Nobel laureates with labs in the building have included Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann, and David Politzer. The Downs wing was built with funds provided by George W. Downs and the National Science Foundation. The Lauritsen wing was built with Atomic Energy Commission funds and named in honor of Charles C. Lauritsen, a Caltech faculty member from 1930 to 1968.