History
It was the first such institute in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and was created in 1956 by Dr. William B. Hutchinson under its former name the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation (PNRF); that name still remains on the exterior of the building. Its name evolved to the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) until 2008 when the Institute added Diabetes to its name making it the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute. In 1972, PNRF received federal funding to develop a division called Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center into an independent research institute: This institute was opened 3 years later.
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