The Albright College Science Center, a LEED certified building, is comprised of the Merner-Pfeiffer Hall of Science, the Clarence A Horn Wing and Trustee Hall.

Merner-Pfeiffer Hall of Science was built in 1929 in anticipation of the merger of Schuylkill College and Albright College, Myerstown. An addition, the Clarence A. Horn Wing, was completed in 1961. Trustee Hall is a 41,000 square-foot addition scheduled to open in the fall 2010. A complete renovation of the existing structure will be completed in 2011.

The complex offers more than 78,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory and classroom space. Albright offers the following science programs: biology, biotechnology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, optics, psychobiology, environmental science, environmental chemistry and environmental studies, and pre-professional programs in pre-med, pre-dentistry and pre-veterinary medicine.

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Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer

The Reverend J. Warren Klein, dean of the faculty at Albright, was thrust into the presidency after the untimely death of Warren J. Teel in 1932.

With the Great Depression in full force, and the College bearing significant debt, Klein headed to New York City to make an appeal to Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer, well known for their generous philanthropy both to colleges and the Evangelical Association. Henry Pfeiffer was an accomplished businessman in the pharmaceutical industry, although he and his wife lived very modestly.

The gifts they gave to Albright freed the college from debt, provided an endowment and saved Science Hall. The building was named in their honor in 1936.