Office of NIH History  
A Short History of the National Institutes of Health
  President Franklin D. Roosevelt  
   
  Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the new NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland in 1940.  
     
  President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the new National Institute of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland, October 30, 1940  
     
     
     
  Office of NIH History | NIH | DHHS