Caltech Mourns the Loss of Eli Broad, 1933–2021 May 01, 2021 Eli Broad, founder of SunAmerica Inc. and KB Home, former member of the Caltech Board of Trustees, and a Life Member of the Caltech community passed away on April 30, 2021. He was 87 years old. An entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist who earned distinction as a patron of Los Angeles, Broad was an influential advocate for and generous benefactor of life sciences research, public education, and the arts. Throughout his life, he worked to create and foster new businesses, education organizations, scientific research institutions, and museums. At Caltech, Broad's commitment was most evident through his enduring leadership on the Caltech Board of Trustees and his longstanding and continued investments in the Institute. In partnership with his wife Edythe, Broad donated more than $40 million to the biological sciences at Caltech through the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Their generosity helped to establish in 2002 the Broad Center for Biological Sciences, an interdisciplinary campus hub that houses research groups exploring diseases, disorders, and medical treatments and therapies, and continues to provide flexible funding for professors to pursue bold new areas of science. The Broads also endowed the David Baltimore Professorship at Caltech to honor the long-time Broad Foundation board member and Caltech president emeritus.