Description
The Genius Sperm Bank was created in the
late 1970s by Robert Klark Graham, an American millionaire optometrist.
Officially named the Repository for Germinal Choice, its aim was to
breed highly intelligent people in order to save the world from genetic
decline. Graham believed he could achieve this by getting clever men to
donate sperm.
To be safe from prying eyes, Graham
used an underground bunker in the backyard of his ranch in San Diego,
California. He then set about sourcing the cleverest sperm and managed
to convince three Nobel Prize winners to donate. One of them was William
Shockley, a notorious racist. Accused of being a Nazi, Graham got
slammed in the press. His other donors left him and his dream was nearly
destroyed. Despite this the clients came flocking.
In the end, the Repository was in operation for 20 years
– and responsible for the birth of 217 children.
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