Complex sentence: It 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.
Split into simpler sentences: It was created in 1956 by Dr. William B. Hutchinson. Before the name Pacific Northwest Research Institute, it was widely known as the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation and that name still remains on the exterior of the building.