John Hammond

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## John Hammond

### Occupation

Founder and CEO of InGen (Formerly)Jurassic Park Director

### Appearances

*Jurassic Park**The Lost World: Jurassic Park*

### Voiced by

Mackenzie Gray

**John Hammond** is the founder of InGen and the director of *Jurassic Park* on Isla Nublar. After the park's initial failure caused by Dennis Nedry, Hammond invited Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and Dr. Ian Malcolm back to the island to help him relaunch the operation. Hammond Foundation is named after him.

## History

### Background

John Hammond was the creator of Jurassic Park. His company InGen developed techniques for bringing dinosaurs back to life by extracting dinosaur DNA from prehistoric insects trapped in amber. The project was ambitious but due to budget and time overruns, as well as safety concerns after a worker was killed transporting a *Velociraptor*, the investors sent Donald Gennaro to asses the park's viability. To counter this, Hammond invited Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler to see the operation as well as his grandchildren, Lex Murphy and Tim Murphy.

After the initial wonder at what Hammond had achieved, it became evident that all was not well. When Dennis Nedry cut the power, events took a horrific turn with Hammond powerless to protect the visitors from the dinosaurs he had created. Hammond survived the 1993 Isla Nublar incident and his opinion on the park changed, having realized how dangerous it actually was.

After four years, he was removed from controlling InGen and his position taken by Peter Ludlow, his nephew. Hammond organized a team to travel to Isla Sorna to catalog the dinosaurs surviving there. Dr. Ian Malcolm was convinced to join the team, believing that the dinosaurs should be left in peace on the island. John Hammond died before the construction of Jurassic World, but his legacy was remembered by a statue placed in the Innovation Center.

### Events of *Return to Jurassic Park*

Sometime after the 1993 Isla Nublar incident, Hammond and his protégé Cabot Finch invited back Dr. Grant, Dr. Sattler and Dr. Malcolm as consultants to oversee the operations for relaunching Jurassic Park to the public.

After numerous setbacks and attempts at sabotage -which they theorized to be from BioSyn-, Hammond's team managed to restore both operations on Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna, and succesfully reopened the park.

## Trivia

* John Hammond appears in the Return to Jurassic Park DLC alongside Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm.
* John Hammond previously appeared in *Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis*, considered by many to be *Jurassic World Evolution's* spiritual predecessor.

## References

1. ↑ *Return to Jurassic Park*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spielberg, Steven. (Director). (1993). *Jurassic Park* [Film]. Universal Pictures.
3. ↑ Spielberg, Steven. (Director). (1997). *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* [Film]. Universal Pictures.
4. ↑ Trevorrow, Colin. (Director). (2015). *Jurassic World* [Film]. Universal Pictures.