John Hammond is the founder of ImGen and creator and owner of
Jurassic Park a park of genetically engineered dinosaurs located on
the island, Isla Nublar. After an employee was killed by one of the
Velociraptors in the park, Hammond was pressured by investors to
certify the park safe before they would sign off on the investment.
Hammond asked
Dr. Alan Grant, a paleontologist, Dr. Ellie Sattler, a
paleobotanist, and
Dr. Ian Malcolm, a mathemetician and self described chaotician
to tour the park and sign off on the project. After a saboteur
shuts off the electrical power to the park, the dinosaurs escape
wreaking havoc on Jurassic Park, killing several people and
injuring Dr. Malcolm. None of the doctors sign off on the project
and the island is quarantined in the hopes that the dinosaurs won't
expand beyond their present range on the island.