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Show Committee Appointed To Boost U of U Medical Center Formation of a volunteer committee com-mittee to supervise the Public Information phase of the University Univer-sity of Utah Medical Center campaign cam-paign was announced by Marion C. Nelson, who will head the committee. Mr. Nelson announced the selection se-lection of eight prominent Utah citizens to head various sections of the committee. He said that additional representatives from outside the Salt Lake area will be added to the committee in the near future. "The University of Utah College Col-lege of Medicine has a tremendous tremen-dous story to tell the high quality of work it is doing, its national reputation, and its need for a medical center and I believe be-lieve this committee will be able to tell that story effectively," Mr. Nelson said. Named to the committee were: Earl J. Glade, former Mayor of Salt Lake City: Will Bowman. Utah Power and Light Co.; Ted Bushman. ZCMI: O. K. Cline, Sperry Utah Engineering; Roval L. Garff, University of Utah; Dr. Crawford Houston. Kennecott Copper Corp.; John N. Krier, In-termountain In-termountain theatres, Inc.; Arthur Ar-thur McQuiddy, U. S. Steel Corp. and Allan L. Thomas, Station KLUB. Mr. Glade will be vice chairman chair-man and head the tours section. Tours of the College of Medicine will be available to groups in the intermountain region. Mr. Bowman Bow-man will head the press section; Mr. Bushman, disnlav and films; Mr. Cline, Industrial publications; publica-tions; Mr. Garff, the speakers' Bureau; Mr. Houston, Canvasser Training: Mr. Krier. the special events; Mr. McQuiddy, printed materials; Mr. Thomas, radio and television. The committee held its first meeting last week at the Alta Club. Speakers at the meeting were Leland B. Flint, chairman of the Medical Center campaign; Dr. Louis E. Viko, Salt Lake City physician; and Dr. Philip Price, dean of the college of medicine. Mr. Flint told the committee that he and other businessmen in the area had made a thorough study of the College of Medicine before embarking on the campaign. cam-paign. "Utah's College of Medicine Medi-cine is one of the top medical schools in the nation and the campaign is under way to give it facilities that measure up to its abilities." He said that businesses and industries in the area had all indicated their supoprt of the campaign. Dr. Viko praised the College of Medicine, but warned that it cannot survive on its reputation alone. "The Medical School can not stand still. It can either go forward or it can go backward. With the present inadequate facilities there is real danger it will go downhill. The only way in which the Medical School can . go forward now is through tho building of the Medical Center." Dr. Price narrated a slide film which is available as apictorial tour through the Medical School. He described the Medical Center and expressed his hopes for a sucessful campaign. All members of the public information in-formation committee are well known in the inter-mountain area. |