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Show Architects Deliver Sketches of New University Medic Center An exterior view of the new Universtiy of Utah Medical Center Cen-ter came off the architect's drawing draw-ing board giving Intermountain residents a clear idea of what the multi-million dollar Center will look like. A spokesman for the firm of Ashton, Evans and Brazier, project pro-ject architects, said: "The Medical Medi-cal Center is designed to conform with the overall pattern of the University, and to blend with the mountains in background. The exterior is of nice, clean, modern and attractive design. It will definitely be an attraction on the campus. "At ,the same time it will not be a fancy or costly structure. Instead it will be a rather plain, highly functional service unit fitting ' the budget . set . for it. It is designed primarily, to serve present and future needs of the medical education efficiently and economically." Dr. Phillip B. Price, dean of the College of Medicine, said he was pleased with the exterior of the building and that the Center will be both attractive and functional. func-tional. The Medical Center will ' be situated on a 43 acre plot of ground high on the Fort Douglas part of the University campus. It will look out over the lower campus and Salt Lake valley, with the towering Wasatch in the background. The present Cancer Research Wing and Radio Ra-dio biology Laboratory on the site will be part of the Center. There will be plenty of parking space and transportation facilities facili-ties will be adequate. The Medical Center will house the College of Medicine and Nursing, their facilities and research re-search staffs, more students than at present, research laboratories, out-patient clinics, a rehabilitation rehabilita-tion unit, medical library, and other facilities necessary to the College of Medicine and Nursing. A public campaign for $4,010,-000 $4,010,-000 to supplement state and federal fed-eral funds for construction of the Medical Center is underway. Ground-breaking for the Center is tentatively scheduled for mid-April. mid-April. The project is expected to be ready for use in 1962 with the present freshman class of the medical school scheduled to be the first graduates from the new Center. The Medical Center is needed to replace the medical school's present inadequate facilities. In a recent drive, students in the College of Medicine and Nursing pledged a combined total of $236,550 to the campaign indicating indi-cating student awareness of the need for the new Center. A committee comprised of public spirited individuals in the entire area is now busy on the campaign for funds. Committee Com-mittee chairman is Leland B. Flint, Salt Lake businessman. |