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Show Medical Profession Gives Half Million to U. Center he added a wcrd of caution. t "The goal cf the Medical Division Divi-sion is $600,000 which leaves us $100,000 to go. Naturally, I am very pleased with the fact that we have raised a half million dollars for the Medical Center, but I want to remind my coworkers co-workers that there is still much to be done if we are going to o over the goal we have set for ourselves. "We are just moving into an important phase of the campaign cam-paign the soliciting of out of state alumni of our College of Medicine. With hard work on this phase and continued good support by local members of the profession, I am sure that we will go over the $600,000 mark," he said. Pledges and contributions by members of the medical profession pro-fession to the University of Utah Medical Center fund reached the half million dollar mark this week, according to Leland B. Flint, campaign chairman. "I am happy to announce that the medical division of the campaign cam-paign has pledged $500,000 so far," Mr. Flint said. "I want to take this opportunity to thank the many physicians, parents and nurses whose contributions and hard work has enabled the medical medi-cal profession to reach the mark. I believe that this speaks eloquently elo-quently fpr' the support the medical profession is giving to j the center," he said. The University of Utah Medical Medi-cal Center Campaign has a total goal of $4,010,000. Purpose of the campaign is to raise funds for construction of a medical Center to house the College of Medicine on the University campus. Clarence Bamberger Sr., Salt Lake City businessman serving as a campaign vice chairman, give his comments on the Medi-J cal Division report: "I am sure that the eyes of the arpa havp heen on the medical Dean "Mildred Quinn of the College cf Nursing said she was particularly proud of nurses in the state for their roie in the campaign. The backing we now have received from nurses in the slate has been generous. All of us in the College of Nursing thank them for this support," she said. The Medical Center vill replace re-place the present inadequate profession to see how it would support the medical center. Having Hav-ing reached the half million mark with their part in thei campaign not over yet, I believe j the magnitude cf that support is evident. I congratulate thei many workers who have taken part in the medical division and : the many people who have made their contributions." Dr. A. Ray Olpin, president of the University, said, "The generous gen-erous support given by members mem-bers of the medical - prof ession should serve as a guide to all of us in supporting the Medical Center campaign. On behalf of the staff of the entire University I offer my congratulations and my sincere thanks to the medical profession." Dr. Kenneth B. Castleton of Salt Lake City, Medical Division Divi-sion chairman, also praised the efforts of his colleagues in mak- . - ing the half million figure but facilities of the Colleges of Medicine Medi-cine and Nursing. It will be situated situ-ated high on the Fort Douglas campus incorporating the Cancer Can-cer Research building and Ra-diObiology Ra-diObiology Laboratories now on i the site. The University of Utah Col-: Col-: lege of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the ! nation attracting large sums of research money into the state 1 each year. However, the school is at a crossroads it needs the Medical Center to enable it to continue to grow and keep pace with the rapid advances in medical medi-cal science. As the only medical school between be-tween Denver and the coast, it serves a vast area holding nearly three million people. The Medical Medi-cal Center will enable the school to increase its services to these p.?opie and thus is of the utmost importance to the entire inter-vi:t;u:uai;i inter-vi:t;u:uai;i community. |