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Show Cornerstone Laying Ceremonies Conducted At U. Medical Center Health service represented support sup-port from the federal government govern-ment for construction of the AFL-CIO represented the support sup-port of organized labor in Utah, which was instrumental in securing se-curing legislation authorizing the transfer of the miner's hospital hos-pital fund to the university for construction of the rehabilitation wing of the medical center. The ceremony acknowledged the gratifying response which has brought this the most ambitious am-bitious public fund raising effort ever attempted in the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain West, near completion. comple-tion. Of the original goal of $4,-010,000, $4,-010,000, a total of $3,542,300, or 88 per cent has been realized in gifts and pledges so far. The efforts of many in all walks of life in enlisting support from a wide range of financial Cornerstone - laying ceremonies cere-monies for the University of Utah Medical Center were held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, on the upper campus site, above Fort Douglas. President A. Ray Olpin of the University presided. Speakers included President Olpin, Governor George D. Clyde, Mr. Royden G. Derrick, chairman of the Board of Regents, Re-gents, and Mr. Leland B. Flint, a university regent who is chairman chair-man of the Medical Center fund drive. Other participants in the cornerstone-laying ceremonies were Dr. Philip B. Price, dean of the college of medicine, and representatives rep-resentatives in the major donor groups. Mr. Lane Adams, executive execu-tive vice president of the American Amer-ican Cancer Society will represent repre-sent support received from resources have made this medical medi-cal center unique in the character char-acter of its financial background. back-ground. Accomplishment of the first I phase of the medical center goal is attributed to an unusual example ex-ample of cooperation among private citizens, physicians, industry, in-dustry, foundations, and the state and federal governments. According to University President Pres-ident A. Ray Olpin, "Credit for the success of this campaign so far can be proudly claimed by every citizen of Utah and surrounding sur-rounding states." The completion of the medical center, scheduled for summer of 1964 will bring the finest and most up-to-date equipment and facilities to this intermountain center for medical education and research. The University of Utah College Col-lege of Medicine, the only college col-lege of medicine between Denver Den-ver and the coast, and between Canada and Mexico serves the medical educational needs of an area comprising approximately 25 per cent of the continental United States. foundations (the Eleanor Roosevelt Roose-velt Foundation for Cancer Research, Re-search, which recently affiliated itself with the American Cancer Society, made a grant of $350.-000 $350.-000 toward the development of a cancer research facility in the Medical Center); Dr. Kenneth B. Castleton, of Salt Lake City, who is chairman of the fund drive's medical division represented repre-sented unprecedented support of Utah physicians, alumni of the college of medicine, and other physicians, friends of the medical medi-cal center. President David O. McKay of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints represented rep-resented financial support from churches and religious organizations. organiza-tions. C. D. Michaelson, vice president, mining, of the Ken-necott Ken-necott Copper Corporation, represented rep-resented the support received by the medical center fund from business and industry. Dr. EIRoy Nelson, chairman of the state building board represented rep-resented the board. Dr. Francis L. Schmehl, chief, health research facilities branch of the United States Public |