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Duke Hospital, InterGom Page 5 4 DR. W. C. DAVIDSON was lionorod on February 18, at the ‘ioth Aiiiiivcrsaiy Dinner of the Hospital Care Association, for his work in helping to set up the organization in 1038. Dr. Davison served as a member of Hospital Care’s Board of Directors \mtil last year. He is shown as he received a special Reso lution of Appreciation for Services Performed, from (Jeorge Watts Hill, Sr., of Durham, on behalf of the HCA Board of Directors. Dr. Davison and ilr. Hill were the two men most responsible for gettting the Hospital (^are ])lan established. Building for Aging Center Planned Plans for a three-quarter million dollar building to house the Duke University Regional Center for the Study of Aging have been announced. The structure will provide facilities for study of the problems of aging in its medical, biological, social and be havioral aspects. A construction grant of $388,000 has been made to Duke by the Nation al Institutes of Health. Matching funds, now being sought by the Uni versity, will bring the total to $776,- 000. Preliminary plans call for the building to be erected in front of Duke Hospital where a parking lot is now located near the hospital emer gency entrance. The beginning date depends \ipon lunv soon matching funds are obtained. Tlie structure wdl be faced w'ith native North Caro lina stone to match other West Cam pus buildings. With five stories, in cluding a basement and sub-basement, the building will contain some 35,000 square feet of floor space. The Aging Center was established at Duke Medical Center in July 1957 with U. S. Public Health Service suii- port which will total $1,500,000 over a five-year period. The Ford Founda tion recently augmented this with a $200,000 grant for a sociological-eco nomic study in aging. S1.5 Million Grant for Cancer, Leukemia Study The U. S. Public Health Service has allotted the Duke Medical Center $1.5 million to expand the study of viruses as a possible cause of leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease and related types of cancer. j- , n The work, projected for an eight-year period, ^vill be directed by Dr. Joseph \\. Beard. The Duke Medica Cen ter’s laboratory for study of viruses as related to cancer is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world in terms o personnel, facilities and scope of research. . Asked to comment on the stepped-up program, Dr. Beard said that virus stuches are now generally recognized as the most promising api)roach to the study of cancer and to the control of certain kinds of cancer. N. C. Pliysical Therapists to Meet at Duke Medical Center This year’s spring meeting of the North Carolina Chaj)ter of the Ameri can Physical Therapy Association will be held Saturday, May 2, at the Duke University Medical Center. The all-day meeting will include a business session and election of of ficers, followed by a scientific pro gram on disorders of the resy>iratory system. About 100 physical therapists from throughout the State are expected to attend. The Duke Medical Center’s ])hysi- cal therapy department will be host grouj) for the meeting, one of two held annually at various institutions in North Carolina. TAKE ONK Beginning w'ith this issue, co])ies of INTERCOM will be available in boxes outside the three hospital dining rooms. “Take One” and spread the word that they can be picked uj) at these locations.
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