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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 8
DECEMBER, 1968
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Dr. Knight to Speak
Duke Building Dedication Dec. 9
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NEW RESEARCH FACILITY—Dedication ceremonies Dec. 9 will officially open the
Nanaline H. Duke Medical Science Building.
1000-Foot Depth Si m u lated
In Hyperbaric Chamber
Duke University and the U. S. Navy’s
Experimental Diving Unit are participa
ting in experiments in early December to
try to map out what happens to man at
great pressures simulating those found
1,000 feet beneath the surface of the sea.
The experimental "dive" is taking
place in the hyperbaric chamber, built,
with a capability for simulating the
immense pressures encountered in deep
ocean dives.
Five divers-three from the Navy and
two from Duke-are taking part’in the
project. The men were scheduled to
stay at the simulated 1,000-foot depth
for three days to determine the prob
lems man may encounter as he pushes
deeper into the ocean. In addition, the
Navy tested new deep diving equipment
including a life support system it hopes
to use for salvage purposes at 850 feet.
The divers will be brought back to
normal pressure over an ll-day period to
avoid the dangerous bends of deep di
ving.
The project is one of the first satura
tion dives to the 1,000-foot level. While
a few other dives have been made to
1,000 feet, mostly in hyperbaric cham
bers, they have been "bounced" after
only a few minutes duration.
None has involved extensive tests of
man's physiological responses to these
depths that the Navy-Duke project en
tails.
The five divers are Deimar L. Shelton,
hyperbaric chamber operator and tech
nician; Frank J. Falejczyk of Scott Avia
tion Corp., working with Duke; and Lt.
Cmdr. James Kelly, M. D., Chief Francis
J. Smelko and Chief Murray Cato of the
Navy Experimental Diving Unit.
Nanaline H. Duke, wife of the Uni
versity's founder, James B. Duke, will be
honored Dec. 9 as Medical Sciences I is
officially named the Nanaline H. Duke
Medical Science Building.
Dedicatory ceremonies, to begin at
2 p.m. in the building's first-floor lecture
room, will include a talk by Duke Pres
ident Douglas Knight. Dr. Barnes Wood-
hall, associate provost for medical affairs,
will present introductory remarks and the
Rev. James T. Cleland, dean of the
chapel, will give the invocation.
The new facility, begun in May, 1966,
and occupied in July of this year, houses
research facilities for the Department
of Biochemistry-Genetics under Chairman
Phillip Handler and the Department of
Physiology-Pharmacology under Dr, Dan
iel C. Tosteson, chairman.
"The Nanaline H. Duke Building pro
vides a superb environment for the cre
ative researches of scientists," according
to a joint statement by Drs. Handler and
Tosteson. The departmental chairmen
stressed the facility's adaptability to a
variety of future projects.
Constructed of precast concrete pan
els and Duke's traditional Hillsborough
stone, the building is designed with four
laboratory towers, an administrative wing
and a central research area. The structure
is the cornerstone of the new medical
campus as projected in long range plan
ning.
The four research towers offer a vari
ety of space arrangements to permit
experiments which have different de
mands, from large pieces of optical equip
ment to electronic devices and comput
ers. Laboratory areas have been designed
to provide flexibility for modifications to
meet future research space requirements.
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