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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 16
APRIL 30, 1971
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
C0NSTT7OG7tOfiLUNDER}/\/AY—V\lorkmen broke ground
in March for Duke's newest building, a research facility named
for the late Alexander H. Sands, Jr. Mr. Sands was one of the
original trustees of the Duke Endowment, (staff photo)
SUPPLIES ARRIVING-7he first materials for
construction of the Sands Building are nowarriving. The $5.2
million project, begun recently adjacent to the Nanaline H.
Duke Building, is expected to be completed in the fall of
1972. (staff photo)
For Anatomy, Research
Sands Building Under Construction
That big hole in the ground next to
the Nanaline H. Duke Building doesn't
look like much now, but over the next
few months, an ultra-modern research
building will rise on that site.
The building, a four-story rectangular
structure of Duke's distinictive
Hillsborough stone and panels of pre-cast
concrete, will be named in honor of
Alexander Hamilton Sands, Jr., one of
the original trustees of the Duke
Endowment.
Mr. Sands, a long-time associate of
University founder J. B. Duke, served as
secretary of the Endowment from its
founding in the mid-1920's until 1953
when he was elected vice chairman, a post
he held until his death in 1960.
When completed in the fall of 1972,
the Sands Building will house the
Department of Anatomy administrative
complex, faculty offices, and research
laboratories. Also scheduled to occupy
the 108,000-sq. ft. building are research
labs of the departments of medicine,
surgery, and psychiatry. These
departments will use the specially
designed facilities for clinical research
projects oriented to the basic sciences.
Major contractor for the building is
the Daniel Construction Co. of
Greensboro which submitted a bid of
$3,764,700. Added to that total will be
costs for expanding and installing utilities
in the new building, adding furnishings.
and paying architects and engineers for
design work. The final cost is expected to
be about $5.2 million.
Funding for the Sands Building is
coming from a National Institutes of
Health grant, several private foundations,
and the Duke departments which will
occupy it.
The architectural firm of E. Todd
Wheeler and the Perkins and Will
Partnership designed the building to
function flexibly for all types of research
projects.
The design is compatible with the
Nanaline H.Duke Building and plans call
for eventual construction of connecting
walkways between the two.