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Holton Dedicates Center;
Calls For Further Research

By JESSICA SMITH

CD/Arthur Laurent

Former Gov. Mills E. Godwin and Gov. Linwood A. Holton

Addressing a near-capacity
crowd, Virginia Governor
Linwood A. Holton
emphasized the need for
continued medical research at
dual dedication ceremonies
Friday for both the Josephine
McLeod Nursing Education
Building and the Harvey E.
Jordan Medical Education
Building.

Also participating in the
dedication ceremonies were
Virginia Governor Mills
Godwin, University
President Edgar F. Shannon
Jr., and Dr. Kenneth R.
rpell, vice president for
health services, Dr. Robert Q.
Martson, National Institutes of
Health Director, and Dr. Faye
G. Abdellah, U.S. Public
Health Service assistant
surgeon general and chief nurse
officer

After a brief address from
President Shannon, Dr Crispell
told the crowd, "The one way
to solve health care is to
research health problems."

Reaffirming Dr. Crispell's
remarks. Governor Holton said,
"In the area of miracles, we
must look at cancer, at
onary heart attacks These
two buildings reinforce the
idea that research will continue
in the Commonwealth."

Mr. Holton knowledged
the increasing problems of
expansion, but expressed the
need for more rural doctors in
remote counties of the state.
He said that he hoped an
enrollment of
medical students will help
llevite the scarcity of doctors
in Virginia.

Following Mr. Holton's
remarks, Mr. Godwin praised
the new facilities, calling them
"a stepping stone in the march
of progress" He said, "Virginia
has developed much over the
last decade, and many
examples of material progress
are illustrated by numerous
shopping centers and housing
communities. But Virginia's
wisdom is seldom seen through

Dr Marston pointed out the
need for strengthening the
protection of individuals
involved in clinical trials.
"Good science and high
standards of ethics are closely
linked. Indeed, the presence of
risk places a special demand on
us that only the highest quality
of research be tolerated," he
said

Dr. Abdellah indicated the
key to providing quality health
care is the existence of a health
care team, composed of
doctors and nurses, technicians
and managers, and community
members and legislators.

"The University of Virginia
has the opportunity to bring
together dentists, physicians,
and nurses to achieve the
highest level of care for all
patients and provide leadership
in the area of greater teamwork
between these three
disciplines,"she said.

A former colleague of
Josephine McLeod, Roy
Beazley, gave a brief resume of
Miss McLeod's career. She
served as superintendent of
nursing at University Hospital
from 1924 through 1937,
when she was appointed by the
governor to serve as secretary
of the Virginia State Board of
Nurse examiners until her
death in 1948.

Medical Prof. Byrd S.
Leavell eulogized Dr. Harvey E.
Jordan, a professor of
histology and embryology. Dr.
Jordan, a member of the
faculty for 42 years, served as
Dean of the medical school
until his retirement in 1949.

The Jordan Medical
Education Building is the
largest structure in the city,
and houses the basic medical
science departments of
anatomy, biochemistry,
physiology, microbiology and
pharmacology.

Massive facilities for
teaching and research include
two large lecture halls seating
over 150 each, a seminar room,
and a series of multipurpose
laboratories. A student study
room with desk space for 20 is
located on each floor to enable
the students easy access to
both study and laboratory
work.

The $10.7 million complex
was funded by two grants,
state appropriations, and
University funds.

The McLeod Nursing
Education Building was
designed to accommodate the
rapidly increasing nursing
undergraduate program and the
newly initiated graduate
program.

Outstanding features of the
building include an
electronically equipped
auditorium seating 500, three
70-seat rooms, and eight
smaller rooms seating 30. A
sound-proof observation room
with a one-way viewing glass
provides students with the
opportunity to observe
practical demonstrations.

This five-story building is
equipped with two
underground parking levels and
cost $2.4 million to complete.