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LIFE SCIENCE BUILDING AND LONG RANGE PLANNING

President Darden initiated a discussion of the 25-acre tract lying south of McCormick Road,
west of the Engineering School, and along both sides of Alderman Road

In response to Mr. Darden's suggestion, the Board resolved that the President be authorized
and requested to prepare a plan for the development of the entire McCormick Road-Alderman Road
area, in conjunction with the planning of the Life Science Building, and to employ such architectural
and engineering assistance as might be needed for projecting the most advantageous placing of future
dormitories in relation to the science structures already built or proposed for the future