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Medical Building

Meanwhile other building throughout the
University is nearing completion. The new
medical education building, to be known as the
Harvey E. Jordan Building, in memory of a
former dean of the School of Medicine, will
house the departments of anatomy, physiology,
pharmacology, biochemistry and microbiology.
Costing $10 million, the building is a major
factor in the University's plans to increase the
medical school enrollment to 450 by 1973.
Only 350 students were enrolled in the school
last year.

Still under construction, the new nursing
building, when completed, will allow that
school's enrollment to increase from 300 to
500 students. A new building, housing
offices, classrooms and research facilities in
mechanical engineering, will also be ready for
use this fall. The Department of Mechanical
Engineering will share the new facility with the
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
division of graphics for undergraduate courses
common to both engineering majors.

Two trailers have also been constructed
behind Monroe Hall School of Graduate Business
Administration. The trailers were built after it
was realized that classroom space for the
school's increased enrollment was severely
limited, especially with the increased
enrollment in other schools of the University.

Although the buildings are
"temporary", they will not be taken down until
1975 when the whole school moves to its newly
proposed site on the Birdwood tract.