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SHREVEPORT TIMES, F r i d a y , September 17, 1971
The Ceremonial shovel for yesterday's
groundbreaking for the $23.7 million
LSU Medical Center of Shreveport is
sharpened by Dr. William H. Stewart as
Dr. Edgar Hull and Dr. John C. Finerty
look on. (Times Photo by Langston
McEachern)
Groundbreaking Marks
Start of Medical School
Groundbreaking ceremonies
marked the start of construction
Thursday for the $23.7 million
Louisiana State University Med-ical
School of Shreveport to be
built on the grounds of the
Confederate Memorial Medical
Center.
More than 500 persons attend-ed
the event, which was called
". . . a historic occasion for
Shreveport, LSU and the State
of Louisiana."
Gov. John McKeithen and
LSU President Dr. John A.
See Photo
on Page 4-A
Hunter were unable to attend
because they were grounded in
Baton Rouge by H u r r i c a n e
Edith.
The total medical complex
will be a $30.5 million facility of
five separate b u i 1 d i n g s. An
11-story basic science, adminis-trative
and research building
will d o m i n a t e the complex
which includes five-story and
four-story buildings.
When complete in late 1974
the medical school will be the
largest in North Louisiana in
terms of square footage, with
550,000 square feet and will be
second statewide only to Charity
Hospital in New Orleans. It is
the most expensive building in
LSU history.
Dr. Edgar Hull, dean of the
School of Medicine in Shreve-port,
presided over the after-noon
ceremonies held in the
shade of the Confederate Memo-rial
Medical Center. Dr. William
H. Stewart, chancellor of the
LSU Medical Center, greeted
those in attendance in behalf of
the university.
'This marks five years of
work, led and brought to frui-tion
by Dr. Hull. This is ?
moment of joy," Dr. Stewart
said.
Dr. John C. Finerty, vice
chancellor for academic affairs,
also spoke briefly.
Dr. Hull turned the first spade
of earth which was placed in a
glass vial that will be sealed
and placed in the archives of
the LSU Medical School.
Inscribed on the vial is the
following legend:
"The beginning. This Caddo
Parish dirt is a portion of the
first shovel of earth removed
from the construction site of the
LSU Medical School in Shreve-port,
4 p.m., Sept. 16,1971."
A moment of silence was
observed during the ceremonies
in memory of Finance Commis-sioner
Dwight Saur who died
Wednesday. Dr. Hull said Com-missioner
Saur had been among
the first to accept an invitation
to attend the groundbreaking
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