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PROGRESS ON THE DONNER PAVILION On February 29, 1952, the Board of Regents of the University of California accepted a gift of $50,000 from the Donner Foundation for the construction of a unit to be added t o Cowell Memorial Hospital for metabolic studies on patients by the Donner Laboratory of Medical Physics in furtherance of their program of medical research. The Board o f Regents agreed to begin construction before December 31, 1952. On March 28, 1952, the Board of Regents selected the architectural firm of Welhe, Frick & Kruse o f San Francisco to draw up plz ns for this metabolic unit. During April, May and June, Dr. John H . Lawrence and his staff met with the architects and worked out the preliminary plans. June 28, 1952, the Board o f Regents authorized the Vice-President i n Charge o f Business Affairs to have working drawings prepared and bids taken on a two story building addition. The final working drawings were completed on September 24, 1952, and submitted to the University architects for anpr oval. The University architects reviewed the plans and spec l fic a - tions and let them out to bid on October 28, 1952, setting November 18, 1952, as the date for the return of bids. Sixteen contractors manifested interest in bidding, and eight submitted These were opened on Novenberb ids ranging from $162,313.00 t o $191,700.00. 18, 1952, and on November 21, 1952, the Board o f Regents authorized the Finance Committee to act for it, since due to recent wage and material increases the total funding necessary was slightly in excess of available funds. On December 4, 1952, the Finance Committee advanced the necessary additional funds and awarded the contract to the low bidder. Upon the eze cut ion and recording of the contract,the actual construction will be started. It is anticipated that construction w l ll start about December 12,
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ing a total gross area of 4200 square feet. The lower floor will consist of patients’ rooms, a treatment room, doctor’s office, nurse‘s station, diet kitchen and service areas and will have a capacity of eight beds. The upper floor will consist of out-patient facilities and laboratories. This pavilion will be unique in this country and, in fact, in the world. It w i l l be perhaps the finest investigative hospital close to the many new techniques available in the Donner Laboratory where chemists, physicists, biologists, physicians, electronics people and others all will have the opportunity in helping in the diagnosis, the study and the treatment of many diseases not now completely understood or successfully treated. Among them are leukemia, aplastic anemia, various forms of cancer not successfully treated now, arteriosclerosis, arthritis, polycythemia vera and others.