Veritas, Vol. 28, No. 06, March 1988

              Diabetes Research Institute and treatment center to be built
Ground was broken for a six-story; 60,000-
square-foot Diabetes Research Institute building and the Eleanor and Joseph Kosow Diagnostic and Treatment Center Feb. 15 at the UMJM Medical Center. The building is scheduled for completion late in the summer of 1990.
The facility is being made possible by a SIO million “Blueprint for Cure” campaign endorsed by the AFL-CIO and spearheaded by its Building and Construction Trades Department.
Eleanor Kosow; on behalf of her late husband, Joseph, and with the support of her children, has pledged $3.5 million for the Eleanor and Joseph Kosow Diagnostic and Treatment Center. The center will be the primary clinical area where care and education will be provided to diabetic patients and their families.
Said Daniel H. Mintz, M.D., Mary Lou Held Professor of Medicine and scientific director of the Diabetes Research Institute, “Our primary goal is to conduct quality research in both basic and clinical science in order to improve the care available to patients with diabetes. A second related goal is to employ new technologies in basic science to study and design clinical strategies to improve the quality of life for diabetics.”
He added, “Because the new facility will house basic researchers and clinical scientists under a single rcx>f, it will facilitate their exchange of insights, outlooks and ideas. The greater opportunity for dialogue among scientists who have chosen different paths for investigating diabetes will advance their common objectives of understanding, preventing, and curing the disease.”
The co-chairmen of the campaign to raise $10 million
for the building participated in the ground breaking ceremonies. They included Patrick J. Campbell, retired general president, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners; Edw ard J. Carlough, general president, Sheet Metal Workers International Association; and Robert A. Georgine, president, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO.
Special tribute was paid to Campbell by Paschal McGuinness, president, New York City District Council, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, who presented a $250,000 check and announced that his group will continue to support the building campaign through a two-cent deduction earmarked for charity. The Sheet Metal Workers have a similar program underway
Center for Blood Diseases holds dedication for enlarged clinic
The center for blood diseases at the
School of Medicine dedicated an enlarged clinic on the first floor of the UM Hospitals and Clinics/ NCCH Feb. 3.
William J. Harrington, M.D., Distinguished University Professor and director of the Center for Blood Diseases, said, “The Center has relocated into much more adequate space for clinical care, teaching and patient studies, and the dedication recognizes this expansion.”
Speakers at the dedication included President Edward T Foote; Bernard J. Fogel, M.D., vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine; and Dr. Harrington, who outlined the 24-year history of the Center.
Two physicians who influenced Dr. Harrington’s career in hematology presented the “Academic and Clinical
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Heritage of the Blood Centerf They were William C. Moloney, emeritus professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School and former director. Division of Hematology, Peter Brant Brigham Hospital; and Virgil Loeb, Jr, professor of medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and immediate past president. American Cancer Society
Dr. Moloney influenced Dr. Harrington’s career in hem atology while the two conducted research early in Dr Harrington’s studies in Boston. Dr Loeb was a fellow trainee under the tutelage of the late Carl V Moore, M.D., at Washington University in St. Louis.
As part of the ceremonies, a portrait of Monica Besade, the founder of the organization “The Women for Blood Research.” was unv eiled. Besade has been a Sponsor of the Rainbow Ball, w hich raises funds for the Center
The Honorable William Rehfujuist. chief justice of the United States, deliiered the third annual Robert B. Cole DistinguishedJurist Lecture Feb. 4 at the James L. Knight Con-| ference Center.
His address teas entitled “The Su -| preme Court: The First Hundred Years Were the Hardest''
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Named the Center for Blood Diseases 16 years ago, the services of the unit actually started 24 years ago. The Center is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment, research, and education on blood diseases: anemias, leukemias, lymphomas, myelomas, and hemorrhagic disorders. International in scope in all its activities, the Center’s reputation draws referrals of patients from around the world.
School of Nursing gets first endowed chair
A $250,000 GRANT FROM THE NEW YORK-BASED Hugoton Foundation will go toward establishing the first endow ed chair in the School of Nursing The chair w ill be dedicated to nursing and named for Hugoton’s founder, the late W allace Gilroy a noted philanthropist w ho contributed to hospitals and universities throughout South Florida and the United States.
“The Wallace Gilroy Chair in Nursing is a meaningful breakthrough for the entire nursing community in South Florida.” said Nursing Dean Melanie Dreher “It means we can bring in a strong nursing scholar to inspire our students and faculty and conduct research in areas critical to the advancement of the nursing profession.
“And it is especially meaningful that this was giv en to us by a nurse.” Dreher added.
Joan K. Stout, director of the Hugoton Foundation, is a registered nurse and a graduate of Lenox Hill Hospital.
“As a professional nurse myself. I know of the need for continual education for nurses.” Stout said. “And I hope that through the establishment of this chair research can be done both for the needs of the populace and to encourage nurses to stay in the profession.
“The important thing is to provide proper—and wTien I say proper' I mean individual—care to patients. We need to reestablish the dignity and humanity of mankind. This is not just a job; nurses have to like what they do.” Stout said.