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Purdue University Veterinary Medical VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1 July J 991 Its Here! New ADDL Dedicated It's built and is now occupied and operating!! The opening of the new $10.7 million Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL), a two-year building project, was celebrated by a dedication ceremony on June 11, 1991. Dr. H. Leon Thacker. director of the laboratory, who also serves on a committee of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians to review and accredit diagnostic laboratories throughout the U.S.. stated at the dedication. "This facility is state-of-the-art. There is none better in the country." Thacker acknowledged the pivotal role of many groups to gain funding for the building - - in particular, he listed the Indiana Board of Animal Health, the Office of the State Veterinarian, the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association, Purdue administrators in central administration, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the School of Agriculture, and the School of Veterinary Medicine, as well as many animal agriculture groups such as the Indiana Farm Bureau. Indiana Farmers Union. Indiana Pork Producers Association. Indiana State Poultry Association, Indiana Beef Cattle Association. Indiana Sheepbreeders Association, and the Indiana State Dairy Association. Key liaison officials in the lobbying effort for the building were John Huie, vice-president for state relations and chief lobbyist for Purdue, and Terry Strueh. assistant to the dean of the School of Agriculture. The new four-floor brick building, located on the southwestern portion of the SVM complex, has 34.000 square feet of assignable space - over twice that of the old facility. The 68 faculty, graduate students, and staff employed in the laboratory will have a modern, roomy, pleasant, and safe work environment to optimize their efficiency to deliver the diagnostic services and also support the research and teaching activities that are crucial to Indiana and U.S. animal industry and veterinary medicine. Environmental safety was stressed in the planning and equipping of the facility - a variety of infectious and toxic agents may be safely manipulated in laboratories with modern biosafety hoods, and the large modern necropsy facilities have capability for incineration of contaminated carcasses and tissues and treatment of waste water. The building is accessible via a new road along the west side of the old ADDL Building - the main entrance is on the west side of the building, and animals are received for necropsies at the south end. The new building space is allocated as 70% to laboratories and laboratory support and 30% to offices. The various function units of the laboratory are located as follows: 1 st floor - receiving, necropsy, histology, serology, administrative offices, and conference room: 2nd floor - avian pathology, mammalian pathology, virology, and computer services; 3rd floor - microbiology and toxicology; basement - electron microscopy and incinerator facility. The dedication ceremonies included presentations by President Steven C. Beering; Lt. Governor Frank L. O' Bannon; Dr. Robert D. McDavitt. chairman of the Indiana Board of Animal Health: Dean Hugh B. Lewis; Dean Robert L.Thompson; Director H. Leon Thacker: and Dr. Carol A. Eckcr. member of the Board of Trustees. Further events of the day included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, unveiling of a building plaque, presentation of materials for a time capsule, a reception, and building tours. The event was held in a large tent adjacent to the new building and was attended by a crowd estimated at 300 that included many representatives of Indiana agricultural and veterinary organizations and the Purdue School of Agriculture, as well as many faculty, staff, and students of the School of Veterinary Medicine and the ADDL. Special guests were retired SVM faculty: Drs. Harold Amstutz. Charles Armstrong. Robert Claflin. Donald Gustafson, Russell Jones. Edward Haelter- man. Edwin Page, and Lewis Runnels. The new building will provide the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory with the physical facilities to meet the challenges of the 21 st century. The laboratory is dedicated to rapid delivery of accurate test results to monitor and protect the health of the individual animals, herds, and flocks of Indiana. Furthermore, the facilities will allow us to provide expanded diagnostic services to the rapidl) growing avian and aq- uaculture industries of the state and to conduct laboratory and field investigations of emerging new disease threats to animals and people, including Lyme disease, "mystery swine disease." hemorrhagic syndrome in calves. Salmonella enteriditis infections of chickens, and Potomac horse fever. We are understandably proud of our new facilities and invite you to share this feeling as you visit Purdue and utilize our services. We have entered an exciting and challenging new era in the delivery of efficient and modern diagnostic services to Indiana animal owners. Fts Coming! Bonding Authority Granted for Major SVM Addition June 13. 1991. will long be remembered as one of the most important days in the history of the School of Veterinary Medicine. At approximately midnight the Indiana State Senate joined the House of Representatives in approving a budget proposal which included bonding authority for a $33 million addition to the School. By signing the bill into law. the governor assured the first major facility improvement in the Veterinary School's 30-year history, thereby ending a successful three- year campaign to convince the state and its lawmakers that such an addition was indeed essential. As detailed in a previous Update, the addition will be attached to Lynn Hall through the Teaching Hospital and will add approximately 70.000 square feet to our existing facilities. New space will include a 10.000 square-foot library/self study center, several new lecture rooms, state-of-the-art teaching laboratories, and conference and round rooms for the clinical years. Numerous special procedures rooms and additional waul space will be added to the small animal hospital while the large animal hospital will add a therio- genology unit and ward space, a production medicine unit, and space for an equine treadmill facility. Ten new molecular biology research laboratories, a clinical research center, and an additional animal housing unit will all be a part of the addition. Part of the money will he used for renovation within Lynn Hall and the old ADDL. which became a part of the SVM complex when ADDL moved into their new facilities June 1 1. "News of the building addition could not have come at a more opportune time," said Dean Hugh Lewis. "Ourcurrent facilities are clearly overcrowded and outmoded. The new addition, coupled with the completion of the new ADDL and our space in the Life Science Research Building, will make our programs competitive as we look ahead to the 21st century. The news will certainly help as we meet with the AVMA accreditation team this fall." The dean also noted that the funding drive could not have been accomplished without the help of veterinarians, agricultural support groups, and veterinary clients and friends throughout the state. "We are sincerely thank ful to the School of Agriculture. SVM faculty, staff, and students, and all of our supporters for their efforts on our behalf." Lewis said. "In a very real way. the new building belongs to all of you. The funding drive has brought us closer to all of our constituents around Indiana, and we intend to build on these relationships as we look to the future." The dean further commented that while the plans for the new building address the SVM's space needs, they do not solve the problem of modernizing the School's clinical, educational, and research equipment. A new committee will be developed to identify and prioritize equipment needs for the new facility. With the University preparing to launch a major fund-raising campaign, the timing is ideal to focus on new equipment as its major development target. With funding for the new facility assured, the School now enters the phase of building design and construction. During the summer of 1991. SVM and Purdue Physical Plant representatives will meet with architects to begin to translate our facility needs and objectives into a specific floor plan. Several site visits to other veterinary schools are anticipated to help both the architects and the staff take advantage of the recent experiences of others. Architectural drawings for the building addition should be completed by the fall of 1992. During the fall of 1992. contractors will study the architectural drawings and provide construction bids for the facility. If the bids are acceptable and approved by the Board of Trustees, construction could begin as early as November 1992. If bids are high, architectural plans will have to be redrawn, and programmatic needs may need to be reprioritized. This process could delay groundbreaking into the spring of 1993. Once construction begins, approximately two years will be required for completion. A number of logistical problems will have to be addressed during the construction process. Attaching the new addition to the hospital while keeping the hospital fully operational presents the greatest challenge. Moving faculty offices, the library, and research laboratories all must be accomplished as smoothly as possible. A final completion date of late 1994 or early 1995 is projected.
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Title | Purdue University veterinary medical update, 1991, v. 17, no. 1 (July) |
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Veterinary Medicine Education, Veterinary |
Creators | Purdue University. School of Veterinary Medicine |
Purdue Identification Number | PSVM00171 |
Subjects (LCSH) | Veterinary medicine--Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Date of Original | 1991 |
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Collection Title | SVM Report |
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Title | page 1 |
Subjects (MeSH) |
Veterinary Medicine Education, Veterinary |
Creators | Purdue University. School of Veterinary Medicine |
Subjects (LCSH) | Veterinary medicine--Study and teaching (Higher) |
Genre | Periodical |
Coverage | United States |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Collection Title | SVM Report |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Language | eng |
Rights Statement | Digital object copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using Bookeye 3 internal software, with 24 bit color depth. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | Purdue University Veterinary Medical VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1 July J 991 Its Here! New ADDL Dedicated It's built and is now occupied and operating!! The opening of the new $10.7 million Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL), a two-year building project, was celebrated by a dedication ceremony on June 11, 1991. Dr. H. Leon Thacker. director of the laboratory, who also serves on a committee of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians to review and accredit diagnostic laboratories throughout the U.S.. stated at the dedication. "This facility is state-of-the-art. There is none better in the country." Thacker acknowledged the pivotal role of many groups to gain funding for the building - - in particular, he listed the Indiana Board of Animal Health, the Office of the State Veterinarian, the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association, Purdue administrators in central administration, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the School of Agriculture, and the School of Veterinary Medicine, as well as many animal agriculture groups such as the Indiana Farm Bureau. Indiana Farmers Union. Indiana Pork Producers Association. Indiana State Poultry Association, Indiana Beef Cattle Association. Indiana Sheepbreeders Association, and the Indiana State Dairy Association. Key liaison officials in the lobbying effort for the building were John Huie, vice-president for state relations and chief lobbyist for Purdue, and Terry Strueh. assistant to the dean of the School of Agriculture. The new four-floor brick building, located on the southwestern portion of the SVM complex, has 34.000 square feet of assignable space - over twice that of the old facility. The 68 faculty, graduate students, and staff employed in the laboratory will have a modern, roomy, pleasant, and safe work environment to optimize their efficiency to deliver the diagnostic services and also support the research and teaching activities that are crucial to Indiana and U.S. animal industry and veterinary medicine. Environmental safety was stressed in the planning and equipping of the facility - a variety of infectious and toxic agents may be safely manipulated in laboratories with modern biosafety hoods, and the large modern necropsy facilities have capability for incineration of contaminated carcasses and tissues and treatment of waste water. The building is accessible via a new road along the west side of the old ADDL Building - the main entrance is on the west side of the building, and animals are received for necropsies at the south end. The new building space is allocated as 70% to laboratories and laboratory support and 30% to offices. The various function units of the laboratory are located as follows: 1 st floor - receiving, necropsy, histology, serology, administrative offices, and conference room: 2nd floor - avian pathology, mammalian pathology, virology, and computer services; 3rd floor - microbiology and toxicology; basement - electron microscopy and incinerator facility. The dedication ceremonies included presentations by President Steven C. Beering; Lt. Governor Frank L. O' Bannon; Dr. Robert D. McDavitt. chairman of the Indiana Board of Animal Health: Dean Hugh B. Lewis; Dean Robert L.Thompson; Director H. Leon Thacker: and Dr. Carol A. Eckcr. member of the Board of Trustees. Further events of the day included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, unveiling of a building plaque, presentation of materials for a time capsule, a reception, and building tours. The event was held in a large tent adjacent to the new building and was attended by a crowd estimated at 300 that included many representatives of Indiana agricultural and veterinary organizations and the Purdue School of Agriculture, as well as many faculty, staff, and students of the School of Veterinary Medicine and the ADDL. Special guests were retired SVM faculty: Drs. Harold Amstutz. Charles Armstrong. Robert Claflin. Donald Gustafson, Russell Jones. Edward Haelter- man. Edwin Page, and Lewis Runnels. The new building will provide the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory with the physical facilities to meet the challenges of the 21 st century. The laboratory is dedicated to rapid delivery of accurate test results to monitor and protect the health of the individual animals, herds, and flocks of Indiana. Furthermore, the facilities will allow us to provide expanded diagnostic services to the rapidl) growing avian and aq- uaculture industries of the state and to conduct laboratory and field investigations of emerging new disease threats to animals and people, including Lyme disease, "mystery swine disease." hemorrhagic syndrome in calves. Salmonella enteriditis infections of chickens, and Potomac horse fever. We are understandably proud of our new facilities and invite you to share this feeling as you visit Purdue and utilize our services. We have entered an exciting and challenging new era in the delivery of efficient and modern diagnostic services to Indiana animal owners. Fts Coming! Bonding Authority Granted for Major SVM Addition June 13. 1991. will long be remembered as one of the most important days in the history of the School of Veterinary Medicine. At approximately midnight the Indiana State Senate joined the House of Representatives in approving a budget proposal which included bonding authority for a $33 million addition to the School. By signing the bill into law. the governor assured the first major facility improvement in the Veterinary School's 30-year history, thereby ending a successful three- year campaign to convince the state and its lawmakers that such an addition was indeed essential. As detailed in a previous Update, the addition will be attached to Lynn Hall through the Teaching Hospital and will add approximately 70.000 square feet to our existing facilities. New space will include a 10.000 square-foot library/self study center, several new lecture rooms, state-of-the-art teaching laboratories, and conference and round rooms for the clinical years. Numerous special procedures rooms and additional waul space will be added to the small animal hospital while the large animal hospital will add a therio- genology unit and ward space, a production medicine unit, and space for an equine treadmill facility. Ten new molecular biology research laboratories, a clinical research center, and an additional animal housing unit will all be a part of the addition. Part of the money will he used for renovation within Lynn Hall and the old ADDL. which became a part of the SVM complex when ADDL moved into their new facilities June 1 1. "News of the building addition could not have come at a more opportune time," said Dean Hugh Lewis. "Ourcurrent facilities are clearly overcrowded and outmoded. The new addition, coupled with the completion of the new ADDL and our space in the Life Science Research Building, will make our programs competitive as we look ahead to the 21st century. The news will certainly help as we meet with the AVMA accreditation team this fall." The dean also noted that the funding drive could not have been accomplished without the help of veterinarians, agricultural support groups, and veterinary clients and friends throughout the state. "We are sincerely thank ful to the School of Agriculture. SVM faculty, staff, and students, and all of our supporters for their efforts on our behalf." Lewis said. "In a very real way. the new building belongs to all of you. The funding drive has brought us closer to all of our constituents around Indiana, and we intend to build on these relationships as we look to the future." The dean further commented that while the plans for the new building address the SVM's space needs, they do not solve the problem of modernizing the School's clinical, educational, and research equipment. A new committee will be developed to identify and prioritize equipment needs for the new facility. With the University preparing to launch a major fund-raising campaign, the timing is ideal to focus on new equipment as its major development target. With funding for the new facility assured, the School now enters the phase of building design and construction. During the summer of 1991. SVM and Purdue Physical Plant representatives will meet with architects to begin to translate our facility needs and objectives into a specific floor plan. Several site visits to other veterinary schools are anticipated to help both the architects and the staff take advantage of the recent experiences of others. Architectural drawings for the building addition should be completed by the fall of 1992. During the fall of 1992. contractors will study the architectural drawings and provide construction bids for the facility. If the bids are acceptable and approved by the Board of Trustees, construction could begin as early as November 1992. If bids are high, architectural plans will have to be redrawn, and programmatic needs may need to be reprioritized. This process could delay groundbreaking into the spring of 1993. Once construction begins, approximately two years will be required for completion. A number of logistical problems will have to be addressed during the construction process. Attaching the new addition to the hospital while keeping the hospital fully operational presents the greatest challenge. Moving faculty offices, the library, and research laboratories all must be accomplished as smoothly as possible. A final completion date of late 1994 or early 1995 is projected. |
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