Today - Volume 01, Number 15

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Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Adventist Health System / Loma Linda TODAY
Volume 1, Number 15 Wednesday, November 16, 1988
Foundation poured for new
LLUMC proton accelerator
Two thousand eight hundred
tons of concrete were poured on
Monday, November 7, into the
foundation of the building being
constructed at Loma Linda Uni
versity Medical Center to house
the world's first hospital- based
proton accelerator for the treat
ment of cancer.
LLU medical/ dental
society plans annual
meeting at Mammoth
The Loma Linda Medical /
Dental Society will hold its 31st
annual meeting at Mammoth
Lakes from January 21 to 24,
1989.
Each year the Society meets for
four days. Scientific meetings are
conducted on two days, along
~ witVv morning and evening aao-bath
services, a Sunday buffet, ski
races, cross- country skiing, and a
banquet on Monday evening
with an internationally known
speaker. Over 500 people attend
ed the banquet last year.
Theodore Mackett, MD, assis
tant professor of surgery, School
of Medicine, is Society president;
Thor Bakland, DDS, professor of
restorative dentistry, and associate
dean for academic administration,
School of Dentistry, is vice presi
dent; and Henry L. Hadley, MD,
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This concrete pour represented
approximately a tenth of the total
amount of concrete to be used in
the 180,000 square- foot addition
to LLUMC, which will bring the
total floor space of the Medical
Center to more than a million
square feet.
Beginning at 5 a. m., 140 truck-loads
of concrete were delivered
to the site, and with the use
of one of the largest concrete
pumps in existence 1,400
cubic yards of concrete were
poured into the foundation, 50
feet below ground level. The last
truck dumped its load at 7 p. m.
A traffic- control system, coordi
nated with the city of Loma Lin
da, temporarily routed traffic
around the construction site.
Eventually, up to 15,000 cubic
yards of concrete will be used in
me $ 40 million project, new
scheduled for completion in the
spring of 1990.
La Sierra market
changes format
The La Sierra Ranch Market
is back with new items on the
shelves, a new snack bar, and a
new manager. In recent years the
market had gradually changed
from an ordinary grocery store in
to a natural food outlet.
This format not only failed to
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Beginning at 5 a. m. on November 7, trucks loaded with concrete began arriving at the construction
site of the world's first hospital'based proton accelerator for the treatment of cancer at Loma Linda
University Medical Center. By 7 p. m., the trucks had dumped 2,80( 3 tons of concrete for the build
ing's foundation.
Stahl Fund for World Mission
formally inaugurated
at special ceremonies
The Stahl Fund for World Mis
sion at Loma Linda University
was formally inaugurated on Oc
tober 22, 1988, at a convocation
presided over by University presi
dent Norman J. Woods, PhD,
and Kenneth Vine, PhD, dean of
the School of Religion.
The convocation was held in
conjunction with the General
Conference- sponsored Institute of
World Missions' orientation ses
sion for perspective missionaries
which is hosted annually at Loma
Linda University.
Based in the School of Reli
gion, the purpose of the fund is
to honor the memory of Seventh-day
Adventist pioneer mis
sionaries; to inspire the Univer
sity community and others with
a heightened sense of mission;
and to encourage the general
church membership to contribute
to the world mission of the
Seventh- day Adventist church,
Dr. Woods stated at the outset
of the inauguration service.
The fund's initial endowment
goal is $ 100,000. The fund will
be drawn upon to sponsor such
projects as promoting student
mission service, preserving mis
sion landmarks, acquiring mission
materials, fostering missions re
search, and installing a named
mission lectureship at the Univer
sity, according to Dr. Vine.
" While our long- range goal is
that the University may one day
house an institute for interna
tional service with a named chair
in world mission," Dr. Vine said
following Dr. Woods remarks, " a
mission library and a museum to
display the numerous missions
collections available to the
school, we are enthusiastic that
the University has taken a signifi
cant step toward this end by
establishing the Stahl Fund."
Presentations during the in
augural service by church and
University officials as well as
former student missionaries
underscored the continuous role
played by Loma Linda University
in operationalizing the world mis
sion of the Seventh- day Advent
ist church.
Participants noted that nearly
2,000 of the University's
graduates have served the church
in mission assignments; that cur
rent international endeavors of
the University include teaching
assignments, clinical services, ex
tension programs, and affiliation
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