{"id":44403,"date":"2013-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/17\/swanson-halls-swan-song\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:38:08","slug":"swanson-halls-swan-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/17\/swanson-halls-swan-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Swanson Hall&#8217;s swan song"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>\nSwanson Hall was created as a place to save lives. Its demise will lay the groundwork to save even more.<\/p>\n<p>\nSwanson Hall is being razed for construction of the Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on the UNMC campus.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe building was many things to many people. For 33 years it was a place where young lives were saved, then for 32 more years it was home to the Swanson Center for Nutrition and UNMC offices and labs.<\/p>\n<p>\nFrom Children&rsquo;s Memorial Hospital in 1948 to the Carl and Caroline Swanson Hall in 1981, the building stirred memories for the 50 former and current Children&rsquo;s and UNMC staff members, as well as some former patients, who attended a May tribute.<\/p>\n<p>\n&ldquo;Even though this building will soon be demolished, the legacy of the good done here will continue for future generations,&rdquo; said UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D. &ldquo;Most importantly, we will continue to do good work in this space, which will improve the lives of generations to come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swanson Hall was created as a place to save lives. 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