{"id":47219,"date":"2003-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/06\/durham-research-center-dedication-set-for-nov-13-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:43:12","slug":"durham-research-center-dedication-set-for-nov-13-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/06\/durham-research-center-dedication-set-for-nov-13-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Research Center dedication set for Nov. 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Nebraska Medical Center will open the doors soon to<\/p>\n

a 10-level, state-of-the-art research building.<\/p>\n

The $77 million Durham Research Center, built almost exclusively with<\/p>\n

private funds, will hold its dedication ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 13.<\/p>\n

A public open house is scheduled for between 1 and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.<\/p>\n

16.<\/p>\n

This research center will be a beacon for UNMC, Chancellor Harold<\/p>\n

M. Maurer, M.D. said. It will be a source of pride for all of the scientists<\/p>\n

who, in this building, will search for new and novel treatments to many<\/p>\n

debilitating and devastating diseases.<\/p>\n

Among the dignitaries invited to attend the dedication ceremony are<\/p>\n

Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, Lt. Gov. Dave Heineman, U.S. Sens. Chuck Hagel<\/p>\n

and Ben Nelson, U.S. Rep. Lee Terry, Board of Regents President Randy Ferlic,<\/p>\n

M.D., University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., University<\/p>\n

of Nebraska Foundation President Terry Fairfield and Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey.<\/p>\n

Also expected to attend are many of the philanthropists who made the Durham<\/p>\n

Research Center possible, most notably Chuck Durham.<\/p>\n

Chucks gifts to UNMC could be best described as transforming, Dr.<\/p>\n

Maurer said. For many years to come, Nebraska citizens will benefit from<\/p>\n

Chucks vision and tremendous generosity, as well as the laudable giving<\/p>\n

spirit of the other donors.<\/p>\n

Of the research centers cost, Nebraskas Congressional delegation secured<\/p>\n

$2.5 million in federal funds for the project. The private sector provided<\/p>\n

gifts for the rest of the cost; no state funds were involved.<\/p>\n

In addition to Durham, the principal donors of the Durham Research Center<\/p>\n

are: the Peter Kiewit Foundation; Suzanne and Walter Scott Jr.; Ruth and<\/p>\n

Bill Scott; Stanley Truhlsen, M.D.; Mary and Dick Holland; The Dr. C.C.<\/p>\n

and Mabel L. Criss Memorial Foundation; Gail Walling Yanney, M.D., and<\/p>\n

Michael Yanney; and a donor who has asked to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

The named floors\/areas of the research center include the Suzanne and<\/p>\n

Walter Scott, Jr. Atrium and Education Center; the Ruth and Bill Scott<\/p>\n

Neurosciences Research Laboratories; the Stanley M. Truhlsen, M.D., Eye<\/p>\n

Research Laboratories; the Mary and Richard Holland Cardiovascular Research<\/p>\n

Laboratories; the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Seminar Center; the Peter<\/p>\n

Kiewit Foundation Transplant Biology Research Laboratories; and the Gail<\/p>\n

Walling Yanney, M.D., Seminar Center.<\/p>\n

This research facility has the potential to make a difference in so<\/p>\n

many lives, Durham said. It is an honor to be associated with a medical<\/p>\n

center that has a vision to be world-class, to improve the health of all<\/p>\n

Nebraskans and beyond, advance medical knowledge through research and educate<\/p>\n

outstanding health professionals and scientists.<\/p>\n

Durham serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of<\/p>\n

Durham Resources. Previously, he served as chairman and CEO of HDR, Inc.,<\/p>\n

an international engineering and architectural firm with work in all 50<\/p>\n

states and 20 countries. The amount of the gift is not being made public<\/p>\n

at Durhams request.<\/p>\n

Durham and his late wife, Margre, have been generous contributors to<\/p>\n

UNMC. In 1998, they established the Charles W. and Margre H. Durham Excellence<\/p>\n

in Medicine fund at UNMC to support research in prostate cancer, arthritis<\/p>\n

and minimally invasive surgery. Their support made it possible for UNMC<\/p>\n

to be the eighth medical center in the country to acquire the robotic da<\/p>\n

Vinci Surgical System, putting Nebraska on the map in the area of computer-assisted<\/p>\n

surgery. In recognition of their gift, the Outpatient Care Center was renamed<\/p>\n

the Durham Outpatient Center. Durhams gifts also made possible the employee<\/p>\n

parking garage, which is located southeast of the intersection of Emile<\/p>\n

and 45th Streets.<\/p>\n

The Durham Research Center is 289,000 gross square feet, and it towers<\/p>\n

over the western edge of UNMC. The research center features 116 research<\/p>\n

laboratories, a 319-seat auditorium, three classrooms and 12 conference\/seminar<\/p>\n

rooms. About 55 of UNMCs top researchers, accounting for nearly $55 million<\/p>\n

in extramural support, will move to the building. About 25 percent of the<\/p>\n

buildings space is being left open for research expansion and the recruitment<\/p>\n

of new, top-level researchers. The plaza area adjoining the Durham Research<\/p>\n

Center 45th Street from Emile Street to Dewey Avenue and Dewey Avenue<\/p>\n

from 45th Street to 44th Street has been named the Durham Research Plaza.<\/p>\n

Research space in the Durham Research Center was filled through a competitive<\/p>\n

process. Scientists with similar research interests but from different<\/p>\n

areas and departments on campus have been assigned adjacent lab spaces<\/p>\n

in the center. Dr. Maurer said hes confident that affinity groups will<\/p>\n

result from the unique interdisciplinary concept.<\/p>\n

I anticipate a tremendous boost in our research support, as result<\/p>\n

of this arrangement, Dr. Maurer said. The sparks are going to fly in<\/p>\n

that building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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