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Dedication

New Physics Building

University Of Missouri
Columbia

April 22, 1967

[photograph of Physics Building]

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Program

I
9:00A.M.-5:00P.M.
Open House

II
10:00 A.M.
Dedication Service - Lecture Room 3, New Physics
Chairman - L. V. Holroyd, Chairman of the Department

Invocation - Thomas R. Shrout, Dean, Missouri School of Religion

Recognition of the Occasion
John Schwada - Chancellor, Columbia Campus
W. Francis English - Dean, College of Arts and Science

Presentation of the Building
Architects - Neville, Sharp and Simon

Acceptance by the University
Robert Neill, President of the Board of Curators

Recognition of Distinguished Guests

Address: "The Relevance of Physics"
George Hoagland Vineyard, Associate Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory

III
12:30 P. M.
Luncheon - Small Ballroom, Memorial Union

Speaker: Dale Raymond Corson, Provost, Cornell University
"The Importance of Being Non-Professional"

Presentation of Portrait of Oscar Milton Stewart, Professor of Physics, 1901-1940, Emeritus Professor of Physics, 1940-1944

by Elmer Ellis, Professor of History and President Emeritus, University of Missouri

Presentation of Portrait of Herbert Meredith Reese, Professor of Physics, 1904-1945, Emeritus Professor of Physics 1945-1954

by Henry E. Bent, Professor of Chemistry and Dean Emeritus, Graduate School, University of Missouri

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Architects - Neville, Sharp & Simon, Inc.

General Contractors - J.E. Rathman, Incorporated and McCarthy Bros. Construction Company, (A Joint Venture)

Mechanical Contractors - J. Louis Crum Corporation

Electrical Contractors - Howerton Electric Company, Inc.

Mechanical Engineer - W.L. Cassell

Funding:
State Appropriations ... $1,500,000
National Science Foundation ... 587,300
Office of Education Title I ... 411,995

Floor Space: Gross square feet - 82,650

Date of Notice to Proceed - October 22, 1964