| "CELEBRATING
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YEARS OF LEADERSHIP, LEARNING AND DISCOVERY "A “Silver” Anniversary Celebration will be coordinated to showcase the numerous historical and monumental accomplishments of the A. F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences and it’s patrons. Activities will be planned to build awareness of the vast resources available to both the internal and external community. Highlights include a retrospective review of the past, present and future developmental plans for the library |
| A. F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences Becomes a Reality |
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| Groundbreaking
March 22, 1982, launched the construction phase of the A. F.
Parlow Library of Health Sciences, once Dr. A. F. Parlow
guaranteed more than half of the required $1.5 million from the A. F.
Parlow Pituitary Hormones Trust Fund. |
Once
the former
parking lot on the
Vermont side of the campus was cleared, molds were built and
concrete was poured to form the walls of the tilt-up construction. |
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| Cranes lifted the walls into place less than six months after groundbreaking, giving the appearance of an "instant library" as the structure took form in only a few days. | Each wall weighed many tons and was guided carefully into retaining structures by the cranes and construction workers from McAlpine & Sayler Construction Inc. C. W. DuBourdieu, Jr., A.I.A., was architect for the project. |
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Upon completion of the exterior, interior finishing and furnishing began, and the library actually began serving the medical education and research needs of Harbor- UCLA in February, 1983. |
Dr. Albert F. Parlow was a major contributor
toward building the A. F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences. |
| Parlow Library Dedication in 1983 |
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| Key figures at the Dedication were; from left, major contributor Milly Liu, M.D. who with her husband Steve Liu, M.D. (third from left), donated to the library and Dr. A.F. Parlow, who contributed to the Library through the Pituitary Hormones Trust Fund. Dr. Steve Liu; Dean Sherman Mellinkoff, M.D., UCLA School of Medicine; Graydon Funke, M.D., Treasurer of Research Education Institute (REI), now LaBioMed; William H. Swanson, M.D., Medical Director and Associate Dean of UCLA School of Medicine; Dominic De Cristofaro, M.D., President of REI; Melvin R. Kaplan, M.D., Immediate Past President of REI; Frank J. De Santis, CAE, Executive Vice President of REI. |
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| Los Angeles County Medical Association, Southwest District 9, donated to the construction of the A. F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences. Accepting the check are, from left, Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., M.D., Chair of the Library Planning Committee, and William H. Swanson, M.D., Medical Director. Presenting are it are three attending physicians at Harbor-UCLA who are active in LACMA: Knowles Curwen, M.D., Chair of the Research Committee; Melvin R. Kaplan, M.D., former President of REI, and Norman Zinner, M.D., Drs. Kaplan and Zinner are officers in LACMA District 9. |
L. A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn accepting the A. F. Parlow Library of Health Sciences from REI President Dominic De Cristofaro, M.D., congratulating major donor Dr. A. F. Parlow and all of those who helped to build the library for having done a "wonderful job" |
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| Drs. Steve and Milliy Liu rose from the crowd of about 350 to be congratulated for their donation to the new library. |