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NEW NAME, NEW HOME, NEW RESPONSIBILITIES 96.—Typical floor plan of new Armed Forces Institute of Pathology building.

to the height of four stories above ground are windowed "blisters" containing offices. Blast-resistant doors on each floor afford communication between the main mass of the building and the offices in the two outer projections (fig. 96).

By the time the building was inspected by the international visitors, installation of equipment and furniture had begun and, on 20 January 1955, the monthly meeting of the Medical Service Corps of the Army was held in the new AFIP building auditorium. At this first meeting in the hall, which had not yet received its name of Dart Auditorium, Col. Byron L. Steger, MC, of the Institute staff, presented a paper on "Field Medical Services in Korea."

By mid-February 1955, the Institute had begun to move into its new quarters. The movement, skillfully planned by General DeCoursey, was completed with a minimum disruption of work in mid-March, but it was not until May that the building was formally dedicated.

Two days, 26-27 May 1955, were devoted to the dedicatory exercises (fig. 97). On the afternoon of the first day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered