by KYW's David Madden
Doctors and donors were among those who gathered Friday to watch the final metal beam placed in the shell of what will be the new medical school at Temple University.
With an American flag on one end an evergreen tree on the other, the beam was lifted by a crane 11 stories to the top of what will be Temple's largest and most expensive building when it is finished in 2009. Doctor John Daly, Dean of the School of Medicine, spoke during the topping-off ceremony:
"This building will be the body, but you, and all the rest of our colleagues -- students, faculty, staff, alumni -- are the heart and soul of what’s going to be within that body."
The new medical school at Broad and Tioga will allow for increased class sizes, and will have seven floors dedicated to research. Donations and state grants have paid for $155 million of the project. Temple still needs an additional $25 million.
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