Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579
At event: Catherine Duncan, 567-2570
WHAT:Groundbreaking ceremony for the Center for Oral Health Care & Research, a $95 million Dental School facility of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
WHEN:10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26
WHERE:Next to UT Medicine San Antonio’s Medical Arts & Research Center, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive
WHO:Kenneth L. Kalkwarf, D.D.S., M.S., president
ad interim of the UT Health Science Center; William W. Dodge, D.D.S., dean
ad interim of the Dental School; Michael Boland, D.D.S., president of the Dental School Alumni Association, who was the first student in the first Dental School class to receive his diploma; Elan Lee, president of the first-year Dental School class; Jim Reed, president of the San Antonio Medical Foundation, which provided the land for the new building
VISUAL: As the participants say “Healthy smiles!” and an earth mover is started, dignitaries will turn the dirt.
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