I went to the star-studded dedication of the new Bioengineering/Genome Sciences William Foege Building today on main campus. After some very nice speeches by the Dean of the School of Medicine Paul Ramsey, the acting Dean of the College of Engineering Mani Soma, the President of UW Mark Emmert, and Mr. Bill Gates III himself, we got to hear an amazing speech by former President Jimmy Carter (who happened to be the president when I was born). He spoke mostly about William Foege, who is the namesake for the building and a graduate of the UW Medical School in 1961. After his speech, William Foege got up to speak, but then the high winds and rain caused the tent to nearly collapse so they deftly moved all the VIPs into the Genome Sciences side of the building and then the rest of us milled about the hallways. I did get to hear the last few minutes of Foege's speech after they managed to find a microphone, and caught a tiny glimpse of the relocated ribbon cutting ceremony. Afterwards I took a self-guided tour of the lower floors and 5th floor of the Bioengineering side of the building. Though not entirely appealing from the outside, it was very nice inside and has some great views. All in all, quite an eventful afternoon!
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