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Security Building Dedicated at the McCarty Center
A security
building erected at the main entrance of the
J. D. McCarty Center in Norman was dedicated
Tuesday, February 27. A plaque honoring Don
and Dr. Eileen Fox Biswell was unveiled during
the dedication.
"There wasn't much interest from the general
construction companies to bid on the project
because it was too small for them," explained
Curt Peters, director and CEO of the McCarty
Center. "That's when we were given permission
by central services to talk to some home builders
about the project."
Don Biswell, president
of Biswell Homes in Norman, is one of the builders
that the McCarty Center contacted. Biswell was
familiar with the McCarty Center and volunteered
to manage the project and organize the donation
of labor and materials.
The $30,000 construction
project cost the McCarty Center $11,500 for
materials and equipment for which donors could
not be found. The balance of the project cost
came from donations from the Biswell family,
the practice of Doctors Fields and Fox, and
labor and materials donated by various construction
trades needed to complete the project.
"We felt a plaque
honoring the Biswell family was an appropriate
thank you for their leadership in getting this
project done," said Peters, "we really
appreciate their efforts."
Attending the dedication
ceremony were Curt Peters, Don and Eileen Biswell,
Cerebral Palsy Commissioners Rob McCalla, Bill
Logan, John Knight and Joe Sher, Ken Younkin,
McCarty Center comptroller and Joe Mann, McCarty
Center director of security.
The J. D. McCarty
Center is Oklahoma's center of excellence in
the care and treatment of children with developmental
disabilities from birth to 21. Founded in 1946,
the McCarty Center treated just one diagnosis…cerebral
palsy. Today, this pediatric rehab hospital
has treated more than 70 different diagnoses
in the developmental disability category. In
an average year, the McCarty Center will see
children from 70 of Oklahoma's 77 counties.
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| Standing next to the
newly dedicated security building at the
entrance to the J. D. McCarty Center for
children with developmental disabilities
are (l-r) Rob McCalla, cerebral palsy commissioner,
Curt Peters, McCarty Center director and
CEO, Don Biswell, president of Biswell Homes,
Dr. Eileen Fox Biswell, Norman pediatrician,
Bill Logan, cerebral palsy commissioner
and John Knight, chairman of the cerebral
palsy commission. The McCarty Center honored
the Biswell family with a plaque on the
security building for their efforts in securing
donations of cash, materials and labor to
build the security building. |
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