THIS IS NOT A PAGE DenizensFrom frontier post to Olympic Village, Fort Douglas has seen 140 years of history BY JOE PROKOP unfold during its many iterations.

Historic photos: Special Collections Dept., J. Willard Marriott Library, University of

ts soldiers have traveled the world to brave five wars. Its City were called east for active duty. This defensive vacuum left quarters and barracks run the gamut from gothic to colonial the overland stage and the telegraph lines vulnerable to attacks revival. It once became nearly a ghost town and now will by the indigenous peoples of the region. host athletes from around the world who will compete in When the call for volunteers to protect the Overland Trail Ithe 2002 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Games. came, Patrick Edward Conner answered it. In 1862, the 41- If one thing is more permanent than the sandstone build- year-old hero of the Mexican-American war led 800 volunteers ings at Fort Douglas, it’s the characteristic of change. from Sacramento across the desert to Utah Territory. “What we really know about history is that it’s constant Connor, an Irish Catholic, was suspicious of the LDS change,” says Thomas Carter, professor of Church; he disagreed with their practice of polygamy and ques- architecture. “And if you look at the fort, you see that it’s tioned their loyalty to the Union. Though charged with the task always changed.” of protecting the Overland Trail, he felt a responsibility to keep At the onset of the Civil War in 1861, federal troops sta- in check what he perceived as the Mormon threat. tioned in the Utah Territory 45 miles southwest of Salt Lake Mormon leader Brigham Young had volunteered to protect

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the trails with his own forces to avoid the occupation of armed United States Army, which you must observe and which you federal troops. In a telegram to Utah’s representatives in have no right to violate.” Washington, Young suggested, “The militia of Utah are ready The troops, sufficiently warned, marched two-and-a-half and able, as they have ever been, to take care of all the Indians, miles to the slope between Emigration and Red Butte canyons— and willing to protect the mail line if called upon to do so.” not far from where Brigham Young, viewing the valley for the But Young’s plans failed. On October 26, 1862, Connor first time, had said, “This is the right place.” They activated marched his California Volunteers down streets Camp Douglas, naming it after recently deceased Sen. Stephen lined with curious onlookers. They stopped before the mansion A. Douglas of Illinois, who had lost the presidential race to of the territorial governor, Stephen S. Harding, who advised Abraham Lincoln the previous year. Connor and his men, saying, “I believe the people you have Connor soon began to send parties out against the Native come amongst will not disturb you if you do not disturb them in Americans. His first target was the Northwestern Shoshoni tribe, their public life and in the honor and peace of their homes; and led by Chief Bear Hunter, which had reportedly been harassing to disturb them you must violate the strict discipline of the Mormon settlers for food.

W INTER 2001 C ONTINUUM 23 In January 1863, Connor launched a 300-man assault on the organizations,” says Coleman. “There was a sense of wholeness winter camp of the Northwestern Shoshoni on the confluence of to their lives which obviously they had not experienced in some Battle Creek and Bear River, just north of Franklin, Idaho. This of the more isolated stations.” offensive would become known as the . The infantry helped break down stereotypes and earlier The California Volunteers suffered 22 deaths, while the opposition to its Fort Douglas assignment. Prior to the 24th Northwestern Shoshoni casualties numbered between 200 and Infantry’s arrival, the Salt Lake Tribune featured an editorial cit- 300. Boasting of their victory, the troops returned to Fort Douglas ing the presence of black soldiers as an “unfortunate change.” and prominently displayed the scalp of Bear Hunter. For his efforts But a year later the paper issued an apology, publicly regretting at Bear River, Connor was promoted to Brigadier General. its earlier prejudice. Seasoned troops from Fort Douglas went on to participate in the In 1898, the 24th Infantry was ordered to fight in Cuba Sioux War of 1876 and later in the battle of Wounded Knee. and the Philippines as part of the Spanish-American War. On the Connor established the Union Vedette, a newspaper that day of their departure, local residents—both black and white— gave voice to the so-called Gentile population of Salt Lake City lined the streets of South Temple to bid them farewell. and countered the LDS Church-owned Deseret News. The paper Members of the regiment participated in the charge up San became the first daily newspaper in the territory. Juan Hill with Theodore Roosevelt and his “Rough Riders.” The 1870s marked the transformation from Camp Douglas After the war, several members of the 24th Infantry returned to to Fort Douglas. Under the command of Col. John E. Smith, Salt Lake City, and some of their descendents are members of the camp was completely rebuilt. The fort’s signature Officers the community today, according to Coleman. Circle was built, with its ten red sandstone quarters forming an ellipse at the top of the parade ground. War Heroes, War Prisoners In 1896, the year Utah achieved statehood, the U.S. Army In May 1917, the Fort Douglas War Prison Barracks III were stationed the 24th Infantry Regiment at Fort Douglas. Nearly founded by the U.S. Army’s War Department. The 15-acre com- 600 African-American men, women, and children came to Salt pound became the primary internment camp west of the Mississippi Lake with the unit. The men were typically stationed in remote to house German prisoners of war captured in and Hawaii. posts throughout the West. Sending the 24th Infantry unit to Outnumbering the naval prisoners were 784 interned Fort Douglas was a reward for past service, according to Ronald enemy aliens. Fear of sabotage prompted the U.S. Justice Coleman, U of U professor of history. Department to gather and imprison civilian males of German “The setting itself was within the midst of an existing and Austro-Hungarian descent, along with conscientious objec- African-American community which had churches and fraternal tors to the war.

Fort 1862 1863 becomes Fort 1922 enlisted people Col. Patrick Battle of Bear River Douglas 38th Infantry and 2,000 civilians Douglas Edward Connor (Bear River assigned to fort help promote the establishes Camp Massacre) 1896 war effort Timeline Douglas with his African-American 1943 California 1874 24th Infantry Fort’s population 1947 1862-2002 Volunteers Camp Douglas stationed at fort peaks: 1,000 U President Olpin

24 C ONTINUUM W INTER 2001 “The practice was to house the prisoners of war in facilities buried in the Fort Douglas cemetery. that American soldiers would be housed in,” says Allan Kent Powell “For me, the cemetery really speaks to the experience of our BA’70 MA’72 PhD’76 of the Utah State Historical Society. “It human connections—even though war tears us apart, in the end was a priority to make sure that they had food at least equal to what we find enemy and friend buried there together,” says Powell. we were providing our own servicemen. There were chores to be “To realize that people buried there fought all over the world— done around the barracks, but essentially they were left to care for the Far East, the islands of the Pacific, the beaches at Normandy, themselves in the camp.” In 1918, German naval POWs were dis- in other wars—and ended up in that one spot in Utah makes it a charged from Fort Douglas, while enemy aliens were detained for very hallowed place for me.” two more years. Fort Douglas once again became a full-fledged training center A Village Made from Rubble in 1922 when the 38th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the post. The years following World War II were marked by a contraction Nicknamed the “Rock of the Marne” for its heroic defense of the in the size of Fort Douglas. U President A. Ray Olpin asked Marne River Valley in France during World War I, the 38th Infantry President Eisenhower for 298 acres of Fort Douglas land to sup- enjoyed the longest tenure of any other Fort Douglas regiment. port a campus bulging with veterans studying on the G.I. Bill. From 1922 to 1940, the era of the 38th was a time when well- Throughout the ’50s and ’60s, the military tradition was still known amenities of the post were added. The Fort Douglas golf strong at Fort Douglas—but time was running out. The fort’s course was built, along with the theater and proximity to Salt Lake City made it unfit for other new buildings. modern army purposes. It endured only as an New construction at the fort gave rise to Army reserve and recruitment center. The National Trust for hope in the midst of the Great Depression. “Things deteriorated quite a bit,” says Carter. Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps Historic Preservation honored “If an army post is on the periphery and people and the Works Progress Administration built aren’t really paying much attention to it, you’re the University of Utah in more officers’ quarters and other colonial going to get that kind of deterioration.” revival buildings. October with a 2001 National Fort Douglas was consolidated into the “During the Depression, the fort became Stephen A. Douglas Armed Forces Reserve a model of the American dream,” says Carter. Preservation Honor Award for Center in 1991. The remaining active troops “The government had money to spend, and Fort Douglas. A walking tour were transferred to another base of operation, they were putting it into public works projects. and the University took possession of 62 build- It became a model of possibilities—that we guidebook as well as a virtual ings and 51 acres of land. In 1998, the U took would somehow get out of this Depression and tour of the fort are available at possession of an additional 12 acres of land. there would be light at the end of the tunnel.” Most recently, the University launched a After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in www.facilities.utah.edu. fund-raising campaign for the renovation of the 1941, the army feared another coastal attack. fort’s historic buildings, along with a restora- The 9th Service Command was reassigned from tion plan to revitalize the fort with new occu- the Presidio in San Francisco to Fort Douglas. The move required pants, new programs, and the construction of new student resi- quickly constructing hundreds of wooden buildings to meet the dence halls on the grounds. Athletes from around the world will needs of the war effort. stay in Heritage Commons, the residential living complex, during At its peak in the fall of 1943, the fort housed 1,000 officers the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, marking the and enlisted men, and twice that number of non-military personnel. fort’s next transformation into an Olympic Village. For the first time, women were allowed to enlist in the regular army “The programmatic function of the fort has changed over as WACs, or recruits to the Women’s Army Corps. Several female decades but was always related to military and to war,” says Anne officers were added to the Fort Douglas headquarters staff, and two Racer, University facilities planning director. “Now we have this enlisted WACs were assigned to the 9th Service Command’s public vitality of youth and an opportunity for education and collabora- relations office. tion that will continue for years. And we’ll still serve the commu- “There was something going on all the time. The band played nity as a place where they can come and visit, learn the history of over on what is called Soldier’s Field, giving concerts every noon the fort, and experience this unique environment.” for all the people who worked in the offices around the field,” says “It’s an important part of the University of Utah’s mission to cre- Margaret Montgomery, who served as a WAC lieutenant and married ate an on-campus atmosphere for its students,” says Carter. “I feel George Montgomery, the band’s leader. that we kind of got the best of both things [with Heritage Commons]. As in the First World War, European prisoners were interned We really were able to preserve so much of what was here, and at Fort Douglas. But because housing for these German and these different layers of the past are visible on the landscape.” Italian POWs was scarce, many worked in agricultural camps throughout the area. Some of these men, who were captured in —Joe Prokop BS’96 is a producer at KUED Media Solutions. His doc- Europe and North Africa and interned at Fort Douglas, are now umentary on Fort Douglas will air on KUED-Channel 7 in January.

asks U.S. President 1970 close fort as cost- actually saves tax- mandate to reduce 2002 Dwight D. Land is deeded to cutting measure. payers money armed forces Fort Douglas Eisenhower for the U for Ret. General spending; becomes welcomes athletes 298 acres of Fort Research Park Michael Kauffman 1991 consolidated into and officials from Douglas land to does cost analysis Fort closed as part Stephen A. Douglas around the world support bulging 1978 and determines of President Armed Forces to its Olympic campus Army wants to that keeping fort George Bush’s Reserve Center Village

W INTER 2001 C ONTINUUM 25 hat would you do if the Salt col, what has Rollins learned so far? The U’s Doug WLake Organizing Committee “That there are a lot of drugs out there approached you with an offer for an athlete who wants to enhance per- Rollins is in the to be the medical director of doping con- formance artificially,” he says. Of partic- trol for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games? ular interest to athletes today are sub- middle of one If you’re Doug Rollins MD’73 PhD’73, a stances that mimic naturally occurring professor in the College of Pharmacy and hormones in the body. Using current 16-year director of the Center for Human testing methods, these substances are of the most Toxicology, you recognize this as a once- extremely difficult to detect. The most in-a-lifetime chance—and you say yes. talked about of these drugs are EPO, a controversial With little experience in athletics or dop- substance designed to stimulate produc- ing control, but plenty of experience tion of oxygen-carrying red blood cells researching drugs, Rollins jumped into in the bone marrow, and growth hor- arenas in the one of the most controversial arenas in mone, which has been shown to increase the Olympic Games. lean body mass in athletes. Olympic Games: During non-Games times, the World In August 2000, the Olympic Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Medical Commission announced the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) adoption of a blood and urine test for drug testing. oversee drug testing. But once the 2002 EPO that was used for the first time at Games are underway, Rollins will orches- the Sydney Games. After the EPO scan- trate the athletes’ final test. After the dal that engulfed the Tour de France in by medals have been awarded, the anthems 1998—and with the death of 26 cyclists Kathryn sung, and the spotlight dimmed, the since the mid-1980s due to fatal red Austin gold, silver, and bronze medalists and blood cell counts—news of the EPO two randomly selected participants from test was welcome. Maksimov every competition are given drug tests. A test for growth hormone would Rollins will organize the collection of the also be welcome, as it has been shown specimens, send them to the International to cause chronic high blood pressure Olympic Committee (IOC) lab to be and diabetes if taken over a long period analyzed, and make sure that all results of time. Unfortunately, synthetic growth are reported to the IOC. hormone still goes undetected. With Sound simple? It’s not. “We have to pressure mounting, Games officials may do things according to IOC protocol, yet announce an approved growth hor- and we’re working in an international mone test for Salt Lake in 2002. arena. Put the two together and you run But when it comes to deciding on a into some difficulty,” Rollins explains. test, those officials are faced with a Simply put, countries vary in the way dilemma. On the one hand, approving a they do things. Take, for example, the flawed test could ruin the reputations of collection of urine samples. In the United those athletes who fail it. On the other States, athletes are generally guaranteed hand, rejecting all possible tests leaves privacy. But in order to prevent cheating, Games officials open to criticism for not IOC protocol dictates that athletes be doing enough to ensure fair play and to accompanied by a chaperone who stays protect athletes’ health. If doping goes with the athlete during the entire testing undetected, there is a risk that athletes process. Given the differing rules, “we will set new records that cannot be have to anticipate the difficulties before bested without chemical enhancement. they happen,” Rollins says with a smile. In response, the Olympic Medical “The entire anti-doping program Commission states that “the complete was developed to protect the athlete,” elimination of doping from sport is one Rollins adds, “so the athlete must be of the fundamental objectives of the assured that there will be no foul play.” Olympic Movement.” For now, the Thus, every step in the testing process is Medical Commission will continue to observed by at least two people; a paper investigate all potential tests. And when trail follows the sample everywhere it a new test is announced, Doug Rollins goes; and when it comes to handling can add it to his 2002 pharmacological the sample, only the athlete gets to arsenal in the fight to maintain the touch it. In the end, the athlete gets the integrity of sport. last word. “If there are any irregularities in the process, the athlete is given the —Kathryn Austin Maksimov, former opportunity to say so,” Rollins explains. Continuum editorial intern, is a free- Beyond the politics and the proto- lance writer in Salt Lake City.

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Tree of life rug, Navajo, Mae Bow, 1985

Northwestern Shoshoni doll, Lucy Honevah, 1910

Butterfly basket, San Juan Southern Paiute, Grace Lehi, Goshute burden 1980s basket, maker unknown, early 1900s

by Ann Floor

When the world comes to Salt Lake City in February 2002, international and local visitors

alike will make their way to the U, the host of a number of unique exhibitions that are part of the

Cultural Olympiad. A festival celebrating artists’ accomplishments, the Cultural Olympiad will

include more than 60 performances, 10 major exhibitions, and 50 community programs. (For

specific information on U of U exhibit dates, hours, and costs, refer to the calendar on pages 34-35.)

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Engraved Scarab, Epimenes, about 500 B.C. Attic Black- Figure Nicosthenic Amphora, attributed to Painter N, about 520 B.C.

Statue of a Victorious Black-Figure Volute Youth, artist Krater, attributed to unknown, 300- the Leagros Group, 100 B.C. 510-500 B.C.

Attic Red-Figure Kylix, attributed to Carpenter Painter, 515-510 B.C. From the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Utah Museum of Natural History Guest curator Nola Lodge, a member able. “They are willing to loan us their Of particular interest in the lineup is of the Oneida Tribe of the Iroquois family heirlooms,” says Lodge. “This will Utah’s First Nations: Peoples of the Great Confederation tribe, and exhibit developer be the first time some of this has ever Basin and Colorado Plateau, opening Jan. Becky Menlove asked each tribe to identify been on public display.” 18 and continuing through Sept. 29, 2002, a defining moment—a turning point—in Lodge laments the fact that so often in the Utah Museum of Natural History’s its history and to tell that story through the American—and international—public Dumke Gallery. The idea for the exhibit the exhibit. has a stereotypical image of what an came from the museum’s Indian Advisory “The Northwestern Shoshoni are American Indian is. She says it grows out Committee, organized more than 15 years going to focus on the lifestyle of their of the romantic Plains Indian image of the ago, and marks a remarkable collaboration people after the Bear River massacre,” says mounted horseman with headdress found among Utah’s tribes and the museum. Lodge. “The Navajos want to focus on so often in books and movies. “There is The exhibit will include artifacts from family and clan, and how important it is no understanding that there is no one the Northern Ute, Northwestern Shoshoni, to their survival. And the Utes want to tell American Indian, ” says Lodge. “We are Confederated Tribes of Goshute, Skull Valley about the importance of the horse to their all unique groups with a unique cultural Band of Goshute, Navajo, Southern Paiute, culture,” she adds. history, material culture, and experience. and White Mesa Ute, providing a unique Lodge and Menlove traveled to each And our experiences differ from place to opportunity for visitors to learn about the reservation on several different occasions place.” Lodge hopes this exhibit will help indigenous peoples of this region. to see what kinds of artifacts were avail- to dissolve this stereotype.

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“One thing we do all share,” Lodge tion on the technology of ancient bronze been ignored by the academic commu- says, “is our philosophy of the Beauty casting. The UMFA will be the only nity,” says Thomas Carter, associate Way, as the Navajo call it—the way of museum in the United States outside of professor in the Graduate School of balance. It’s hard to live in a competitive the Getty to exhibit the statue. Architecture. “But more importantly, urban society and hold on to that. I try our interest is to show how the cowboy, to observe the traditional teachings and Graduate School of Architecture a mythic character in American con- to function in an honest way to maintain The Bailey Exhibition Hall at the sciousness, really emerges from this par- that balance. I try to find a quiet time and Graduate School of Architecture will ticular landscape.” think about what’s really important— host Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions what kind of legacy do I want to leave? of the American Future, Nov. 12 – Feb. 28, J. Willard Marriott Library PowWows and Indian community events, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian THE NAZI OLYMPICS Berlin 1936, and keeping in touch with tribal friends, Institution. Appealing to futurists and a traveling exhibition from the United help me stay connected.” nostalgia buffs alike, the unusual exhibit States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will In addition to dispelling stereotypes includes ray guns, robots, and a nuclear- continue at the Marriott Library through and providing an authentic view of the powered car, which reflect the unique Mar. 22 (see the Fall 2001 Continuum). American Indian, the exhibit will give the history of popular expectations about the The exhibition tells the story of the 1936 tribes an opportunity to tell their stories shape of things to come. Toys, books, Olympic Summer Games in Berlin to an international audience. “There are a movie stills, World’s Fair memorabilia, through athlete testimonials, videos, lot of romantic notions about Indians, but car designs, advertisements, and architec- posters, photographs, and newsreels. The we’re just trying to survive,” says Lodge. tural designs from yesteryear are used to 1936 Games were made part of Adolf “It’s actually a miracle that we’re still show how we have envisioned our col- Hitler’s propaganda campaign after he here because if past governmental poli- lective future. became chancellor of Germany in 1933. cies had taken root, we wouldn’t be.” Concentrating on the past 100 years, “The Nazis perverted the Olympics the exhibit demonstrates that although and manipulated the Games to serve their many of the predicted futures never came racial, cultural, and political purposes,” In keeping with the Games’ Greek to pass, and in fact seem naïve from our says Ronald Smelser, professor of history heritage, Athletes in Antiquity: Works 21st-century perspective, other visions and the catalyst for bringing the exhibi- from the Collection of the J. Paul Getty still challenge our concept of the future— tion to the University. “Everything the Museum will be presented Feb. 1 to like personal flying machines that strap to Nazis stood for was a denial of the true Apr. 15 at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts one’s back, or cars that can be transformed spirit which had animated the revival of in the Marcia and John Price Museum into airplanes in a matter of minutes. The the modern Games. This became clear in Building. The exhibit includes 36 exhibition begs the question: how will our the war of racial conquest and destruction objects from the late sixth century B.C. current visions of the future be viewed in that the Nazis unleashed just three years to the end of the first century A.D. the future? after the 1936 Olympiad.” “Once we knew the Olympics would “Architecture is a proposition about The exhibition chronicles the Nazis’ be coming to Salt Lake City, our founding the future, and, as a result of that, we’re rise to power, the Nazification of German director, Frank Sanguinetti, contacted looking at ideas from a variety of sources,” sport, the Olympic boycott controversy the Getty, and they were very helpful in says William Miller, dean of the Graduate in the United States, and the Games organizing the exhibit to include an School of Architecture. “This exhibit and their aftermath. Olympic theme,” notes David Dee, interim reminds us that architecture is about plan- Salt Lake City is the 10th city to director of the museum. ning ahead and understanding images host the traveling exhibition, created to The exhibited works include dining and notions of future life.” coincide with the opening of the 1996 and drinking vessels, Athenian and Greek In addition to Yesterday’s Tomorrows, Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta. vases, bottles, pots, urns, jewelry, and the Graduate School of Architecture will statues, many decorated with images of host an independent exhibit, The Cowboy warriors, mythological creatures, and Way: Architecture, Life, and Myth on the Keepers of the Flame, a performance young athletes. Several materials were used San Jacinto Ranch, Elko County, Nevada, at Kingsbury Hall Feb. 4 and 12-14, is a in ancient Greece to create the artifacts, Jan. 3 – Mar. 1, sponsored by the Western musical production celebrating sport as an such as terra-cotta, marble, bronze, obsid- Regional Architecture Program. The art form. Utah musicians Sam Cardon and ian, onyx, and carnelian. exhibit focuses on the built environment Kurt Bestor composed this new work at Among the highlights is the bronze of ranching—including railroad towns, the invitation of the Salt Lake Organizing and copper “Statue of a Victorious Youth” bars, the layout of a ranch, boss and Committee. Through a combination of (Greek, 300-100 B.C.), which depicts a buckaroo housing, horse and cow barns, music and visuals, Keepers of the Flame tells naked youth standing with his weight cookhouses, machine sheds, and cor- the stories of athletes’ lives, uniting biogra- shifted on his right leg, crowning himself rals—to explore the complex relation- phy and music in a special contribution to with a wreath, the prize for a victor in the ship that exists between western ranch the Cultural Olympiad. ancient Olympic Games. Found in the sea life and the mythology that surrounds it. off the coast of Italy, the statue is one of “We wanted to offer a look at the —Ann Floor, a frequent contributor to the few life-size Greek bronzes to have architectural landscape of western Continuum, is with the U of U’s public survived, providing important informa- ranching—a landscape that has largely relations office.

W INTER 2001 C ONTINUUM 31 On January 29, the busiest health-care facility ment areas in the clinic. The clinic will be supplied in the state will open on the ground floor of the with more than $1 million worth of donated University of Utah’s Guest House—and 50 days medical equipment. later it will close, never to be heard from again. The Polyclinic will provide the same services Such is the life span of an Olympic Polyclinic. during the Paralympic Winter Games as during the A 24-hour-a-day operation located deep within the Olympic Winter Games, but on a smaller scale. One Olympic Village, the Polyclinic keeps athletes, coaches, additional service will be provided by the European- and other members of the Olympic Family healthy based company Otto Bock, which will assist athletes during their moment in the world’s spotlight. in the repair and maintenance of various orthotic Rarely mentioned in news reports about the 2002 and prosthetic devices and wheelchairs. Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter According to Holt, the Salt Lake Polyclinic Games, the Polyclinic operates out of the limelight. will be the most technologically advanced in “It’s the busiest Olympic venue you’ve never heard Olympic history. “We’ll be using software that records every health-care encounter in the Olympic Village and at Olympic venues. Combining this information SPOR S MEDICINE with data collected across the state by the Department of Ever wonder of,” jokes Mark R. Elstad, M.D., Polyclinic medical Health, we’ll be able to track and monitor any out- director and associate professor of internal medicine break of disease during the Games. The technology at the University’s medical school. “The outside also will allow us to track supplies and pharmacy world doesn’t see the Polyclinic; it’s purely an orders at the Polyclinic, something that’s never what happens Olympic service,” he notes. been done before,” he adds. As part of a 1998 agreement with Intermountain Tracking potential disease outbreaks is essential, Health Care (IHC), the University will manage all says Elstad, because the 2002 Games will be held when an Olympic Games-related health care for venues on campus. during the height of Utah’s flu season. “Our biggest In addition to the Polyclinic, the University will challenge is to make sure that nothing gets in the staff and equip first-aid stations in Rice-Eccles way of an athlete’s competing at his or her highest Olympic Stadium during Opening and Closing level. The Olympics are unique in that there aren’t athlete gets the Ceremonies, as well as a smaller first-aid station inside many situations in which a single sporting event the Olympic Village. University Hospital will pro- makes or breaks a person, where one race is the dif- vide more specialized inpatient care and diagnostic ference between success or failure,” he points out. flu? Sprains an services needed by any member of the Olympic Elstad predicts the majority of visits to the Family (a group that includes members of the Polyclinic will be athletes seeking physical therapy, International Olympic Committee, the International orthopedics, and primary care for complaints such ankle? Meet Federation of Sports, and national Olympic com- as colds, sore throats, and diarrhea. “Most of the mittees; athletes; and delegations from designated larger teams, like the United States, bring along Games locations, as well as cities currently bidding their own medical personnel,” he says. “So our role to host future Games). in the Polyclinic often becomes one of supporting the Polyclinic. The University’s involvement in the Polyclinic team physicians by providing specific tests or spe- marks an Olympic milestone, as Salt Lake City’s cialty consultation.” Polyclinic will be the first in Olympic history to be Holt, Elstad, and colleague Stuart E. Willick, managed by a major academic medical center. M.D., assistant professor of physical medicine and “The Polyclinic will essentially be run as an rehabilitation and co-medical director, have by Christopher Nelson extension of University Hospital,” says William become Olympic veterans of sorts, having spent Holt BS’88 MPA’93, a University Hospital admin- time as observers at both the 1998 Olympic Winter istrator who will oversee all University medical Games in Nagano and the 2000 Olympic Summer services for the Games. “All of the resources of the Games in Sydney. Holt became so familiar with the hospital, including medical imaging and the expertise Sydney Polyclinic that the director asked him to of the University’s 800 medical school faculty lead tours of the facility for visiting dignitaries. members, will be available to the 3,500 athletes “Sydney set a new standard with their Polyclinic,” and coaches who will live in the Olympic Village.” admits Elstad, “but I’m confident we’re up to the The clinic itself will feature a full pharmacy, challenge. This is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to digital radiology equipment (including MRI), and showcase the skills of our people and programs to the a clinical laboratory. In addition, more than 450 international community—and we’ll be ready.” health-care workers from the University and the community will staff primary care, sports medicine, —Christopher Nelson BS’96, who wrote about University physical therapy, podiatry, dental, vision, psychiatry, Hospital in the Spring 2001 Continuum, is public gynecology, and otolaryngology exam and treat- relations officer for the John A. .

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