Support is growing to name the new Washington State University medical school for Elson Floyd, the school president who died last weekend of complications from colon cancer.
State Sen. Michael Baumgartner said he will introduce a bill this week to name the new medical school for Floyd.
Baumgartner, a Republican from Spokane, said Floyd was instrumental in pushing the proposal through the Legislature, making a compelling case that the state needed a second public medical school.
Washington State students have already launched a Facebook campaign to name the Spokane-based medical school for Floyd, Baumgartner noted.
