June 7, 1970: Richard Charles Dale and Samuel William Sullivan, Jr., became the first African American graduates of the School of Medicine. October 19, 1971: The Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences was dedicated and named in honor of Alabama's long-time former Senator Lister Hill. December 8, 1989: Center for Community Health Resources Development was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. October 30, 1987: Dr. Dan W. Urry delivered the twenty-fourth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Of Molecules, Motion, Man, and Machines.". degrees in Medicine from The University of Alabamas new two-year basic sciences medical program. October 10, 1977: Engineering Building was renamed Cudworth Hall in honor of James R. Cudworth. May 4, 1999: Martin C. Nowak was named second executive director of University Hospital. Cleve Warren has been appointed to the Baptist Health System board. March 9, 2017: UAB announced the establishment of the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative in partnership with the private HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama. February 1, 1964: The separate Hillman Emergency and University Emergency Clinics were merged to form one combined University Hospital Emergency Clinic. June 1, 2014: Dr. J. Fred Olive, a long time member of the library faculty, became interim director of the Mervyn Sterne Library upon the retirement of Dr. Jerry W. Stephens. March 6, 1907: The Mobile medical school dissolved its own board of trustees, and The University of Alabama Board of Trustees gained sole control over the Mobile program. October 9, 1963: In a letter to Vice President Joseph F. Volker, African American employees in the universitys Medical and Dental Basic Science Building formally requested desegregation of the buildings cafeteria and facilities. December 1996: Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith became interim vice president for Financial Affairs and Administration. 1937: Dr. Richard C. Foster became president of The University of Alabama and served until 1941. She has provided expertise in diverse areas ranging from pulmonary medicine and epidemiology to health care administration and national health care policy. Dr. Lolley, a member of the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, had previously served as hospital president from 2013 until 2015. Responsibilities of Individual Members include: Eligible nominees must be active dues paying members and graduates of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and any of its related entities. Dr. William Ferniany became the first Chief Executive Officer of the new authority. More than 1,200 employees to be honored at annual service awards. She was later named as the team's third head coach. February 11, 1970: The first meeting was held for the newly elected senate of the College of General Studies. Fifteen people received treatment at the hospital and autopsies were done on the bodies of the four young victims of the bombing. The award honors a UAB investigator who leads/promotes interdisciplinary research and is named in honor of Dr. Richard B. Marchase, former vice president for Research and Economic Development and former interim president of UAB. January 1, 2010: Dr. Rodney W. Nowakowski became interim dean of the School of Optometry. 2007: Entering freshmen in the School of Dentistry began their studies under a revised vertically integrated curriculum, where students are exposed to clinical training almost from the start and receive instruction and mentoring from faculty and upper classmen. Humphrey received a history degree from UAB and had been a scholarship member of the Blazer track team. Each Congressional district went from one member to two members; the district containing Tuscaloosa went from two members to three. October 1948: A separate library was established for the School of Dentistry. Bateh was the Society's first female president and first president with an international background. July 24, 1978: Upon the retirement of Sarah Cole Brown, Richard B. Fredericksen became second director of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and the J.L. 1900: When opened for the fall term, the Department of Pharmacy at the Medical College of Alabama had two female students working toward a PhG degree: Lela M. Semler and Esther Turner Colston. The space at Legion Field would be used for three years until football operations were moved to an on-campus site. 11 at the corner of University Boulevard and South 12th Street. Drs. April 8, 2002: Norman A. Reilly, Jr., became UAB's fourth Sports Information officer. November 15, 1985: Dr. Leonard H. Robinson delivered the twenty-second Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Excellence Revisited: Prescription for The Future.". 1974: Drs. She later went on to become the fourth runner up in the Miss America pageant in September in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Rose announced his resignation as president of The University of Alabama. The collection will be displayed and used by the university's Arts in Medicine (AIM) program and the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts. Lauren Edwards, Program Coordinator of UAB Arts in MedicineLauren received a BA in Theatre from the University of Alabama at Birmingham while also studying Social Work. Dr. Rothblatts recent books are on xenotransplantation (Your Life or Mine), gender identity (Transgender to Transhuman) and cyber ethics (Virtually Human). January 1, 2022: Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers became the fifth CEO of the UAB Health System, he retained his positions as dean of the Heersink School of Medicine and as Senior Vice President for Medicine. Fine became second director and CEO of the UAB Health System. The hospital board of directors is often sourced from local business leaders, lawyers, private sector leaders, doctors, nurses, and government leaders. 1902: A one-story addition to the main building, housing the chemical laboratory, was completed at the Medical College of Alabama. April 8-19, 2002: Dr. Lee M. E. Morin, who had earned a masters degree from the School of Public Health in 1988, served on the crew of STS-110 Atlantis on the 13th shuttle mission to the International Space Station. September 7, 1991: The UAB football team played its first intercollegiate football game, losing 28-0 to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. March 23, 1993: In the first night game held at the Jerry D. Young Memorial Field, the Men's Baseball team defeated Southern Mississippi by a score of 6 to 4. For the UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority (CEHA), which owns and operates the eye hospital, current directors David Randall, Joan Ragsdale, Steve Yoder and Dr. Michael Callahan have been. 1956: Research grants at the Medical Center totaled $459,000. "Bill" Ivey became the third head coach of the Women's Basketball team, after having served as interim coach for the previous year. The freshman class, the largest in school history, grew to 2,021 students, an increase of 24.7 percent from the previous year. May 13, 1998: Dr. Mary Lynn Capilouto was named sixth dean of the School of Dentistry after having served as interim dean since March 1997. October 18, 1996: Dr. Gail H. Cassell delivered the thirty-third Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Emerging Infections: A Global Threat.". 1968: Alabama Transplant Center was created in the Medical Center and served as the clinical center for all transplant activities at UAB. She is also a 1993 graduate of the University of Virginia Colgate Darden Schools MBA program, where she received the Faculty Award. Assistant VP for Alumni Affairs & Executive Director, Director, Administrative & Fiscal Affairs, Senior Director of Communications Katie McDowell, Executive Director of Operations Steve Murray, Associate Dean for Strategic Planning & Administration, Associate VP for Research Business Operations, Assistant VP for Responsible Research Practices, Associate VP for Research Facilities and Infrastructure, Undergraduate Marketing and Communications, Executive Director of Creative Operations, Director, Fiscal Affairs & Administration, UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham. 1970: The UAB student theatre group began in the fall as a means to offer students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to work in performance and technical capacities. David C. McGiffin and David Laskow. Dr. Birrer, a specialist in gynecologic cancers, came to UAB from Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital. The team was stationed at University Hospital, the states only adult Level-1 Trauma Center, in order to develop their medical and teamwork skills. August 1982: Dr. Joseph F. Volker, recently retired as chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System, returned to UAB as a distinguished professor. Co-chaired by Ted W. Love, MD, and Gail H. Cassell, PhD, the board meets twice annually to advise Senior Vice President and Dean Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS, in support of the School of Medicines vision of becoming the Preferred Academic Medical Center of the 21stCentury. June 10, 1985: Angela Tower, a dance student at UAB, was named Miss Alabama. posted today. October 1, 1993: Dr. J. Claude Bennett assumed office as the fourth president of UAB. December 14, 1995: The Center for Educational Accountability was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. January 28, 1969: Dr. Frank A. December 1, 1944: Dr. Roger Denio Baker became the medical school's first full-time faculty member and the first departmental chair (pathology) appointed by Dean Roy R. Kracke. December 1959: Birmingham native Patricia "Pat" Neal (later renamed as Fannie Flagg) appeared in a Town and Gown Theatre production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." December 11, 1992: Sidney L. McDonald was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. May 8, 1956: An untitled student newspaper was published at the Birmingham Extension Center, it was later named the Center Scope. September 25, 1986: The Center for Reproductive Health and Genetics was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. November 1975: Medical Towers Building was acquired. August 15, 2001: Dr. Linda C. Lucas became the fifth dean of the School of Engineering. Ohl-Picket had been a student athlete on the Blazer team. 1978: The Medical Education Building opened. Dr. McMahon, a professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology and the Jarman F. Lowder Professor of Neuroscience at UAB, became dean on the first of October. Lacrosse will be held on the PNC Field, Tug of War will be held at the track facility, and racquetball and squash will be held in the University Recreation Center. Herskowitz is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology. The Polar unit had been designed by the UAB Engineering and Innovative Technology Development team. Dr. Love served as a consultant in medicine in the Department of Cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. May 20, 1973: Dedication ceremonies were held for a new University College campus containing University College Building No. January 13, 2020: Proton International at UAB, the states first proton therapy center, was opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The garden was named in honor of Lou Annie McCord Eppes and Virginia Foster Durr, two Civil Rights pioneers in the State of Alabama. Dr. Heersink, of Dothan, Alabama, is a renowned eye surgeon, innovator, and entrepreneur. Hettie Butler Terry Community Service Award, Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Initiative, Board of Directors Details and Eligibility, Understand and promote the organization's mission, Gain a working knowledge of the organization's programs, services and delivery models, Be a working member of at least one committee or work group annually, Assist in membership development and advocate for the organization, Actively participate in board meetings and annual meeting, Attend and actively participate in at least 50% of board meetings in a 12 month period, 4 board meetings annually usually in February/March, May, August and December, Committee/work group - 1-3 hours per month or as needed, Board meeting materials will be sent out for review prior to the meeting, 2022 The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Tony Jones became the ninth president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. October 15, 2001: Richard M. Scrushy and Andria Scott Hurst were elected to The University of Alabama Board of Trustees, becoming the first elected (and later confirmed) board members with undergraduate degrees from UAB. October 24, 1997: Dr. Suzanne Oparil delivered the thirty-fourth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Academic Family Values, or Can This Marriage Be Saved?". June 10, 1994: Frank and Kathleen Ellis Ryals School of Public Health Building groundbreaking ceremony was held. 2011: Paul W. Bryant, Jr., was elected president pro tempore of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. October 17, 1991: The West Pavilion of University Hospital was dedicated. September 1, 2016: C. Ray Hayes became the seventh chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. Over 68 percent of the freshmen class lived in on-campus housing. 2, University College Building No. Dr. Love joined GBT in June 2014 as president and chief executive officer with broad leadership and management experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry. August 1, 1944: Dr. Roy R. Kracke became first dean of the four-year Medical College of Alabama. 2020: During the fall, UAB students in the Science and Technology Honors Program, in conjunction with the UAB Sustainability office, created a monarch butterfly waystation at the corner of 10th Avenue South and 14th Street adjacent to the university's new Honors Hall. One full-time instructor and seven-part time instructors taught 19 different courses. July 6, 2015: In a non-scientific online poll, UAB affiliates voted overwhelmingly to reinstate the name of Gang Green for the Official Student Fan Club of UAB Athletics. 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