1955: A student government association (SGA) was established at the Birmingham Extension Center. Wang completed a masters degree program in biotechnology (School of Health Professions) in three semesters. June 1971: Six students received their Bachelor of Science degrees in Physiological Optics becoming the first graduates of the School of Optometry. October 9, 2006: Anthony B. Purcell became the fifth Chief of Police. October 1963: Computer Research Laboratory opened in the former Life of Georgia Insurance Building. February 1, 1977: Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr., became the second president of UAB. May 14, 2021: Kari Bellville became the head coach of the Women's Golf team. 2012: The School of Education was removed from reporting to the College of Arts and Sciences and returned to an independent school with a direct report to the Office of the Provost. April 1973: The UAB School of Business became the youngest business school in the nation to be accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. October 2, 1997: Ground was broken for the Richard M. Scrushy Building, future home of the School of Health Related Professions. April 14, 1971: A National Honor Society chapter was first organized at the College of General Studies. June 8, 1953: Students from the University of Alabama School of Nursing in Tuscaloosa first came to the Medical Center for clinical training in the hospital complex. Mr. Davenport is an Elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Alexander City. March 22, 1953: The Veterans Administration Hospital was dedicated in the Medical Center. July 14, 2000: Ground was broken for the North Pavilion, a major addition and replacement facility for University Hospital. 1971: UAB was accredited as an independent institution of higher education by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). 1990: The first use of a monoclonal antibody to treat rheumatoid arthritis occurred at University Hospital. October 1, 2005: Dr. Ray L. Watts became the sixth president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. A search to name an interim dean of the College was initiated. Wayne H. and Sara C. Finley received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a cytogenetics laboratory at the Medical Center. June 3, 1986: Cudworth Hall was renamed the UAB Continuing Education Center. August 31, 2016: Mike Wilson became the seventh head coach of the Men's Golf team. After graduating from Auburn University in 1970, he spent a year working with Pepsi-Cola Company, then joined Buffalo Rock Company on a full-time basis in 1971.Corporate and personal community involvement is a Lee family tradition. 1956: The Women's Club of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry was organized with Mrs. E. E. Evans as first president. Dr. Lundberg was then Professor of Pathology and Associate Director of Laboratories at the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center for 10 years, and for five years was Professor and Chair of Pathology at the University of California-Davis. He had been named director in August but took office only after the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Dr. Rayl, a long-time member of the Birmingham faculty, was a professor of Mathematics. Dr. Joshua Carpenter, president of SRI, explained to the board that the sale would allow SRI to "narrow our focus to life sciences, an abiding strength of UAB. March 3, 2018: The Women's Basketball team defeated UT-San Antonio 74-66 to win their first Conference-USA regular season championship. 1989: Bea Clark became the fifth head coach of the Women's Tennis team. Dr. William L. Holman implanted the ventricular-assist device. UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. As a visual artist, Elizabeth offers workshops in lettering and the meditative art of Zentangle, and she became a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) in 2015. October 1968: For the fall term, history faculty member Dr. Jack D. L. Holmes offered a course in African American history. Now retired as an architect, he has launched several real estate- and construction-related companies. July 1962: Eye Foundation Hospital groundbreaking ceremony was held. March 1945: Mary Ament became librarian of the newly established Medical College Library; she resigned three months later. October 17, 1991: The West Pavilion of University Hospital was dedicated. She has taught classes, workshops, and done community outreach through the arts at Birmingham Museum of Art, Childrens Hospital, The Dance Foundation, The Interfaith Hospitality House, MAKEbhm, ArtPlay, YWCA of Central Alabama, Camp Sawyerville, aTeam Ministries, Aletheia house, and First Light Shelter. November 4, 1957: The statue of Dr. W. E. B. Davis was relocated to the Medical Center from Woodrow Wilson Park in downtown Birmingham. August 1, 1990: Dr. Tennant S. McWilliams became third dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, succeeding Belinda McCarthy who had served as interim dean since June first. October 15, 2000: Dr. John F. Amos became interim dean of the School of Optometry. 1964: A gift from Fay Fletcher Kerner made possible the first endowed chair at the Medical Center, the Fay Fletcher Kerner Chair of Surgery. 1978: Dr. Aaron L. Lamar, Jr., was named assistant vice president and dean of Student Affairs, becoming the first African American appointed to a senior administrative position at UAB. July 1, 1973: Dr. James A. Pittman, Jr., became dean of the School of Medicine. July 1970: Dr. John B. Dunbar became the first vice president for Student and Community Affairs. June 1972: UAB Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System was established with Dr. John M. Miller, III, as director. UAB Nurses Share COVID-19 Experiences on the Front Lines . 1970: Dr. John R. Durant established the Cancer Research and Training Center, later designated as the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. The university's new song was included in the December 13 commencement ceremony. October 19, 1971: Sarah Cole Brown, who had served as chief librarian since 1955, became first director of the new Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. UNC-Charlotte defeated the Blazers 86-72. February 2000: An open house officially opened the Gambro Healthcare Birmingham-Central Building on the corner of University Boulevard and South 21st Street. A native of Iran, she received her bachelors degree in political science from Western College for Women at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Drs. His faculty appointment was in the School of Business. April 15, 1974: Dr. Elizabeth C. Crosby delivered the eleventh Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Our Curious Cortex." May 25, 2016: An orientation meeting was held for the new UAB Staff Council, comprised of 39 staff members from 21 departments across the units of the university. October 26, 1967: The student newspaper, Kaleidoscope, was first published. October 18, 1983: Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building was dedicated. The bombing killed an off-duty police officer and seriously injured a clinic nurse. March 2, 2001: A statue of UAB's founding athletic director and first men's basketball coach Gene Bartow was dedicated in the Bartow Arena. November 19, 1999: The UAB Acute Chest Pain Center and the UAB Heart Center were approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1978: Howard G. Hawk became the first UAB student named as a Truman Scholar. 256-442-2388 Mailing Address: P. Gadsden Etowah County EMA. 1978: The Medical Education Building opened. April 21, 2000: The Center for Research on Child and Adolescent Development was approved by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. July 1996: Dr. Eli Capilouto was named fourth dean of the School of Public Health after having served as interim dean since November 4, 1994. We are committed to being leaders in all aspects of inpatient care and to consistently modeling a mindset of continuous improvement that we hope will be contagious. September 1945: Mildred R. Crowe became second librarian of the Medical College Library. February 28, 1986: The UAB student chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) received its charter. 2003: The African American Faculty Association organized formally as a campus organization. July 10, 1945: The Alfred A. Walker Ward was dedicated at Jefferson-Hillman Hospital as a ward dedicated to the treatment of infantile paralysis (a.k.a. His appointment had been announced in May. Dr. Irshad H. Chaudry was named as the center's first director. The clinic offered full ophthalmological and optometric services and housed a full-service, in-house optical store. 1976: The Center for Aging was established. November 6, 2015: Scott M. Phelps was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Vera Bruhn was elected first president of the auxiliary. 1910: Dr. Edgar Poe Hogan became the first Hillman Hospital administrator, serving in a part-time capacity until 1930. The UAB House Party was held to celebrate the return of the Blazers football program. Dr. J. Claude Bennett was the center's first director. March 21, 1994: The Samuel Ullman Museum on 15th Avenue South opened as a UAB facility dedicated to Birmingham educational reformer and poet Samuel Ullman. June 23, 1967: The Committee on Optometry, a joint state legislative committee chaired by Representative Hugh D. Merrill, found there was a need for a school of optometry to be located in the State of Alabama and recommended that it be placed at an existing state university.". James K. Kirklin and George L. Zorn, Jr. June 1988: Dr. Dick D. Briggs became acting president of The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. After Morgan Stanley Mr. Crowder founded, managed, and sold a number of hedge fund firms with assets totaling in excess of USD 10 billion - Ursa Capital LLC, Lyra Capital LLC, and Starview Capital LLC. November 1, 2016: The UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic Cahaba River opened in the Altadena community along the Highway 280 and Interstate 459 corridor. with host Michael Feldman was broadcast live from the stage of the concert hall at the new Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. Sarah is represented by Gallery 1930 in Birmingham. October 15, 1969: A student protest in support of the Vietnam Moratorium was held in front of Tidwell Hall, the College of General Studies Building. 1969: Rev. July 30, 2007: Incoming freshman in the School of Medicine began class under a newly initiated curriculum organized around organ systems and called the Curriculum for the 21st Century.. Like all other Birmingham students, Abbott received his degree during commencement ceremonies on the campus in Tuscaloosa. As the largest inpatient provider of patient care at UAB we recognize our ability to positively influence the culture of inpatient care and we take that to heart. 2003: Dr. Louis Dale was named the first vice president for Equity and Diversity, becoming the first African American named to a vice presidential office at UAB. Mr. Lee began his career with Buffalo Rock Company at the age of 12, working summers under his fathers direction. Serving a total population base of more than 6.5 million, the company provides wholesale beverage and snack sales, full-line vending and catering services. He served until 1969. There were also three international faculty with part-time appointments, one was from Spain and two were from India. August 1, 2022: Dr. Daryl Green became the sixth Chief of Police. The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved the reclassification of four sections in the Department of Surgery into divisions and the appointment of their directors at its Sept. 13, 2013 meeting. April 1, 2020: Kasia J. Gonnerman, previously of Vanderbilt University, became the second dean of UAB Libraries. May 2021: UAB and the Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 World Games announced that UAB would provide some of the housing needed by athletes, coaches, and officials and the university would host several competitions at UAB venues during the World Games, to be held in Birmingham July 7-17, 2022. Deal became dean of the School of Medicine after having served as interim since April. John D. S. Davis, William E. B. Davis, William H. Johnston, Benjamin L. Wyman, Sr., Russell M. Cunningham, John C. LeGrande, B. G. Copeland, J. H. McCarty, and Lewis G. Woodson were the original stockholders of the medical school. November 13, 1996: President J. Claude Bennett announced plans to resign his presidency effective January 1, 1997. 2001: The UAB Health System and the Children's Health System announced the approval of a joint operating agreement that covered all pediatric and inpatient women's services and created the nonprofit entity, CWH. Dr. Watts, who holds an undergraduate degree from the UAB School of Engineering, had joined the UAB faculty in 2003. July 1, 2017: Dr. Pam Benoit became Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Board of Directors The charter now provides for thirteen directors, five being University officers of board members. Basil I. Hirschowitz selected as the twenty-fifth Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. September 27, 1989: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Center for Psychiatric Medicine. Dr. Florence M. Monroe was the station's first general manager. The college opened for instruction that fall. A native of what was then Czechoslovakia, Lazansky was the first international named as a divisional director at the Medical Center in Birmingham. August 9, 2018: A new building for the UAB Police Department was opened on South 14th Street. He is a Trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowships, serves on the national board of the Boy Scouts of America, and served as an elder and deacon at South Highland Presbyterian Church. Singing and playing violin have given her opportunities to study how people across the globe are connected and moved by music. April 1, 1976: Dr. William F. Bridgers was named to develop public health efforts at UAB. June 2006: Tina Rogers became the interim chief executive officer of the UAB affiliated Southern Research Institute. As the owner and founder ofLiterary Healing Artsand Red Couch Writers, she can be found helping others write to heal on red couches across the city, thanks to her experience as an expressive writer,Racial Healing Facilitator, and healer. UAB had three honorees in the inaugural class of 25, Coach Gene Bartow; student-athlete Deanna Jackson (Women's Basketball); and student-athlete Graeme McDowell (Men's Golf). Exterior of the North Pavilion of UAB Hospital at dusk, April 2020. June 8, 1992: UAB police officer was shot while on a routine patrol, the first such injury in the history of the department. Lynn Ford Alandt Civic Leader Stephanie W. Bergeron Vice Chair, Board of Directors Retired President, Walsh College Shari L. Burgess Chair, Health Alliance Plan of Michigan Vice President and Treasurer, Lear Corporation 1972: Air Force ROTC first became available to undergraduate students through a cooperative program with Samford University. Shot partially in Birmingham the previous year, some scenes had been filmed in UABs Woodward House. September 13, 2001: Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith announced that Dr. W. Ann Reynolds would step down as UAB president in the summer of 2002. UAB supports 61,025 jobs and generates $302.2 million in tax revenue to state and local governments. 1972: The Extension Library of Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences opened in the Hillman Hospital building. She has held various positions of increasing responsibility in business development and finance at Sonat Inc., Protective Life Corp., and Altec Inc. She also co-founded and served as managing partner for an energy project management and development firm, Kinetic Partners LLC.Since 2014, Mrs. Cook has served on the board of First US Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq: FUSB), where she chairs the boards Asset Liability Committee and also serves on the Compensation and Executive, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. June 25, 1993: South Hall, a student residence, was renamed and rededicated as Rast Hall in honor of Thomas E. Rast, a former member of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. January 2017: Jessica Angel, an artist living in New York, became the first artist-in-residence for the UAB AEIVA. June 1968: The Medical Center and the VA Hospital were authorized to share programs and facilities under Public Law 89-785. October 2, 1894: The Birmingham Medical College opened for its first term with Dr. William H. Johnston as dean. 1998: Dr. Danny Doyle, second director of the UAB Marching Blazers, composed the Blazer Victory March, later renamed as the Blazer Victory Song. A writer and storyteller who facilitates writing-to-heal workshops as an artist-in-residence with UAB Arts in Medicine, Salaams work has appeared inThe Birmingham Times, Scalawag, Bust, Feminist Review, Black Youth Project, Elephant Journal, Southern Womens Review,AL.com,Birmingham Arts Journal,and more. Janet Cash received the award for students. August 1, 1950: Dr. Tinsley R. Harrison became acting dean of the Medical College of Alabama and chair of the Department of Medicine. 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