1985: Ken Cain became the head coach of the Men's Volleyball team. April 1974: A symbolic groundbreaking was held for the Lurleen B. Wallace Cancer Hospital. September 22, 1967: The Veterans Administration Research Wing was dedicated. Sr. Vice President for Medicine & Dean, Heersink School of School of Medicine Anupam Agarwal. Drs. April 15, 1985: UAB's first International Food Festival was held in the Mini Park. June 30, 1949: Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in the Medical Center for the Crippled Children's Clinic and Hospital. UAB Medicine will be the official sponsor for medical services during the World Games. . UAB Hospital is home to the only accredited geriatric ED in Alabama, the first one in the Southeast and the 17th Level 1 geriatric ED in the world. The UAB student body was 42 percent minority. Bacterial co-infection is a major risk factor for death, intensive care unit admission and mechanical ventilation, according to a multi-center, retrospective cohort study published in the journal Critical Care and led by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers.. Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has killed more than 6.3 million people worldwide. UAB is the only public, four-year degree granting university in the state's largest metropolitan area. Dr. Vickers, a native of Demopolis, Alabama, and a former member of the UAB surgery faculty, was chair of surgery at the University of Minnesota when his appointment was announced in August. June 1971: Six students received their Bachelor of Science degrees in Physiological Optics becoming the first graduates of the School of Optometry. December 31, 2003: The UAB Capital Campaign officially ended with over $388.7 million raised, the largest fundraising effort by any university in Alabama. Through the ESMWT, the University of Alabama's extension division served "individuals engaged in the war industry" and aided in their effectiveness in "speeding up the production of goods and materials for the war.". August 1992: UAB Campus Watch Program instituted by the UAB Police Department. Erin Shaughnessy, M.D. 2008: Finis E. St. John, IV, was elected president pro tempore of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Kenneth J. Roozen and Blaine A. Brownell became associate deans and co-directors of the UAB Graduate School. 1952: Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, an Alabama native practicing radiology in Michigan, agreed to donate his personal library and collection of rare medical texts and manuscripts to the medical school in Birmingham. June 10, 1994: Frank and Kathleen Ellis Ryals School of Public Health Building groundbreaking ceremony was held. January 21, 1981: Alabama Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center was established with Dr. John W. Kirklin as director. April 18, 1985: UAB's new baseball field was officially dedicated as the Jerry D. Young Memorial Field. 31 overall in federal funding, and No. Ohl-Picket had been a student athlete on the Blazer team. 1976: The Center for Aging was established. The three facilities were the Baptist Medical Center South (454 licensed beds), Baptist Medical Center East (150 beds), and Prattville Baptist Hospital (85 beds). August 9, 1998: Marla Townsend became the first head coach of the new Women's Fast-Pitch Softball team. October 1, 1999: Tim L. Pennycuff became third University Archivist. 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). Louis J. Dell'Italia and Ahsan Hussain were named co-directors of the new center. 1968: Dr. Joseph F. Volker was named executive vice president of UAB. 1922: Hillman Hospital received its first accreditation. 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. 1950: School of Practical Nursing, a nine-month program, was established at Jefferson-Hillman Hospital. 1961: The Roberts & Son Building was purchased for use as the outpatient clinic of University Hospital. 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. June 1964: University Hospital Outpatient Services Building opened in the renovated Roberts & Son Building. December 1954: The former Birmingham Little Theater building on South 26th Street was donated to The University of Alabama by the family of General Louis V. Clark. 1996: Dr. Albert W. Niemi, Jr., became third dean of the School of Business. September 1970: Total student enrollment for the fall term in all schools for the second year of classes of the new UAB was 6,629, with 2,724 females. Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS, is an internationally recognized surgeon-scientist and medical educator. January 6, 2016: Several hundred staff attended an open forum about the proposed UAB Staff Council. January 23, 1986: The University of Alabama Hospitals was renamed as The University of Alabama Hospital; but it remained more commonly known as "University Hospital.". Leadership | Children's of Alabama The number of graduate students increased by 6 percent to 7,512 students. poliomyelitis). 1988: Derek J. Tarr became the head coach of the Men's Tennis team. His appointment had been announced on September 13. 1980: The Occupational Health and Safety Educational Resource Center was created. 1988: The UAB Office of Minority Business Development was established with George Perdue, Jr., as first director. She was the first female department head at the Medical Center. The 500-foot-long Wdowiak Ridge rises 40 feet above the western rim of the Endeavour Crater. August 1, 2020: Dr. Kecia M. Thomas became the third dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Robinson had previously served as interim dean of dentistry from May 2018 until June 2019. September 17, 1999: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the Center for Injury Sciences and the Mercedes-Benz CIREN (Crash Injury Research Engineering Network) Center. June 3, 2021: Justin DeSanto became the head coach of Men's Tennis. 1885: Dr. George A. Ketchum became the second dean of the Medical College of Alabama. Drs. Over 10,000 packed the arena to an over-capacity crowd. January 20, 1978: UAB held a ceremony honoring the late Rev. May 26, 1925: Jimmie Ethel Montgomery received a B.S. October 1, 1996: UAB Health System, a nonprofit entity, established in a joint operating agreement between The University of Alabama Board of Trustees and the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. Chronology maintained by Tim L. Pennycuff and last updated 15 February 2023. August 29, 1970: UABs second commencement ceremony was held in the Exhibition Hall at the Birmingham Municipal Auditorium for 173 graduates, including 59 who received advanced degrees. Enrollment increases were seen at the undergraduate (6.18 percent), masters (10.51 percent), and doctoral (4.36 percent) levels. 5 opened. Marsha N. Swanson and Donald C. Fletcher were named co-directors of the center. 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. He served until 1969. ProfessorDirector, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular TherapyHolt A. McDowell, Jr., M.D. 2010 Present, Alabama Chief Residents Society . August 31, 1996: The Football team lost to Auburn in the first UAB game as an NCAA Division I-A school. 2014 Outstanding Teacher Award in the Division of Nephrology 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." Poet Nikki Giovanni was one of the guest lecturers. 1977: World's first effective treatment for a viral disease, the deadly herpes simplex encephalitis, occurred at University Hospital. 1999: Paul W. Bryant, Jr., was elected to The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Jun 2021 - Present1 year 9 months. 6 among Southeastern universities. 1996: President J. Claude Bennett was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences becoming the second UAB physician to be so honored. February 1992: The UAB Arena office towers opened. UAB had announced his recruitment in February. January 22, 2014: In a press conference in Bartow Arena, Bill Clark was introduced as the fifth head coach of the Blazer Football team. 1972: The UAB Center for Labor Education and Research was established. The center received approval of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees on December 4, 1986. September 15, 1963: Victims of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Church were brought to the Hillman Emergency Clinic at University Hospital. March 31, 2006: UAB finalized the purchase of the HealthSouth Medical Center and renamed the facility UAB Highlands. Dr. George A. Graham was named as first director of the Ethics and Values center. Walker had served as chief-of-staff for King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. May 17, 1991: University Center was renamed and rededicated as the Hill University Center in honor of UAB's second president, Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr. May 22, 1991: Dr. Joan F. Lorden received the first Carolyn P. and Charles W. Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction and presented a lecture titled "Behavior: The Organizing Principle for the Nervous System.". 1954: The Hill-Burton Act was expanded to include nursing homes, treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, and chronic disease facilities. March 7, 1894: The Birmingham Dental College held its first commencement ceremony at Seal's Music Hall. Phone: 205-934-WORK (9675) Dr. Sadis Matalon was named first director of the new center. June 11, 2016: UAB student Hayley Barber of Pelham, a senior marketing major, was selected as the new Miss Alabama. Bland, M.D., Endowed Professor in SurgeryDirector of Clinical Affairs, ONeal Cancer Service Line, Areas of InterestBreast disease-prevention and surgical treatments, ProfessorDirector, Division of TransplantationArnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation SurgeryDirector, UAB Comprehensive Transplant InstituteDirector, Incompatible Kidney Transplant ProgramDirector, Transplant Analytics, Informatics & QualityAssociate Chief Medical Officer, Inpatient Quality & Patient Safety, Areas of Interestabdominal transplantation, incompatible organ transplantation, transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients, outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities. September 1945: Mildred R. Crowe became second librarian of the Medical College Library. September 27, 1999: The General Clinical Research Center was formally dedicated as the Pittman General Clinical Research Center in honor of Dr. James A. Pittman, Jr. September 1999: Dr. Adeniyi Coker, Jr., became director of UAB's new African American Studies program. 1962: The University Hospital School of Nursing Residence opened. 1978: A pink dragon served as the first official mascot for the UAB Blazers. 1971: UAB was accredited as an independent institution of higher education by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). 1966: The Alabama legislature commissioned the firm of Booz, Allen, and Hamilton to study the expansion of medical education in Alabama. September 4, 1950: The entering freshman class of the University Hospital School of Nursing included six male students, the first in the history of the hospital's nursing program. March 15, 2019: Lili Anderson became the first executive director of Visual and Performing Arts upon the administrative merger of the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center and the Abroms-Engels Institute for Visual Arts (AEIVA). degree becoming the School of Optometry's first female graduate. 1967: A Faculty Women's Club of UAB was organized as a campus-wide organization that combined other such campus clubs (medical, dental, etc.). Chief Executive Officer, UAB Health System. January 1, 1992: Dr. O. Dale Williams became dean of the School of Public Health. November 10, 1982: William H. Mitchell, Jr., and Dr. Sandral Hullet were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. June 2018: Jimmy Kolaitis became the third head coach of Softball. The building is one of the oldest structures remaining on the UAB campus. November 5, 2021: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the renaming of UAB's on-campus soccer field as PNC Field. April 29, 2002: The groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building. Fourth year student Myron A. Levine was editor of the yearbook. 1982: Tom Seals became the first head coach of the new Riflery team. 2008: Dr. Donna K. Arnett became the second chair of the UAB Commission on the Status of Women. June 4, 1945: Twenty-two juniors registered for classes in Jefferson-Hillman Hospital for the new four-year Medical College of Alabama. Dr. Michael E. Kimerling was named first director of the center. April 27, 1989: UAB celebrated $100 million in active grants and contracts. Hospital Maintenance - Facilities | UAB She was the first female vice president at UAB. He came to UAB from Virginia Commonwealth University. 1897: The state legislature confirmed the charter of the Birmingham Medical College. Dr. Terry L. Hickey was the center's first director. July 1, 1994: UAB Clinic Bessemer and UAB Clinic Roebuck were opened. Dr. Sleckman had been selected the previous October. 1993: Dr. Kenneth J. Roozen was named executive vice president. When Birmingham became home to the four-year medical school, the county gave the UA Board of Trustees both hospitals. Sixty students from 14 states and five countries received doctoral degrees from the UAB Graduate School. Dr. William F. Bridgers became the new school's first dean. 1972: Payroll for UAB's 6,000 employees topped $50 million. The Point rises above an inlet on McMurdo Sound near McMurdo Station, the US Antarctic research center. 2000 Golden Key National Honors Society Jeff Daniel email address & phone number | St. Vincent's Hospital November 18, 1988: Dr. Beth Clarkson - Director of Nursing - UAB Hospital | LinkedIn October 11, 1897: Following an announcement of Governor Joseph F. Johnston, the Medical College of Alabama in Mobile became the Medical Department of the University of Alabama (in Tuscaloosa). UAB Medicine was recognized as a Magnet-designated organization for the fifth consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program. July 1, 2020: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the creation of the UAB Health System Authority. March 5, 1997: Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto was named interim dean of the School of Dentistry. April 20, 2001: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the UAB Cleft and Craniofacial Center. Hospital Medicine Faculty. September 26, 1985: The Center for Telecommunications Education and Research was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. September 1970: The first three African American students matriculated in the School of Dentistry. August 7, 2002: UAB's economic impact on the local community was announced as more than $2.5 billion for the 2001 fiscal year. July 1, 2011: Dr. Donna K. Arnett became the sixth UAB faculty member elected as president of the American Heart Association. 1983: Don Young was named director of Financial Affairs and University Treasurer. March 30, 1942: The 10th and 11th floors of Jefferson Hospital became home to the secret national headquarters of the US Armys Replacement and School Command (R&SC), which was charged with individual training of officers and enlisted personnel of the infantry, field artillery, cavalry, coast artillery, armored forces, parachute and tank destroyer units. October 14, 1988: The Doctors' Center Building was rededicated as the Paul S. Worrell Building. May 13, 1977: The Alabama Supreme Court held a session on the UAB campus for the first time. 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. January 6, 2014: The Blazer Express Transit System, UAB's new campus-wide bus and shuttle system, launched with six routes available at no cost to UAB students, staff, and authorized campus visitors. 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. June 5, 1969: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved a plan to provide for a system in which a separate President will be elected for each of the three campuses of the University with each President reporting to the Board of Trustees. The new three-campus system, a plan which was to be effective September 5, 1969, was announced publicly eleven days later. August 2011: For the third consecutive year, enrollment at UAB reached a record high, with a combined enrollment of 17,575 students in the undergraduate through graduate levels. November 7, 1980: Dr. John R. Durant delivered the seventeenth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "People I Have Known.". It was housed in the former Regions Bank branch location, located on the street level of the parking deck of The Kirklin Clinic. The Legion lost 2-0 to the Bethlehem Steel before a standing-room only crowd of 5,807. 2005 Larry Mayes Scholarship for Study of Tropical Medicine December 1, 1972: A symbolic groundbreaking was held for the School of Optometry Building. Warner Huh, MD, FACOG, FACS - UAB Medicine 1973: UAB became Birmingham's second largest employer. 1978: UAB Ambassadors corps formed with 10 students and two alternates in order to provide student hosts at official university functions. October 18, 1948: Fifty-two freshmen, all veterans, began classes at the School of Dentistry. 1979: Center for Nursing Research was established. Director of Policy Management - Policies and Standards - Days (001) - 6754576637. June 20, 2008: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Diabetes Research and Training Center with Dr. W. Timothy Garvey as first director. The five-year agreement began on April first. May 2, 1991: UAB held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Bertha and Joseph Smolian International House on 10th Avenue South. May 30, 1954: Claudia Holcombe Heard and Ruth Ehricke became the first female graduates of the School of Dentistry. 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. Chief Financial Officer at UAB Callahan Eye Hospital. July 1, 1986: Dr. Richard R. Ranney became the fourth dean of the School of Dentistry. The only known similarity was that each institution had a female president. 1973: University Bookstore opened in former Utopia Cleaners building at 806 South 15th Street. 1962: The General Clinical Research Center was established at the Medical Center with a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). October 1983: The University Center opened. Dr. Vandervoort graduated from the UAB medical school in 1982. March 26, 1983: Phyllis Pope, a pre-dentistry major from Olympia Field, Illinois, selected as the first Miss UAB. Dr. Thayer only served as acting dean through May. June 7, 2019: Evelyn VanSant Mauldin was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. June 3, 1982: A groundbreaking was held for the Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building. 2001: Brett Levine became the curator of the UAB Visual Arts Gallery. 1994: Dr. Suzanne Oparil became the fifth Medical Center physician to become president of the American Heart Association. 1969: For the first academic term of the newly independent UAB, the College of General Studies had eight full-time faculty members with international backgrounds. June 3, 1990: At the 20th annual commencement, UAB recognized the schools 50,000th graduate, Michelle Hight who received a bachelors degree in marketing. April 13, 2017: The new INTO UAB Center, housed on the second floor of the Mervyn H. Sterne Library, was officially dedicated. April 1990: Dr. Juan M. Navia became second dean of the School of Public Health. May 2020: Upon the retirement of Brian D. Shoop, Perry Roth became the interim head coach of the Men's Baseball team. Dr. Leland C. Clark was elected first president. April 28, 2018: The first six students to complete their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre graduated from UAB. 1950: The University of Alabama School of Nursing was established on the University campus in Tuscaloosa with Dr. Florence A. Hixson as first dean; the nursing school would be moved to Birmingham in 1967. August 15, 2001: Dr. Linda C. Lucas became the fifth dean of the School of Engineering. April 17, 1972: Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., delivered the ninth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "The Challenge of Service.". In 1954 the Extension Center was moved to a newly constructed facility adjacent to the Medical Center, bringing together for the first time the University's two academic components in Birmingham. February 2, 1982: UAB Synopsis was first published for the medical and dental staff of University Hospital; Dr. Richard McElvein was first editor. Dr. Rudolph Davidson was named director. It was renamed the "University of Alabama School of Medicine Huntsville Program.". September 1960: Three medical-social fraternities, Phi Beta Pi (Sigma chapter), Nu Sigma Nu (Beta Phi chapter), and Phi Chi (Iota chapter), formed the first inter-fraternity council at the Medical Center. Edward Abraham, Jayne N. Ness, and Kevin A. Roth, respectively, were named directors of the three centers. January 25, 1998: The Sorority Square Building, the renovated former Van Corr Building, officially opened to provide housing suites for five UAB sororities. November 17, 2000: Joe Espy III and Jacquelyn Shaia were elected to The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1995: Harold L. Abroms became interim vice president for University Advancement, a newly established administrative office. October 7, 2000: Herman Frazier became UAB's second Director of Athletics. 2022 UAB Health System, All rights reserved. Heersink School of Medicine News | UAB
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