Jenkins previously told The Anniston Star reporter Brian Graves that the decision was made in part due to obstacles RMC had faced to provide quality care as a smaller health care system in a rural environment. 1974: Drs. 1990: Alabama's first use of single-fiber arthroscope for monitoring the treatment of arthritis occurred at University Hospital. October 4, 1993: Kevin E. Lofton became first executive director of University Hospital and the first African American to direct University Hospital. Total enrollment was down approximately 2.4 percent, but freshmen enrollment increased 12 percent. August 1998: Dr. Shirley Salloway Khan named interim vice president for Development, Alumni, and External Relations. 150 Bergen Street, Room D-346 Dr. Alexander, whose selection had beenannounced in February, came to UAB from Case Western Reserve University. September 1963: The Medical College Faculty Council approved a request that all facilities in the Medical and Dental Basic Science Building be available to all students and employees without regard to race. 1983: UAB ranked 24th out of 396 institutions in the amount of funding received for research from the National Institutes of Health. 1988: Dr. Terry L. Hickey named dean and co-director of the Graduate School. The program had been in operation briefly between 1981 and 1983. 2011: Kimberley Michelle Everett became the ninth UAB student named as a Truman Scholar. September 19, 2017: An official groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new classroom building for the College of Arts and Sciences that will be located on the southwest corner of the Campus Green. The first bachelor's degree was awarded to Charlene Powell Ackerson from the School of Nursing. July 1, 2017: Dr. Pam Benoit became Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. The project, which is due to be completed by the end of the year, was initiated because UAB and the United Soccer League (USL) have agreed for the Birmingham Legion, the citys new professional soccer team, to begin play at the UAB facility starting in March 2019. August 20, 2012: Dr. Eric P. Jack, associate dean, was named as interim dean of the School of Business, to be effective October first. October 26, 2001: Dr. Robert L. Goldenberg delivered the thirty-eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "A to Z: Alabama to Zambia.". Walker had served as chief-of-staff for King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Approximately 60 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the project with faculty advisor Dr. Hessam Taherian, assistant professor in the School of Engineering. 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. 2007: A small island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica was renamed Amsler Island in honor of UAB biologists Dr. Charles D. Amsler and Margaret O. Amsler who had studied the continent's marine biology for over three decades. degrees during UAB's commencement exercises; Neil M. Bleakley was the School's first doctoral graduate. Dr. Witt hadpreviously served as president of The University of Alabama since 2003. Rose announced plans to move the University of Alabama School of Nursing from Tuscaloosa to the UAB Medical Center. 1976: The entering class size of the School of Medicine was increased to 165. June 2006: Tina Rogers became the interim chief executive officer of the UAB affiliated Southern Research Institute. The annual UAB holiday event would remain on the university calendar for many years. The inaugural faculty were Drs. June 4, 1972: Virginia Baxley, long-time registrar of the medical school, became the first female awarded an honorary degree by UAB. Arnett, chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, becamepresident in July2012,the first epidemiologist selected for the presidency of the AHA. October 1, 1995: UAB assumed administrative responsibility of the School of Primary Medical Care and the University Medical Clinics of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The R&SC remained in Jefferson Hospital until it was moved to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina in April of 1944. Bland was named chair-designate of the Department of Surgery, to succeed Dr. Arnold G. Diethelm. January 22, 2015: Dr. James J. Cimino was named as inaugural director of the Informatics Institute within the School of Medicine. January 24, 2002: Richard M. Scrushy and Andria Scott Hurst were confirmed by the Alabama Legislature as members of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees, becoming the first confirmed board members with undergraduate degrees from UAB. 1969: The Woodward House atop Red Mountain was acquired by the university as the official residence for the UAB president. 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. 1942: Dr. Adrienne S. Rayl became the interim director of the Birmingham Extension Center. September 25, 1986: The Center for Reproductive Health and Genetics was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 2011: Hal Messersmith became the inaugural head coach of the new Women's Beach Volleyball team. June 4, 1972: Walter Jackson received a BS in General Engineering, becoming the first African American graduate of the School of Engineering. November 8, 2004: Dr. Albert D. Pacifico performed the first surgery in the new surgical suites in University Hospitals North Pavilion. January 21, 1981: The Cystic Fibrosis Research Center was established at UAB with Dr. Roy Curtiss III as first director. Lauren is currently pursuing a Masters of Clinical Social Work at UAB. December 15, 1981: The Ambulatory Dialysis Home Training Center opened. Herskowitz is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology. Davis, of Dothan, was a double major in Political Science and Public Relations. 1965: Dr. Joseph F. Volker assigned responsibility for research and grants administration to Dr. John B. Dunbar and for graduate studies to Dr. Samuel B. Barker. February 15, 2001: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the International Tuberculosis Center. Dr. Reuter came to UAB in February from Christopher Newport University in Virginia. The Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery is home to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, for which Tom Blount serves as a board member. November 13, 2013: Dr. John F. Kearney presented the fiftieth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "How One Year Turned Into Forty Years at UAB.". Twenty centers were closed and six other centers were merged into existing UAB centers. Dawn Bulgarella, President and Chief Financial Officer, UAB Health System. January 13, 2010: On a flight to carry a survivor of the earthquake in Haiti to a Miami hospital, UAB Hospitals Critical Care Transport (CCT) jet became the first US aircraft in five decades to make an official flight through Cuban airspace. December 1, 1894: The Hospital of the United Charities (predecessor of the Hillman Hospital) burned to the ground. March 15, 1976: Dr. Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., became second dean of the School of Humanities. May 1955: Dr. Robert C. Berson was appointed first vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the Medical College of Alabama. 1968: The entering class size of the Medical College of Alabama was increased to 85. December 13, 2005: Athletic Director Watson Brown stepped down to resume his position as Head Football Coach. February 5, 1997: Richard L. Holmes was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Buffalo Rock makes significant contributions to the community through sponsorship of charitable events, including donations of time, services and product. Alcaino, who had been a student athlete on the Blazer men's team, had previously served as the team's assistant and associate head coach. February 28, 1982: Men's Basketball team won their first Sun Belt Conference title in a championship tournament hosted by UAB and held in Birmingham. July 23, 2002: Dr. Carol Z. Garrison became president-elect of UAB by unanimous vote of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1947: Graduate programs were first offered at the Birmingham Extension Center during the fall term. 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. December 4, 1976: School of Community and Allied Health Resources was renamed the School of Public and Allied Health, Dr. Keith D. Blayney renamed as dean. February 13, 1951: Chi Tau Chapter of Psi Omega dental-social fraternity was established at the Medical Center. December 7-9, 1973: The Diabetes Hospital was formally dedicated at UAB in two-day festivities at the medical center. 1978: Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences contained 188,000 volumes and 2,877 journal subscriptions. June 1951: Eunice White received a bachelors degree from the University of Alabama School of Nursing, becoming the schools first graduate. 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. November 21, 2002: Watson Brown was named as third Director of Athletics after having served as interim director since August. October 2, 1894: The Birmingham Medical College opened for its first term with Dr. William H. Johnston as dean. Dunn had previously served as head coach at Samford University. The UAB Health System is in the process of bringing in another Alabama hospital to join the dozen or so they currently have agreements with. She and her husband are also members of UABs Stem Cell Institute Board. November 1, 2021: Dr. Lisa Schwiebert from the Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, became the interim dean of the UAB Graduate School. October 11, 2000: Dr. Larry J. DeLucas presented the thirty-seventh annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Space Exploration and NASA's Biotechnology Research Program.". May 27, 1964: The first Medical Student Research Day was held preceding the Honors Convocation of the Medical College of Alabama. 1967: Dr. John W. Kirklin, chair of the Department of Surgery, initiated the Surgeons Assistant Program, the first formalized education program in the United States to train surgeon's assistants. ", March 29, 2022: Dr. Smita Bhatia presented the fifty-eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "The Art of Surviving and Thriving.". November 10, 1999: A Midsummer Nights Dream opened as the first Department of Theatre production to be held in the new Sirote Theatre. He and his wife, Gillian White Goodrich, were honored by the Alabama Chapter of Fundraising Professionals as Outstanding Civic Leaders in 2004 and again as Outstanding Philanthropists in 2011. Haase left with a record of 80-53 during his four seasons coaching the Blazers. August 1, 2018: Finis E. St. John, IV, a member of the Board of Trustees since 2002, became the interim chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. Rachael Tutwiler Fortune and Marsha Oliver have been appointed to Baptist Jacksonville's board, and Marcy Stoudt and Michael Ammiano joined Baptist South and Baptist Nassau's boards, respectively. January 1970: UAB received acceptance as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) school. November 1988: UAB Travel Center opened in the Burleson Building. 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. Weather sensors on the system will also be used by the emergency management staff. 1944: Fifty-four students, including three females, graduated as the last class of the two-year basic medical sciences program in Tuscaloosa. February 11, 2020: Dr. Gregg H. Gilbert presented the fifty-sixth Distinguished Faculty Lecture. July 1984: The UAB Benevolent Fund was established. Ingram, who played football for the Tennessee Volunteers, came to UAB from Temple University. 2013: UAB announced plans for a campus-wide in-house bus transportation system to begin operation in 2014. February 12, 2000: UAB's new Division I softball team defeated Samford University 2-0 in their inaugural home game, held at George Ward Park. 2015: For the fall term, the largest-ever number of students lived on the UAB campus, a total of 2,486 students representing 21 countries. Members of the board also serve as the hospitals primary representatives to the communities the Hospital serves. June 3, 1949: The Class of 1949, the first class to spend all four years of medical school in Birmingham, graduated with 24 male and 7 female students. Dr. William L. Holman implanted the ventricular-assist device. In 1992 he became interim vice president for Administration and Human Resources when the office was reorganized. October 18, 1945: The Iota Chapter of the Phi Chi Medical Fraternity held a dance to welcome freshman and sophomore students to the new school in Birmingham. In the field of aviation her Sirius XM satellite system enhances safety with real-time digital weather information to pilots in flight nationwide. June 3, 1982: A groundbreaking was held for the Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building. April 30, 1982: The Hulsey Center for Arts and Humanities officially opened. UABs gift was one of at least a dozen such bequests received by academic institutions across the country. The event was sponsored by the International Student Association and association president Khalil Jarrar. April 9, 1906: The graduating class at the Medical College of Alabama included international student Tawfik Lutaif of Syria. Salaam Green, MS, Expressive Writing & PoetrySalaam is an award-winning poet and author, a 2020-21 Eco-Poetry Fellow, A Reimagining Justice Fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the 2016 Poet Laureate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a TEDx speaker Birmingham alum, a social entrepreneur, and a daughter of Alabamas Black Belt. 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