June 1, 1969: Effective on this date, the number 934 became the prefix for all campus telephone numbers. October 1958: Maria N. Rada of Columbia received a diploma from the University Hospital School of Nursing, the first international student to graduate from the hospital nursing school. October 26, 2001: Dr. Robert L. Goldenberg delivered the thirty-eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "A to Z: Alabama to Zambia.". By using this site you agree to our Privacy Policy. It was also reported that UAB generated $25 for every $1 received in state funding. The first bachelor's degree was awarded to Charlene Powell Ackerson from the School of Nursing. She draws on a background of over 14 years of experience in traditional and Applied Theatre, youth development, the nonprofit sector, and community building. Dr. Leland C. Clark was elected first president. 1991: Dr. Kenneth J. Roozen became first vice president for Research and University Affairs, after the merger of the offices of research development and university affairs. April 1978: Bill Herron hired as the first head coach of Men's Tennis, a team scheduled to begin competition during the 1979 calendar year. 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. November 9, 1966: The Health Sciences Research Building was rededicated as the Lyons-Harrison Research Building. December 1, 1978: Drs. June 21, 1963: The University Hospital and Medical Center Heliport opened when a helicopter operated by the National Guard landed in a field between South 15th and 16th Streets, just a few blocks from the hospital complex. 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. The Commission had been authorized in 1943 by the Jones Bill (Alabama Act 89) and its nine members had been appointed by Governor Chauncey Sparks. October 27, 1978: The Center for Advanced Medical Studies (CAMS) was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees as an official UAB Center. December 5, 2011: Garrick McGee was introduced as the fourth head coach of the UAB football team. Marie-Carmelle Elie (Emergency Medicine), James M. Markert (Neurosurgery), and Alan T. N. Tita (OB/GYN). 1988: Tony Ianuzzi became the head coach of the Men's Tennis team. May 14, 2021: Kari Bellville became the head coach of the Women's Golf team. Dr. Sadis Matalon was named first director of the new center. March 1998: Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award established and first awarded to Associate Professor Linda W. Goodson. 1969: Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award was established for excellence in classroom teaching. September 13, 2001: Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith announced that Dr. W. Ann Reynolds would step down as UAB president in the summer of 2002. 1995: UAB Osteoporosis Treatment and Prevention Center was established. March 6, 1968: Rust Research Center groundbreaking was held. Her own personal journey of adopting older orphan children internationally has given new insight and desire to explore the healing and therapeutic power of creative expression to reach individuals and families through art therapy. She is a New Economy Coalition Climate Solutions Fellow and an advocate for environmental and restorative justice in rural Alabama. September 18, 2006: John A. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and has recently completed a second three-year term on its governing board. 1980: The Pediatric Pulmonary Center was established. June 2, 1943: The Jones Bill, Alabama Act 89, authorized an expansion of the two-year Medical College of Alabama to a four-year program and appropriated over $1.3 million for buildings, equipment, and maintenance. Dr. Arthur H. Wuehrmann served as acting dean of the dental school during Volker's absence. It replaced the formerly issued Student Handbook. June 1945: As World War II was ending, 324 students were enrolled at the Birmingham Extension Center. August 5, 2014: John M. Meador, Jr., became the inaugural dean of UAB Libraries upon the administrative merger of UAB's two libraries, the Mervyn H. Sterne Library and the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. 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 8, 1997: Dr. William B. May 27, 1964: The first Medical Student Research Day was held preceding the Honors Convocation of the Medical College of Alabama. December 8, 2010: Dr. Edward E. Partridge delivered the forty-seventh Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Civil War, Civil Rights and the New Moral Imperative: Leadership of a Different Color.. 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. 1989: Virginia G. Wadley became the fourth UAB student named as a Truman Scholar. Mr. Davenport previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Russell Lands, Inc. and Qualifying Broker for the Real Estate Division from 1973 to 2003. October 1983: The University Center opened. 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. Angels installation, titled Facing the Hyperstructure, was unveiled to the public March 31 after a 14-week residency at UAB. October 14, 1995: The UAB football team had its first win over an NCAA Division I-A opponent, beating North Texas 19-14. 1987: World's first genetically engineered mouse-human monoclonal antibody was used at University Hospital in the treatment of cancer. Dr. Garrison was once a nurse in University Hospital, obtained a master's degree in nursing from UAB in 1976, and taught in the School of Nursing until 1978. 2012: Lisa Jackson became the ninth head coach of the Women's Tennis team. June 16, 2018: At the 2018 Southeast Regional Emmy Awards the office of University Relations won UAB's first Emmy award, winning in the "Outstanding Sports-Feature Segment" category for "More than a Game." March 24, 1982: Elizabeth, a narrative film shot entirely on location in UABs Spain Rehabilitation Center, was broadcast nationally on the PBS network. August 18, 2009: When classes began, UAB had the largest enrollment in the schools 40-year history. The class graduated in 1969 and the school was eliminated. November 29, 1940: Brewer Dixon was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. October 24, 1964: Drs. Download a detailed, printable version of the org chart. 1989: Active extramural grants and contracts at UAB totaled $105,571,876. Before these additions, the Center operated with one full-time faculty member, Center director Edward K. Austin, and with numerous part-time faculty and staff, including some full-time faculty from Tuscaloosa who commuted to and from Birmingham to teach. He was the chief of the UAB Police department. Phone Number: (919) 744-ZTXK +6 phones. November 8, 2004: Dr. Albert D. Pacifico performed the first surgery in the new surgical suites in University Hospitals North Pavilion. April 1990: Dr. Juan M. Navia became second dean of the School of Public Health. September 1965: Sarah Louise Fisher became the first African American student in The University of Alabama School of Nursing, then located on the campus in Tuscaloosa. August 17, 2018: Dr. Michael Saag, director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research, received the inaugural Marchase Award. 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). April 13, 2017: The new INTO UAB Center, housed on the second floor of the Mervyn H. Sterne Library, was officially dedicated. September 1, 1984: Lung Health Center was established at UAB with Dr. William C. Bailey as director. September 27, 1996: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the Center for Research in Applied Gerontology. 1969: Regional Technical Institute for Health Occupations was established. 1950: The director of the Birmingham Extension Center reported that the Center hosted "most of the academic work for five nursing schools operated by Birmingham hospitals and that over 180 hospital nursing students were enrolled in Center classes in biology, chemistry, sociology, etc. 1999: Paul W. Bryant, Jr., was elected to The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1962: The General Clinical Research Center was established at the Medical Center with a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Derek J. Tarr, head coach of the Blazers, also won the Conference Coach of the Year award for the sixth consecutive year. The Initiative will begin a statewide effort to harness the power of genomic analysis to help identify those at high risk for genetic disease.. July 1966: Dr. John W. Kirklin was appointed chair of the Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief of University Hospital. 1967: The Alabama legislature granted its first direct appropriation ($1.1 million) to the College of General Studies. July 15, 2015: Dr. John R. Jones, III, became vice president for Student Affairs. June 14, 1970: The Psychiatric Day Treatment Center was dedicated. December 1970: The first Ph.D. program, biology, was approved for the College of General Studies. July 25, 1964: Samuel Earle G. Hobbs was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. December 29, 2010: Harold Warren became the second head coach of the Women's Soccer team. April 29, 2008: A smoke breathing statue of the UAB dragon mascot was unveiled on the concourse in front of Bartow Arena. 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. August 21, 2012: Dr. Richard B. Marchase, vice president for Research and Economic Development, was named as interim President of UAB following the departure of President Carol Z. Garrison. Chief of General Ophthalmology Operations. September 26, 1999: An open house at the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center officially opened the Center's new venues, the Odess Theatre, the Sirote Theatre, and the Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall. 1831: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees was created by the Alabama legislature. November 1, 2005: Dr. Bryan D. Noe became the dean of the UAB Graduate School. September 1959: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory. 2003: Dr. Sadis Matalon became the first vice president for Research; he served in an acting capacity. 1989: Bea Clark became the fifth head coach of the Women's Tennis team. June 9, 1975: Arthur D. Shores, attorney and noted Civil Rights Activist, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from UAB becoming the first African American to receive an honorary degree from the university. Graduate students attended a ceremony on April 30 and undergraduate students attended a ceremony on May 1. August 24, 2015: Dr. Lori L. McMahon was named as dean of the UAB Graduate School. 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. He is active in the LGBT community as a human rights and AIDS awareness activist. 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