October 1977: Basic Health Sciences Building was renamed Volker Hall in honor of UAB's first president. March 11-12, 2016: UAB served as the host institution for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held at the Birmingham CrossPlex. January 30, 1970: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new three-building campus for the College of General Studies. January 25, 1950: The first general meeting of the Jefferson-Hillman Hospital Auxiliary was held. February 1975: UAB celebrated Black History Week with a series of lectures, dances, and art shows. 1971: UAB was accredited as an independent institution of higher education by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). September 1, 1973: Charles G. Jamerson was appointed to the faculty of the School of Business as an assistant professor in the Center for Labor Education and Research, becoming the first African American faculty member of the business school. Mr. Davenport is currently a director of the board of the UAB Leadership Cabinet, and he also serves on the boards of, among others, BBVA Compass Bank; Hoar Construction; Children's Harbor, Alexander City Campus and Children's Hospital in Birmingham (Vice-Chairman and Founding Director); Alexander City Rotary Club (Past-President and Founding 2015: Alesia Jones became the fourth chair of the UAB Commission on the Status of Women. June 7, 1970: In a commencement ceremony held at the Birmingham Municipal Auditorium, UAB awarded its first degrees as an autonomous university. August 9, 1962: Groundbreaking was held for the Engineering Building. Mary Heersink is an internationally known food safety advocate and the author of E.Coli0157: The True Story of a Mothers Battle with a Killer Microbe. UAB is the largest research institution in the state of Alabama and is the largest single employer in the state. Only one would complete his training and graduate. December 29, 2010: Harold Warren became the second head coach of the Women's Soccer team. January 1, 1993: At the start of the calendar year, new NCAA regulations required that any university operating other sports at the Division I level must also operate football as either a Division I-A or a Division I-AA team. He had previously served as an assistant/associate coach for the team. November 17, 1995: Dr. Albert F. LoBuglio delivered the thirty-second Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "UAB Research - Is the Cup Half Empty?". 1982: Tom Seals became the first head coach of the new Riflery team. Young performed the 5,000th kidney transplant at University Hospital. The Blazers ended with a program record 11-3 season, its first conference championship, and its first bowl victory. Before that, he was executive vice president, research and development and technical operations, at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he played an instrumental role in initiating and completing several of Onyxs first Phase 3 clinical trials. 1954: The School of Dentistry's dental hygiene program, directed by Dr. Marjorie Houston, became the first nationally accredited training program in the Southeast. UAB awarded degrees to 3,260 students. July 1969: MIST (Medical Information Service via Telephone) was created at the UAB Medical Center. 1957: For the fall term, total enrollment at the Birmingham Extension Center was 1,856 students. January 20, 2016: The Hill Student Center was officially dedicated. October 18, 1983: Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building was dedicated. She was the first female lecturer. The event was funded by the student government and graduate student associations. Today she performs various genres of music, from far and near, to help soothe people and offer them a positive human connection. Dr. Richard J. Whitley was the center's first director. June 5, 1988: R. Kent Oestenstad received a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences, the first PhD awarded by the School of Public Health. May 26, 1977: R. Lee Walthall became first vice president for Institutional Advancement and Legal Affairs. October 2, 1894: The Birmingham Medical College opened for its first term with Dr. William H. Johnston as dean. Marie-Carmelle Elie (Emergency Medicine), James M. Markert (Neurosurgery), and Alan T. N. Tita (OB/GYN). April 28, 1978: University College Building No. Dothan, Alabamaand Velp, The Netherlands. Womens bowling would begin in the fall of 2011 and womens beach volleyball in the spring of 2012. September 22, 1989: The Civitan International Research Center approved as an official UAB center by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. BE&K companies have built such diverse projects as Fulton County Stadium, Ericsson Stadium, Discovery Cove for Sea World, NASCAR Hall of Fame, and numerous industrial and telecommunications projects. September 1, 1984: Ken Letson became UAB's second Sports Information director. October 9, 1960: The Psychiatric Clinic was dedicated. Dr. Gustafson had a long-standing association with the medical and dental schools at UAB. June 2003: Dr. John F. Amos became the fourth dean of the School of Optometry. 1993: UAB first presented its Outstanding Womens Award to several university administrators, faculty, staff and students. She later went on to become the fourth runner up in the Miss America pageant in September in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Dr. Clifton K. Meador was named as the center's first director. 1972: By vote of faculty and students, the UAB student theater was officially renamed as UAB Commedia. June 28, 1996: The journal Science named three UAB faculty, Drs. August 9, 2018: A new building for the UAB Police Department was opened on South 14th Street. January 25-27, 1979: During basketball season, UAB celebrated its first Homecoming festivities. The universitys freshman class increased 14 percent to a record total of 2,299 students. Dr. Virginia Whatley Smith was director of the program. February 4, 2005: The Skin Diseases Research Center was approved by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. He also has a BS in Corporate Financeand a Minor in Englishfrom the University of Alabama. Wayne H. and Sara C. Finley. 1989: Virginia G. Wadley became the fourth UAB student named as a Truman Scholar. July 12, 1957: University Hospital School of Nursing received full accreditation from the National Nursing Accreditation Service. 1979: Jimmy Ballard became the first head coach of the new Men's Golf team. 2002: Ajay Kamireddi, a junior biology and philosophy major from Huntsville, Alabama, became the first UAB student to win a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. 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. June 2, 1985: Dr. J. Durwood Bradley, Jr., chief of staff at the hospital, became the first recipient of The President's Medal, given for distinguished service to UAB. June 4, 1972: Virginia Baxley, long-time registrar of the medical school, became the first female awarded an honorary degree by UAB. He has been the principal investigator on several NIH and foundation grants studying the effects of therapeutic movement such as theater and exergame to improve physical functioning and quality of life among older adults with chronic conditions. The Glacier freezer unit had been aboard the ISS since April 2014 and the Polar freezer unit had been aboard the station since July 2019. September 15, 1997: Dr. W. Ann Reynolds became fifth president of UAB, the first female president in the history of the three-campus University of Alabama System. 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. September 13, 1991: Peter L. Lowe and Maury D. Smith were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. November 11, 2010: UAB announced plans to add two more sports for female athletes. June 26, 1998: Olin B. November 1, 1968: Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr., became vice president for Health Affairs. May 31, 1952: The School of Dentistry graduated its first class. She brings decades of writing, performing, and storytelling experience to her primary work of bedside storytelling. UAB had enrollment decreases for undergraduate and master's students, but had an increase of 4.15 percent for doctoral students. 1994: UAB became the first Alabama university to achieve Research University I status in the Carnegie Foundation classification. David C. McGiffin and David Laskow. She was instrumental in establishment of the U.S./Russia Cooperative Medical Sciences and Training Program under the Bilateral Presidential Commission in 2009. Autumn Tooms Cypres became the sixth dean of the School of Education. August 1999: Dr. Shirley Salloway Kahn named first vice president for Development, Alumni and External Relations. Originally, it had been established in 1991 as an endowed professorship. June 7, 2019: Evelyn VanSant Mauldin was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 2016: UAB was ranked as the third largest US public academic medical center. 1979: Dr. Carl E. Dukes completed an internal medicine residency program and service as the first African American selected as UAB's chief medical resident. September 2018: UAB enrollment for the fall semester was 21,923, a record for the third consecutive year. February 9, 2021: Forbes named UAB as the best large employer in the nation. 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. His appointment had been announced in May. December 5, 1985: The Center for Macromolecular Crystallography and the Sleep/Wake Disorders Center were approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Reinstallation of the work began on March 26. He served in that capacity until 1996. April 1, 2017: Dr. John R. Jones, III, vice president for Student Affairs, became UAB's interim provost. 1979: Tim Hamer became the first head coach of the new Men's Soccer team. August 18, 2017: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to dedicate the UAB Football Operations Center and the Legacy Pavilion. 1936: Dr. Luther Terry completed an internship in Birmingham's Hillman Hospital. He is a memberoftheAmerican Enterprise Institutes (AEI) National Council,serves as Co-Chair ofthe Alabama Council ofAEI, and is a member of the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF). Ernesto R. Drelichman and Lisa Guay-Woodford were named, respectively, as directors of the new centers. Camp, a former member of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. July 18, 1965: The former University Hospital School of Nursing Residence was rededicated as the Roy R. Kracke Clinical Services Building. July 1, 2017: Dr. Matthew Might became the inaugural director of the Hugh Kaul Personalized Medicine Institute. November 22, 1951: The Crippled Children's Clinic and Hospital was officially dedicated adjacent to the Medical Center. Dr. William F. Bridgers became the new school's first dean. December 9, 1988: The Center for AIDS Research was formally approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The UAB student body is one of the most diverse in the nation, with 39.7 percent minority for the total student enrollment and 40.5 percent minority for the freshman class. January 23, 1997: Dr. Michael A. Geheb, director of UAB Health Systems, was named chief executive officer of the UAB Health System Managing Board. October 2, 1963: Joseph S. and Bertha Pizitz Smolian gave their home to the Medical Center for use as a cultural center. 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. These faculty members hailed from nineteen countries. August 31, 1996: The Football team lost to Auburn in the first UAB game as an NCAA Division I-A school. September 7, 1965: Barbara Walker became the first African American student in the University Hospital School of Nursing, the hospital-based diploma program. June 1, 1997: Dr. Thomas C. Meredith became fourth chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. April 1988: Dr. Robert Glaze became first vice president for Research Development. Dr. Lisa M. Guay-Woodford was named director of the new center. The season record was 7-5. Kimberly played a major role in the creation of ArtPlay, the ASCs arts programs for schools, underserved communities, and seniors in non-hospital settings. His responsibility grew along with the company, and he became vice president and general counsel. September 1998: Dr. Robert E. Holmes named fourthdean of the School of Business, to succeed interim dean Dr. W. Jack Duncan on January 1, 1999. 1977: Urological Rehabilitation and Research Center established at UAB with Dr. L. Keith Lloyd as director. Demolition of the building later began in the fall of 2007. July 1, 1970: Dr. Paul H. Spence became librarian of the College of General Studies. April 20, 2001: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the UAB Cleft and Craniofacial Center. 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.". She is married to William R. (Bill) Battle III, and has one daughter. In 2018, she received a Master of Accounting degree from UABs Collat School of Business. November 22, 1975: The UAB Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society was chartered. December 3, 1988: In their first home game in the new UAB Arena, the Men's Basketball team defeated Vanderbilt 76-69. Mr. FitzpatrickearnedanMBA in Finance from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. May 20, 2011: Dr. Michael S. Reddy was named as interim dean of the School of Dentistry, to be effective on June 6, 2011. June 3, 1984: Regina M. Benjamin of Daphne, Alabama, graduated from the medical school at UAB. One full-time instructor and seven-part time instructors taught 19 different courses. Logue had been a student athlete member of the Blazer team. October 30, 1959: William M. Blount was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. In June of 2013 the system was named Blazer Express after a campus-wide "Name the Bus" contest. June 1, 2013: Dr. Robert E. Palazzo became the second dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, after having served as interim since October 2012. March 11, 2004: The UAB Health System announced that it would manage three Montgomery hospitals operated previously under Baptist Health of Montgomery. September 25, 1986: The Center for Reproductive Health and Genetics was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. In 2007, after almost a quarter of a century under her leadership, the company surpassed $178 million in revenue and was the 33rd largest private company in Birmingham. September 16, 2022: Jeff Gronberg was elected to the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. 2000: Melinda Claiborne became the fourth head coach of Women's Volleyball. July 1, 1998: UAB Historical Collections became part of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. September 2021: For the fiscal year of 2021, UAB received more than $848 million in extramural research grants and awards, a one-year increase of 33 percent. This was the first time UAB had passed $500 million in funding for a 12-month reporting period. 1990: Alabama's first use of single-fiber arthroscope for monitoring the treatment of arthritis occurred at University Hospital. June 3, 1979: Kathleen G. Andreoli became the first graduate of the School of Nursings DSN program, which had been instituted in 1975. January 2, 1995: Watson Brown was named as the second head coach of the UAB football team. 1996: Dr. Stephen A. Szygenda became fourth dean of the School of Engineering. clinical faculty) who had private practices outside of the medical school. February 8, 2013: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees selected Dr. Ray L. Watts as the seventh president of UAB. October 28, 2003: Dr. J. Russell Lindsey presented the fortieth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, A Celebration of Family.. Graduate students attended a ceremony on April 30 and undergraduate students attended a ceremony on May 1. The team began competition in 1993. She was the first female selected to oversee the health system. April 27, 1965: Dr. 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. June 1947: Laboratory facilities of the Stockham Pipe and Fittings Company were made available to engineering metallurgy students from the Birmingham Extension Center. October 2002: Demolition began on Mortimer Jordan Hall in order to construct the Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building. Kenneth J. Roozen and Blaine A. Brownell became associate deans and co-directors of the UAB Graduate School. 1946: The four-year medical school in Birmingham had 58 full-time faculty, seven of whom were women and one of whom was chair of a department. Members of the 2021 Board of Directors: David J. Breen Chair, Board of Directors Retired Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, L.L.P. The UAB team finished in fifth place. May 6, 1992: UAB unveiled new office space for the Blazer Football coaches and staff in a section of Birminghams Legion Field. January 1884: A group of Birmingham women met at the First Methodist Episcopal Church South and formed the Daughters of the United Charities. Enrollment of incoming freshmen increased 4.4 percent and a record number of students lived in UABs on-campus housing. August 1969: Medical Center Annex, formerly the Cullom Apartments, was demolished to build the Kahler Plaza Hotel. 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. She is the third person appointed to the post permanently, and the first woman to become chief of staff in UAB Hospital history. 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