January 1950: Dr. His knowledge and experience spans work at the NIH, academia and industry. 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. October 9, 1963: In a letter to Vice President Joseph F. Volker, African American employees in the universitys Medical and Dental Basic Science Building formally requested desegregation of the buildings cafeteria and facilities. October 5, 1989: Dr. George L. Zorn, Jr., headed the team that performed the states first lung transplant at University Hospital. October 1961: The Psychiatric Clinic was named in honor of Medical Center benefactors Joseph S. and Bertha Pizitz Smolian. September 1969: Intramural athletic teams were organized by Dr. James Sharman. The Board of Directors, acting as a single entity, is responsible for all activities of the organization. Charles A. McCallum and James A. Pittman, Jr. December 12, 1996: The Clinical Nutrition Research Center was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. It was also reported that UAB generated $25 for every $1 received in state funding. January 21, 1981: Alabama Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center was established with Dr. John W. Kirklin as director. 1947: Ralph E. Adams became the acting president of The University of Alabama and served until 1948. August 15, 2001: Dr. Linda C. Lucas became the fifth dean of the School of Engineering. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans. 1936: Dr. James W. McQueen was named superintendent of Hillman Hospital. The clinic offered full ophthalmological and optometric services and housed a full-service, in-house optical store. 1989: The UAB National Alumni Society celebrated its 10th anniversary with a sold-out Homecoming Gala featuring music by the Tams, a group that had played the first ever Student Government Association-sponsored dance in 1967. 1954: The Hill-Burton Act was expanded to include nursing homes, treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, and chronic disease facilities. May 9, 2009: Due to the number of graduates and to better accommodate invited guests, UAB for the first time offered two commencement ceremonies. He was replaced by Richard L. Margison, UAB's vice president for Financial Affairs and Administration, who became interim Athletic Director. Champ Lyons became the first full-time chair of the Department of Surgery. Etowah County Communications District is here for. November 2018: Birmingham's Energen Company donated its "Wonders of America" art collection to UAB upon the energy company's merger with an out-of-state company. June 6, 1950: William R. Anderson received a master's degree in pharmacology, the first graduate degree awarded through the Medical Center. 1955: Research and training grants at the Medical Center totaled $312,000. September 2012: For the fourth consecutive year, UAB had a record student enrollment with 17,999 students entering the fall term. September 16, 2005: Joseph C. Espy, III, was elected president pro tempore of 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. The space at Legion Field would be used for three years until football operations were moved to an on-campus site. June 1, 1958: James P. Bryan graduated from the baccalaureate nursing program -- then located on the campus in Tuscaloosa -- becoming the first male graduate of the School of Nursing. January 30, 1860: Act No. July 1, 2004: Dr. Michael E. Sloane became the second director of the UAB Honors Program. Cristal Brister, TheatreCristal Lara Brister is a creative catalyst for change. Poet Nikki Giovanni was one of the guest lecturers. 1968: The Alabama Ballet, formerly known as the Alabama State Ballet, became an affiliate of UAB. 1946: The Birmingham Extension Center had an enrollment of over 500 students. Elizabeth Hale of Birmingham was the program's first graduate. July 2020: Reid F. Jones became the new Chief Executive Officer of UAB Medicine. 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. October 23, 1888: The Hospital of the United Charities, a precursor to Hillman Hospital, opened in Birmingham. July 1, 2010: Dr. Thomas M. DiLorenzo became the first dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, an appointment that had been announced in June. 1897: The state legislature confirmed the charter of the Birmingham Medical College. June 27, 1950: Dr. Roy R. Kracke, medical dean, died. November 1, 2005: Dr. Doreen Harper became the fourth dean of the School of Nursing. The awarding ceremony was held in UAB hospital. August 1, 1999: UAB Health Center in Hoover opened. 1979: Hugh Thomson became the inaugural head coach of the Women's Tennis team and the second head coach of the Men's Tennis team. Currently, he is the Director and CoFounder of the Institute for Global Asset and Risk Management (INGARM.ORG), a 501(c) (3), dedicated to innovation and transparency in the global financial markets. Dr. Loring W. Rue, III, was named as the first director of both centers. All rights reserved (About Us). She was the school's only female graduate. Independent Non-Executive Director; Mr. Abdulaziz Mubarak Al Hasawi. June 30, 1970: Dr. Florence A. Hixson retired as first dean of the School of Nursing. January 9, 1963: The Birmingham chapter of the American Association of University Professors was organized in a meeting at the Medical Center. 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. 1966: Center for Hospital Continuing Education was established. September 13, 1991: Peter L. Lowe and Maury D. Smith were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 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. June 1976: Dr. George W. Campbell, vice president for University College, was named acting president of UAB. February 4, 1989: UAB celebrated homecoming with the university's first homecoming parade. March 12, 2020: Due to the effects of the growing global pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19), the University of Alabama System announced that classes on all three system campuses, UA, UAH, and UAB, would transition completely to an online or alternative instruction model for the remainder of March. June 1, 2022: Dr. Maria Rodriquez Shirey became the fifth dean of the School of Nursing. UABs Spring Break which was due to begin on March 16 was extended until March 24 and students were instructed to not return to campus until further notice. August 1995: Paul Harbin became the first head coach of the new Women's Soccer team. June 7, 1973: Dr. Frederick W. Conner became first dean of the School of Humanities. June 1947: Laboratory facilities of the Stockham Pipe and Fittings Company were made available to engineering metallurgy students from the Birmingham Extension Center. July 12, 1902: Cornerstones were laid for the Birmingham Medical College and the Hillman Hospital. Later, in November of 1966, the Extension Center and the Medical Center were administratively merged to form the "University of Alabama in Birmingham," an organizational component of the University of Alabama (in Tuscaloosa). Bunn, who had retired in 1984, was the founding chairman and chief executive officer of the BellSouth Corporation. June 5, 1992: The Kirklin Clinic was dedicated. The college had a three-year course of study. Mr. Lee and his wife, Jodi, have one son and a grandson. October 1, 1995: Dr. Scott Buchalter became University Hospital's second chief-of-staff. 1983: UAB ranked 24th out of 396 institutions in the amount of funding received for research from the National Institutes of Health. November 19, 1999: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved an affiliation between UAB and the Southern Research Institute, a not-for-profit contract research organization with over $50 million in grants and contracts and which had been founded in 1941. April 8, 1997: Dr. William B. 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. She also became the first Blazer, male or female, to win a collegiate Grand Slam event. May 3, 2022: Dr. Casey Weaver, a professor of pathology, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the third UAB faculty member to be so honored. April 4, 1957: Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the Lawrence Reynolds Library. Including: University of Alabama School of Medicine 1983: School of Optometry became the only school of its kind in the nation to require students to pass the National Board Examinations to qualify for graduation. Mrs. Heersink currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Masters of Global HeathProgramme, a joint initiative between McMaster University in Canada, Maastricht University in the Netherlands,ManipalUniversity in India,ThomassatUniversity in Thailand,Rosario University in Columbia,AfhadUniversity for Women in Sudan, and University College of South-East Norway. September 1, 2002: Dr. Carol Z. Garrison became the sixth president of UAB. Dr. Marshall Brewer, a surgery resident, was first president and Henry H. Stebbins, Jr., was executive director of GASP. May 3, 1991: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the Teaching and Learning Center. November 9, 1977: UAB joined the Sun Belt Conference. Edward Abraham, Jayne N. Ness, and Kevin A. Roth, respectively, were named directors of the three centers. It replaced the formerly issued Student Handbook. 1944: Fifty-four students, including three females, graduated as the last class of the two-year basic medical sciences program in Tuscaloosa. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a keynote address by Rev. 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. 1976: The first UAB student handbook was issued. August 1975: School of Nursing received approval for the first nursing doctoral program in the Southeast. Martine Rothblatt is Chairman & CEO of United Therapeutics, a biotechnology company she started to save the life of one of her daughters. 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. 1981: Bob Norman became the second head coach of the Men's Soccer team. March 26, 2020: UAB announced the indefinite extension to its Limited Business Model due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Birmingham Medical College January 17, 2014: Mark Tjia became the tenth head coach of the Women's Tennis team. June 1, 2000: Bert Brouwer became dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. 2015: Dr. Martin J. Heslin became chief of the medical staff at University Hospital. The medical school had more than $156.3 million and moved up from 31st to 26th in NIH funding. June 22, 1990: UAB Vaccine Center was established. Her encounters with ineffective government agencies led her to foundSTOP Foodborne Illness, a national grassroots public health organization dedicated to preventing illness and death from foodborne pathogens. August 29, 2016: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the UAB Football Operations Center and Legacy Pavilion. That's what the Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency is saying about tomorrow's full scale hospital tornado exercise. Founded as a 10-bed hospitalist service dedicated to the inpatient care of UAB Prime-Care patients only, the group and the practice of Hospital Medicine have evolved significantly over the past two decades broadening to an average daily census of ~250 general medicine and subspecialty patients, consultative services (procedure service and general medicine) and integrated practice models developed in collaboration with our clinical partners to meet the needs of our patients. 1922: Hillman Hospital received its first accreditation. Bland presented the fifty-first Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Evolution of Evidence-Based Science and Education at UAB.". September 3, 2020: UAB Blazers defeated the Central Arkansas Bears 45-35 before a crowd of 12,000 at Legion Field. 2015: Anne L. Buckley was recruited to UAB from Virginia Commonwealth University to serve as the university's Chief Communications Officer and Associate Vice President. Bateh was the Society's first female president and first president with an international background. September 1, 1962: Dr. Joseph F. Volker became second vice president for Health Affairs. 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. The endoscope was developed by Dr. UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Pam Benoit, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Ms. November 7, 1980: Dr. John R. Durant delivered the seventeenth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "People I Have Known.". June 14, 1970: The Psychiatric Day Treatment Center was dedicated. EPSCoR stands for Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. April 2018: A renovation project began on the BBVA Compass Field to expand the facility to 4,000 seats and to add a new video board and permanent ticket booths, concession stands, and restrooms. Dr. Kathleen Faircloth was the faculty advisor for the new student group. 1964: Dr. James T. Montgomery became the first African American physician to be granted staff privileges at University Hospital and the first African American to receive a faculty appointment in the medical school. To further her work with older adults, she became a UAB Medicine Geriatric Scholar. The building became home to Town and Gown Theater and was later officially renamed in honor of General Clark. August 1, 1981: Avie Bridges became the second head coach of Women's Basketball. September 2005: Anne Fadimans The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down was used as the inaugural campus-wide discussion book. Sarah is a true believer in the power of art to aid in healing and recovery. April 2013: UAB created an area at 850 8th Court South, near the universitys soccer field, where associates could grow their own vegetables in a program coordinated by the office of Sustainability. The new team was organized that year and began competition in the fall of 1985. 1950: School of Practical Nursing, a nine-month program, was established at Jefferson-Hillman Hospital. This was the first time a championship bout had ever been held in the State of Alabama and it was the largest crowd to ever attend an event at Bartow. Dr. Oestenstad then joined the school's faculty. January 30, 1970: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new three-building campus for the College of General Studies. May 1988: The Center for Neuroimmunology was established. 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. 2016: For the 2016 fiscal year, UAB had $538 million in research funding, ranking No. August 1983: The UAB Conference Center was renamed the Carrie D. and Don V. Marshall Conference Center. Both student centers were named in honor of Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr., UAB's second president. Drs. April 1974: A symbolic groundbreaking was held for the Lurleen B. Wallace Cancer Hospital. October 1, 2010: Dr. Ray L. Watts became Senior Vice President for Medicine and dean of the School of Medicine. 1964: The Medical Rehabilitation Research and Training Center was established with Dr. William C. Fleming as director. September 10, 1960: Birmingham faculty member James F. Hatcher, Jr., director of Town and Gown Theatre, directed the annual Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mrs. Battle was named to the Arthritis Foundations National Board of Directors in September 2014, and chairs the Arthritis Foundation Advisory Board in its Birmingham market. For 5 years she worked as an art specialist for the eating disorder treatment center, Alsana. Abraham L. Woods, Jr., a pioneer in the Civil Rights movement, became an adjunct (part-time) instructor in the UAB history department. A morning ceremony was held for the graduates of the Schools of Arts & Humanities, Education, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, and Social & Behavioral Sciences. September 24, 1974: The Edward M. Holmes, Jr., Pavilion of the Spain Rehabilitation Center was dedicated. September 1, 1999: Bert Brouwer became interim dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. Angels installation, titled Facing the Hyperstructure, was unveiled to the public March 31 after a 14-week residency at UAB. August 10, 1954: Eris F. Paul was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The programs were developed by and are being led by UAB and the Alabama Department of Public Health and are being supported by funding obtained through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Dr. Thomas E. Terndrup was the center's first director. December 4, 2018: UAB announced a $30 million gift from O'Neal Industries that will transform the university cancer center and rename it as the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. Flowers became the first African American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic event. 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. September 17, 1993: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the UAB Liver Center. May 1, 1999: UAB Health Center in Moody opened. May 1955: Dr. Robert C. Berson was appointed first vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the Medical College of Alabama. July 1976: Dr. W. Paul Brann became second vice president for Administration. February 2, 2007: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the UAB Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics. October 2000: The Department of Medicine passed its goal of $100 million in research funding, maintaining a national ranking of fourth in support from the National Institutes of Health . 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. Sara C. Finley and Hugh M. Shingleton were named co-directors of the center. 1978: Howard G. Hawk became the first UAB student named as a Truman Scholar. Leo M. Hall and James E. Myrick obtained the first license from UAB for manufacture and sale of an invention produced at the university. College january 17, 1993: the Hospital of the School of Medicine that year and competition. Z. 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