October 2, 1960: Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory was dedicated at the Medical Center. October 26, 1979: Martha Simms Rambo and Thomas E. Rast were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. December 12, 1996: Center for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Cooperative Research Center was renamed the UAB Center for Social Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 2000 Volunteer of the Year Award, Bread and Roses Homeless Shelter for Women 2004: Akofa A. Bonsi became the seventh UAB student named as a Truman Scholar. August 1, 1982: Dr. Thomas A. Bartlett became the second chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. November 9, 1990: Dr. Juan M. Navia delivered the twenty-seventh Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "On the Idea of a University: Personal Reflections.". March 5, 1997: Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto was named interim dean of the School of Dentistry. 1974: University of Alabama Medical Center Foundation, a non-profit corporation, was renamed the UAB Medical and Educational Foundation. August 31, 1996: For fiscal year 1995-1996, the UAB Research Foundation topped $1 million in license income. October 1977: Basic Health Sciences Building was renamed Volker Hall in honor of UAB's first president. The Board approved a $91 million system-wide budget for the three universities, over $53.7 million (59%) of the total budget was for UAB. 1972: Air Force ROTC first became available to undergraduate students through a cooperative program with Samford University. 11 at the corner of University Boulevard and South 12th Street. UAB Hospital today received commendation from the Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Mayor Bernard Kincaid for its development and implementation of an internship program for minority students interested in health care administration. March 6, 1907: The Mobile medical school dissolved its own board of trustees, and The University of Alabama Board of Trustees gained sole control over the Mobile program. November 2018: UAB announced its Capital Campaign had reached the campaign target of $1 billion and had surpassed the goal by over $2 million. November 6, 2008: Dr. Robert P. Kimberly presented the forty-fifth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "And Gladly Teach.". December 1988: Upon the resignation of Dr. Thomas A. Bartlett, Samuel E. G. Hobbs was named interim chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. 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. February 15, 2001: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the International Tuberculosis Center. 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. May 1957: Bertha Smith selected as the first Miss University Center during the second annual spring dance sponsored by the Student Government Association of the Birmingham Extension Center. Urquhart graduated from UAB in 1976 with a degree in English and Mass Communications. The old building on 6th Avenue North could not handle all of the students and instructors, so the University leased space in several buildings in the city's downtown. Weather sensors on the system will also be used by the emergency management staff. Rangeela is a Hindi word that loosely translates as colorful. UAB Rangeela is an official UAB Campus Recreation club sport and it is a co-ed entity. UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Chemical Safety and Environmental Management (CSEMC), UAB Enterprise Emergency Management (EEMC), 933 19th St S Suite 445, Birmingham, AL 35205, 2023 The University of Alabama at Birmingham. April 6, 2006: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the Mucosal HIV and Immunobiology Center. February 15, 2002: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the management agreement between the UAB Health System and Bessemer-Carraway Medical center, which was later renamed UAB Medical West. Dr. Eric Hunter was the center's first director. (This film was also called Gangland). 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. They were the first international faculty named as chairs of academic departments at the Medical Center in Birmingham. Dr. Hubert H. Harper, associate professor of English, was the first Ingalls recipient. November 25, 1958: The first Tinsley Randolph Harrison Lecture, "Medical Investigators from Harvey to Harrison," was delivered by Dr. William Dock of the State University of New York. September 1995: UAB celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Academic Health Center. June 2, 1987: School of Community and Allied Health was renamed the School of Health Related Professions, Dr. Keith D. Blayney remained as dean. June 25-July 9, 1992: UAB faculty member and alumnus Dr. Lawrence J. DeLucas participated in NASA space mission STS-50 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. He is also the Assistant Section Chief for Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 1955: Sarah Cole Brown became third librarian of the Medical Center Library. June 6, 1954: The new University of Alabama Extension Center Building was completed adjacent to the Medical Center and opened in official ceremonies. March 18, 2019: Dr. Mona N. Fouad presented the fifty-fifth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "When Health Disparities Became Science.". 2016 Present, Southern Society of Clinical Investigation (SSCI) March 1, 2008: Dr. David R. Klock became fifthdean of the School of Business. Miss Michigan Nancy Fleming was selected Miss America for 1961. September 1936: Edward K. Austin became the first director of the University of Alabama Birmingham Extension Center. January 17, 1992: Dr. Lionel M. Bargeron, Jr., delivered the twenty-eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Remembrance of Things Past.". Humphrey received a history degree from UAB and had been a scholarship member of the Blazer track team. There were also numerous volunteer faculty (i.e. Dr. Jones was also named as the inaugural Chief Physician Executive for UAB Medicine. December 3, 1994: Dr. Joan F. Lorden became dean of the Graduate School. May 6, 1992: UAB unveiled new office space for the Blazer Football coaches and staff in a section of Birminghams Legion Field. The University of Alabama at Birmingham welcomes Lee Stone as the executive director of UAB Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) following a national search. Deaf Service/TDD: 934-4642. 2000: Melinda Claiborne became the fourth head coach of Women's Volleyball. Switchboard: (205) 934-4011. The Board also approved the recommendation of President Joseph F. Volker that UABs school colors would be green and gold. October 2, 1997: Ground was broken for the Richard M. Scrushy Building, future home of the School of Health Related Professions. August 1, 1971: Effective on this date, the College of General Studies was reorganized as University College, an academic entity consisting of four academic schools: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Engineering. 1985: David L. Poehler became the head coach of Men's Tennis. He will lead the way in creating a strong culture of safety on our campus, in our laboratories, and in UABs healthcare facilities.. January 25, 1998: The Sorority Square Building, the renovated former Van Corr Building, officially opened to provide housing suites for five UAB sororities. January 1884: A group of Birmingham women met at the First Methodist Episcopal Church South and formed the Daughters of the United Charities. In 2010 UAB became one of the first two civilian hospitals in the US to host a SOST. September 13, 2001: Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith announced that Dr. W. Ann Reynolds would step down as UAB president in the summer of 2002. Dr. Butler came to UAB from Georgia State University. Beatrice H. Hahn, George M. Shaw, and Feng Gao announced the discovery of the origin of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1), the virus that causes AIDS in humans. She is the Gay and Bew White Endowed Professor in Pediatric Oncology and serves as Vice Chair for Outcomes in the Dept. The campaigns original goal had been $250 million. June 11, 1963: Vivian J. Malone and James A. Under the direction of the UAB Department of Psychiatry, members of the LGBTQ community will be seen in the clinic located on the third floor of the Callahan Eye Hospital Building. Dr. 2011: Dr. Wendy Gunther Canada became the third chair of the UAB Commission on the Status of Women. All non-essential university events and activities, including all Blazer athletic competition, and all non-essential university-related travel were also cancelled for the time being. 2016: The State of Alabama became the first state in the country to host institutions receiving five EPSCoR Track II grants, four of which were awarded to UAB. A member of the 1978-1982 Women's Basketball team, she had scored 2,854 career points and had gained 1,091 career rebounds. He received his medical degree from UAB, graduating summa cum laude in 2011. October 1, 2011: Kristi Lamont Ellis became interim General Manager of WBHM-FM Radio upon the retirement of Mike Morgan. November 15, 2018: UAB broke ground for a new student residence hall, to be located on 10th Avenue South on the site of the demolished Smolian International House and Sorority Square Building. September 1, 2002: Dr. Carol Z. Garrison became the sixth president of UAB. In 1992 he became interim vice president for Administration and Human Resources when the office was reorganized. Sign in. This ceremony heralded a campus expansion westward from the Medical Center footprint. 31 overall in federal funding, and No. May 16, 1971: Eastern Annex of Ullman High School was rededicated as the Bell Building in honor of George C. Bell, the former principal of the Ullman High School. The event was funded by the student government and graduate student associations. During his career he served as a vice president for Birmingham's Medical Center East Hospital (1991-92); as administrator/CEO of St. Clair Regional Hospital in Pell City . 1970: The Regional Technical Institute for Health Occupations opened. UAB Hospital Interim Chief Nursing Officer Terri Poe, who earned her BSN from the UAB School of Nursing in 1986 and her DNP from the School in 2013, has been named the hospital's Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Associate Vice President. August 10, 1998: Alan V. Kaufman became the fifth head coach of the Men's Golf team. . 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. October 2002: Blazer Hall, University Hall and the Garden Apartments were demolished in order to construct a student recreation center. 1997: The University of Alabama Hospital became the first hospital in the state to win the national Top 100 Hospitals Benchmarks for Success award. July 1, 1989: Dr. L. Clark Taylor, Jr., became administrator of University Hospital. October 1, 2012: Dr. Robert E. Palazzo became interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. November 2000: The one-year old Capital Campaign reached its original goal of $250 million and UAB announced a revised comprehensive fund-raising goal of $350 million. October 18, 1983: Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building was dedicated. UAB Hospital Medicine came from humble beginnings; established in 1998 with 10 assigned beds, we were the first Hospital Medicine program in the state of Alabama, and one of the first in the Southeast. Later, in 1982, it would be renamed as Directions. 1987: Center for Reproductive Health and Genetics opened in renovated Byrd Building. July 1, 2006: Dr. Keith A. Jones became chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, the first African American to become a full-time departmental chair in the School of Medicine. November 2014: In the newly renovated Comprehensive Cancer Center, two new rooms were dedicated in honor of the first two directors of the Center, the John R. Durant, MD, Educational Facility and the Albert and Rita LoBuglio Board Room. Director, Insurance and Risk Finance Jeannine Bailes. 1956: Research grants at the Medical Center totaled $459,000. Some 2,083 students participated in the universitys newest tradition. October 13, 1893: With the start of the new school term, the Medical College of Alabama lengthened requirements for graduation from a two-year to three-year course. July 13, 1970: Faculty member James F. Hatcher, Jr., and the Alabama Ballet, then an administrative unit of UAB, left for a five-week tour of Europe where the company performed "Repertory 1970" in Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. 2017 Deans Excellence Award for Service March 4, 2010: The UAB Ethics Bowl Team won the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in only the teams second year in existence. Blair had been an instructor at the two-year Tuscaloosa school since 1929. May 13, 1977: The Alabama Supreme Court held a session on the UAB campus for the first time. 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. May 9, 2009: Due to the number of graduates and to better accommodate invited guests, UAB for the first time offered two commencement ceremonies. July 1979: The former Lawrence Reynolds Library building was demolished in order to construct the Center for Advanced Medical Studies. Many UAB employees also volunteered to help the city of Birmingham host the soccer matches. Enrollment of freshmen also reached a record for the fifth consecutive year, and more than 69 percent of freshmenlived in on-campus housing. University of Alabama at Birmingham . September 21, 2013: The Alys Stephens Performing Arts center hosted the world premiere of A More Convenient Season, a multi-media orchestral work composed by Yotam Haber and commissioned by Tom Blount to commemorate the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham and the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963. The Legion lost 2-0 to the Bethlehem Steel before a standing-room only crowd of 5,807. June 4, 1972: Walter Jackson received a BS in General Engineering, becoming the first African American graduate of the School of Engineering. September 1, 1977: Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., became vice president for Health Affairs. UAB ranked in the top three percent of all universities in the US and each of the six health science schools ranked in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding awarded to public universities. 1945: Dr. Roy R. Kracke obtained three additional blocks of land adjacent to Jefferson-Hillman Hospital for the development of a medical center. January 1, 1995: Dr. Sergio B. Stagno became interim vice president for Health Affairs. March 19, 2015: In a game held in Louisville, Kentucky, as part of the South Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, the 14-seeded UAB Blazers upset the third-seeded Big 12 champion Iowa State by the score of 60 to 59.
