March 1981: The first International Conference on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics was hosted at UAB by the Department of Mathematics, the founding entity for the conference. Dr. Marshall Brewer, a surgery resident, was first president and Henry H. Stebbins, Jr., was executive director of GASP. The UAB program began with 12 cadets. Joseph F. Volker and Roy R. Kracke decided to jointly fund and administer the basic science departments. 2003: Birmingham native David McNeeley's composition of the Alma Mater was selected by a UAB committee comprised of students, faculty, and alumni. 1970: The UAB Burn Center was established with Dr. Alan R. Dimick as director. 2023 UAB Health System. November 6, 2015: Scott M. Phelps was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1931: Dr. Eleanor Abrams Hunt received a full-time faculty appointment as an assistant professor of Histology and Embryology at the medical school in Tuscaloosa; she had been a research associate at the two-year school since 1928. Dr. Alan R. Dimick was the programs first director. She was elected in 2011 to membership on the U.S Council of Foreign Relations. The Board of Directors, acting as a single entity, is responsible for all activities of the organization. June 7, 1970: Richard Charles Dale and Samuel William Sullivan, Jr., became the first African American graduates of the School of Medicine. 1910: The Birmingham Medical College merged with the Birmingham Dental College (which had opened in the fall of 1893) and was renamed the Birmingham Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical College. January 2023: Dr. Scott Snyder, a member of the faculty and the school's associate dean for Research, became the interim dean of the School of Education. October 6, 1971: The Rebel and Sophie Zeigler Medical Research Building was dedicated. November 14, 1986: Dr. Charles E. Butterworth, Jr., delivered the twenty-third Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "The Function of A University Professor.". August 9, 1962: Groundbreaking was held for the Engineering Building. 1952: Dr. Josef Peter Lazansky became director of the Division of Dental Medicine and Surgery in the School of Dentistry. April 22, 2013: Randy Norton was introduced as the sixth head coach of the Women's Basketball team. 1999: The AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit (AVEU) became the first evaluation unit to enter a Phase III trail of an AIDS vaccine. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. 1982: The Alabama Legislature and the voters of Alabama approved a constitutional amendment increasing the membership on the University of Alabama Board of Trustees from eight to fifteen, with the aim to provide diversity and better representation on the governing board of the three campus University of Alabama System. June 3, 1982: A groundbreaking was held for the Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building. 1979: Active extramural grants and contracts at UAB totaled $47,471,028. The patient was a five-year old boy from Alabama. June 16, 1969: Dr. Joseph F. Volker was named first president of UAB. January 30, 2018: Amy Pauly named as the new head coach for Women's Volleyball. AEIVA was opened to the public on the following day. 1963: University Hospital and Hillman Clinic was renamed The University of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics. 2003: The theatre department first presented its Festival of 10-Minute Plays to highlight plays written, directed and performed by UAB students, staff and faculty. August 20, 2012: Dr. Eric P. Jack, associate dean, was named as interim dean of the School of Business, to be effective October first. Dr. Loring W. Rue, III, was named as the first director of both centers. Dr. Love holds a B.A. Born in Florida, he grew up in rural Silverhill, Alabama, and did his undergraduate work at North Park College and the University of Alabama before attending medical school at the University of Alabama School of Medicine (now UAB Heersink School of Medicine). September 12, 1969: Alabama Act 1054, the Skidmore Bill, officially changed the name of the Medical College of Alabama to The University of Alabama School of Medicine. September 13, 1952: The Medical Center Library reopened in its new space in the South Wing of the first and second floors of the New Hillman Building. September 1, 1987: Effective on this date, all indoor public areas of the UAB Medical Center became smoke free. January 13, 1978: In a campus-wide election, students, faculty, and staff voted to name all intercollegiate athletic teams the UAB Blazers. January 1930: Dr. R. F. Lovelady was named the first full-time superintendent of Hillman Hospital. Drs. 1954: Matthew F. McNulty, Jr., was appointed administrator of Jefferson-Hillman Hospital. The Board of Directors is supported by the following committees: Audit Committee Executive Appointment and Remuneration Committee Directors Andrew McKirgan Chief Officer for Out of Hospital Services Andrew started his NHS career as a graduate on the NHS Financial Training Scheme in September 1992. Cleve Warren has been appointed to the Baptist Health System board. He was the first African American named as head basketball coach. 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. 1957: For the fall term, total enrollment at the Birmingham Extension Center was 1,856 students. October 15, 2000: Dr. John F. Amos became interim dean of the School of Optometry. Senior Vice President for Medicine and Dean UAB Heersink School of Medicine Robert C. (Mike) Brock Partner Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Dawn Bulgarella Chief Executive Officer UAB Health System "Bill" Ivey became the third head coach of the Women's Basketball team, after having served as interim coach for the previous year. 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. September 16, 2022: Jeff Gronberg was elected to the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. February 1980: Brenda Williams became the second head coach of Women's Volleyball. Jones, a long-time UAB employee and UAB alumnus, retained his position as COO of UAB Hospital. Headquartered at WBHM 90.3 on the UAB campus, the Gulf States Newsroom is sponsored by National Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. February 8, 2013: Dr. Anupam Agarwal, director of the Division of Nephrology, was named as interim Senior Vice President for Medicine and dean of the School of Medicine following the appointment of Dean Ray L. Watts as the seventh president of UAB. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a keynote address by Rev. September 1, 1999: A reorganization of the School of Business became effective, reducing the academic departments from five to three. July 1, 2013: Dr. Arthur J. Tipton became chief executive officer of the UAB affiliated Southern Research Institute. June 24, 1994: The Environment Awareness Research Technology and Health (EARTH) Center was established with Melinda M. Lalor serving as interim director of the new center. 2002: Kimberly K. Wilcox became the head coach of the Women's Golf team. September 26, 1977: Dr. Thomas N. James delivered the fourteenth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Dobermans, Dalmatians, and Deaf Children.". Dr. Gustafson had a long-standing association with the medical and dental schools at UAB. Warren, Knight, and Davis was the buildings architectural firm and F. R. Hoar & Son the construction company. 1955: At the end of the academic year of 1954-1955 the first year the Birmingham Extension Center occupied its new home adjacent to the Medical Center 2,377 students had enrolled during the year. November 13, 1996: President J. Claude Bennett announced plans to resign his presidency effective January 1, 1997. October 26, 1979: The John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education was approved as an official center by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1860: A new four-story building was opened on St. Anthony Street in Mobile to house the Medical College of Alabama. September 23, 1984: The Tinsley Harrison Tower was dedicated. June 23, 2000: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the Center for Disaster Preparedness (later renamed in 2003 as the Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness). Dr. David T. Curiel was named as the first director of the center. April 28, 1992: A new facility for the Smolian International House was dedicated. The award honors a UAB investigator who leads/promotes interdisciplinary research and is named in honor of Dr. Richard B. Marchase, former vice president for Research and Economic Development and former interim president of UAB. 2002: Lisa S. Riddell became the second head coach of the Women's Synchronized Swimming team. Mr. Lee currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Children's Hospital of Alabama and as a director of the Birmingham Business Alliance, as well as past president of the Vestavia Hills Parks Foundation and of the Auburn University Athletic Development Council. December 1, 1943: D. Lonnie Noojin was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Dr. Virginia D. Horns-Marsh carried the mace into the ceremony. 1911: Dr. George H. Denny became president of The University of Alabama and served until 1936. February 1969: Sarah Louise Fisher became the first African American graduate of the School of Nursing. 1962: The General Clinical Research Center was established at the Medical Center with a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). June 17, 1979: The Spain Heart Bed Tower, Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium, Wallace Cancer Bed Tower, and East Base were dedicated as part of the "New U" celebrations. Alquist came to UAB from Rhode Island Public Radio. January 28, 1969: Dr. Frank A. 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. Dr. Jay M. McDonald was named as first director of the Center for Metabolic Bone Disease. Rose. December 8, 1991: The first UAB National Alumni Society Distinguished Alumnus Award was presented to Dr. Lawrence J. DeLucas during commencement exercises. October 29, 1999: Dr. Albert D. Pacifico presented the thirty-sixth annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "The Early Days.". 1984: Dr. Theodore M. Benditt named fourth dean of the School of Humanities. About Us. June 11, 2016: UAB student Hayley Barber of Pelham, a senior marketing major, was selected as the new Miss Alabama. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and as Alabama Chief Justice Howell Heflins first law clerk and later as his administrative assistant. 1996: Dr. Albert W. Niemi, Jr., became third dean of the School of Business. Tom Blount is an architect, AIDS activist and arts patron with deep Alabama roots. July 1, 2012: Dr. Donna K. Arnett became the sixth UAB faculty member to serve as president of the American Heart Association. She is married to William R. (Bill) Battle III, and has one daughter. 1948: The Medical Center was awarded $30,000 in research and training grants. The first bachelor's degree was awarded to Charlene Powell Ackerson from the School of Nursing. November 18, 1988: Dr. degrees in Medicine from The University of Alabamas new two-year basic sciences medical program. Abraham L. Woods, Jr., a pioneer in the Civil Rights movement, became an adjunct (part-time) instructor in the UAB history department. September 28, 1992:U.S. News and World Report named UAB as the number one up-and-coming university in the United States. 1972: The UAB Center for Labor Education and Research was established. She was the first female department head at the Medical Center. August 1992: UAB Campus Watch Program instituted by the UAB Police Department. The Alabama chapter is open to students in UABs schools of Dentistry, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Public Health, as well as graduate students from other schools within the state. The LGBT group was later reorganized and renamed as the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Alliance. She earned her Ph.D. in microbiology from UAB and chaired its Department of Microbiology for 10 years, during which it ranked first in NIH research funding. June 22, 1990: James D. Loftin and T. Michael Goodrich were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. March 1945: Mary Ament became librarian of the newly established Medical College Library; she resigned three months later. The Blazers were coached by alumna Marla Townsend. March 1969: Delois Skipwith became the first African American faculty member in the School of Nursing and the first tenure-track African American faculty member at UAB. Dr. Greenberg is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed publications addressing seminal discoveries in viral genetics, immunology, immunopathogenesis, clinical epidemiology and vaccinology. 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