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As one of the top academic medical centers in the country, we combine the latest technology and facilities with the most advanced techniques and treatments, and our physicians and other medical professionals are widely recognized for their caring and compassion.

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In addition to providing health care services for more than 1. We are deeply committed to a patient- and family-centric approach to delivering care, so we strive to make every patient encounter a positive one. Volker became second vice president for Health Affairs. Richardson Hill, Jr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr. Paul Brann was named assistant to the vice president for Health Affairs. Clifton K. Meador was named as the center's first director.

Wayne H. Leland C. Clark was elected first president. Gilbert J. Parfitt became chair of the Department of Periodontics, both in the School of Dentistry.

Parfitt was a native of England. They were the first international faculty named as chairs of academic departments at the Medical Center in Birmingham. June 11, Vivian J. Malone and James A. Although Malone and Hood enrolled at the main campus in Tuscaloosa, they were the first African American students admitted to the University, its medical center in Birmingham, or its extension division programs throughout the state.

June 21, 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. Fifteen people received treatment at the hospital and autopsies were done on the bodies of the four young victims of the bombing.

September The Medical College Faculty Council approved a request that all facilities in the Medical and Dental Basic Science Building be available to all students and employees without regard to race. October 2, Joseph S. December 31, The independent Eye Foundation Hospital was opened following dedication ceremonies on December 8, March 3, Dr. April , The Spain Rehabilitation Center was dedicated.

William C. Fleming was the center's first director. Thomas C. James A. Pittman, Jr. July 2, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of , which prohibited segregation in any facilities receiving federal funds from the Hill-Burton Act. July 25, Samuel Earle G. Hobbs was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. September 8, The entering class of eight students in the medical technology program at University Hospital included one African American, Wilma Ann Barnes.

She was the first African American enrolled in any programs in the Medical Center. October 24, Drs. October At the start of the academic year, 44 African American students were enrolled at the Birmingham Extension Center. 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.

Emmett B. Carmichael as editor. Fleming as director. January 3, Effective on this date, the Civil Rights Act of prohibited segregation in any healthcare facility receiving Federal funds. April 25, The process of desegregating University Hospital was reported as percent complete. April 27, Dr. May 30, Vivian J. Malone received a B. May 30, John L. Duncan became the first student to graduate from the Birmingham-based engineering program. He received a Bachelor of Science degree at graduation ceremonies held on the university campus in Tuscaloosa.

May The U. Kracke Clinical Services Building. August University of Alabama Medical Center Foundation was created as a non-profit corporation. October 23, Daniel T. McCall, Jr. September 7, Barbara Walker became the first African American student in the University Hospital School of Nursing, the hospital-based diploma program.

Volker assigned responsibility for research and grants administration to Dr. John B. Dunbar and for graduate studies to Dr. Samuel B. Clifton O. Dummett of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital received a clinical appointment in the School of Dentistry, becoming the first African American member of the school's faculty.

February Dr. Volker, Arthur Garikes, E. Todd Wheeler, and Dr. July Dr. Kirklin was appointed chair of the Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief of University Hospital. August 21, North Wing of University Hospital was dedicated. The College of General Studies was organized similarly to a modified liberal arts college and had seven divisions: allied health sciences, business, education, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences.

Campbell was named first dean of the new College. November President Frank A. Rose designated all university operations in Birmingham as the "University of Alabama in Birmingham," a degree-granting branch of the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. Volker was named vice president for Birmingham Affairs, an office given administrative oversight of the newly combined Medical Center and the College of General Studies.

Volker reported directly to the president in Tuscaloosa. November 13, Dr. The class graduated in and the school was eliminated. Henry H. Hoffman was director of the new choir. Holters was named interim administrator and later administrator of University Hospital.

Richard G. Allen served as the first director of the center. Joseph Reeves served as the center's first director. March 18, Dr. Thomas E. August 18, Jeremiah E.

Like all other Birmingham students, Abbott received his degree during commencement ceremonies on the campus in Tuscaloosa. Hixson , founding dean, remained in that position following the move.

October 26, The student newspaper, Kaleidoscope , was first published. Patrick Cather was the first editor and Melinda Hidle, who gave the paper its name, served as co-editor.

Harold T. Dodge was the first director. Alan R. Margarita P. Medina received a faculty appointment as associate professor of Mathematics, the first female international appointed to the full-time faculty of the College of General Studies.

Medina was from Cuba. Lemone Yeilding elected as the club's first president. March 29, Dr. Barker delivered the fifth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Perspectives. May 8, Dr. Arnold G. Diethelm successfully performed the Medical Center's first kidney transplant. Martha Johnson and Barbara Tapla were the art class instructors. Herschell Lee Hamilton received a clinical appointment in the Department of Surgery and became the first African American board-certified general surgeon at University Hospital.

October For the fall term, history faculty member Dr. Jack D. Holmes offered a course in African American history. November 1, Dr. November Dr. Meador became dean of the Medical College of Alabama. Dwight J. Castleberry as first director. James F. January 28, Dr. Rose announced his resignation as president of The University of Alabama.

March 27, Dr. Howard L. Holley delivered the sixth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, " And Gladly Teach. Dunbar as the first director.

April 1, Dr. Keith D. Blayney became director of the School of Health Services Administration. April Alabama Act 91, passed by the state legislature during a special session on education, appropriated funding for a new School of Optometry at UAB.

May Gloria S. Goldstein later Gloria Goldstein Howton was named as the first director of Public Affairs with oversight into the university's public relations efforts. June 1, Imogene L. Baswell received a bachelor's degree in engineering, the first female graduate of the engineering program in Birmingham. June 1, Effective on this date, the number became the prefix for all campus telephone numbers. June 16, Governor Albert P. June 16, Dr. Volker was named first president of UAB.

June 25, Governor Albert P. August 29, Governor Albert P. August Dr. Henry B. Peters was named the first dean of the School of Optometry, the first optometry school in the nation to be integrated into an academic medical center.

Peters arrived on campus as the first dean of the new School of Optometry. September 5, Dr. September 27, The first eight students began classes in the new School of Optometry. There were also three international faculty with part-time appointments, one was from Spain and two were from India. The full-time faculty hailed from twenty-six countries, the part-time from nine. These faculty members hailed from nineteen countries.

Abraham L. Woods, Jr. Hubert H. Harper, associate professor of English, was the first Ingalls recipient. The Annual Report was focused more toward the College of General Studies since the dental, medical and nursing schools already had their own discrete yearbooks. January 30, A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new three-building campus for the College of General Studies. This ceremony heralded a campus expansion westward from the Medical Center footprint.

February 11, The first meeting was held for the newly elected senate of the College of General Studies. The member College Senate included elected faculty, staff, and students as well as administrators appointed by the dean.

February 19, Golf, the first intercollegiate sports team at UAB, opened its initial season in a match with Tulane University. March 26, Dr. Sidney B. March Because of the completion of the new exit ramp to the interstate, the City of Birmingham eliminated parallel parking along Eighth Avenue South [University Boulevard].

Marshall Brewer, a surgery resident, was first president and Henry H. Stebbins, Jr. While HEW made a few suggestions for administrative improvements, the university was noted for its progress. May 1, Dr.

May 8, Several hundred students and faculty members held a protest in front of the College of General Studies Building in sympathy for Kent State. June 7, In a commencement ceremony held at the Birmingham Municipal Auditorium, UAB awarded its first degrees as an autonomous university.

At this first graduation, students received degress from the new university. Volker, UAB president, received the first honorary degree. Ronald T. Acton received a Ph. Ellen Clyde Cook received a degree in Microbiology, the first master's degree awarded. June 30, Dr.

Hixson retired as first dean of the School of Nursing. Marie L. O'Koren became the second dean of the School of Nursing. Paul H. Spence became librarian of the College of General Studies. July 13, Faculty member James F. Dunbar became the first vice president for Student and Community Affairs. July A groundbreaking cremony was held for the Physical Sciences Building.

The Board also approved the recommendation of President Joseph F. September Total student enrollment for the fall term in all schools for the second year of classes of the new UAB was 6,, with 2, females.

September Dean Henry B. Peters announced the appointment of the first academic faculty for the one-year old School of Optometry. The inaugural faculty were Drs. Steven S. Bates, Benjamin V. Graham, Thomas S. Greenspon, Kenton E. Kerr, Randall T. Jose, Dolphus B. Mitchell, Clyde W.

Oyster, John R. Pierce, Kenneth A. Polse, William R. Rosenblum, and Ellen Shizuko Takahashi. The SGA president had appointed Helen Thedford as chair of the new committee at the start of the fall term. Speech and Theatre faculty member Dr. December The first Ph. Durwood Bradley was named full-time chief-of-staff at University Hospital.

The SGA operated the coffee shop until it was closed in the winter of Prince C. Chambliss, Jr. It it would officially be renamed as UAB Commedia. John R. January 15, Dr. March 8, Dr. Roy Wood was choral director. Bell, the former principal of the Ullman High School.

May 29, John T. Oliver, Jr. He was the first trustee elected following the establishment of UAB and the three-campus University of Alabama System.

May A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a classroom for the humanities Humanities Building and a library Sterne Library. May Bracie Watson, Jr.

June 5, Dr. Bengt E. Gustafson, a noted scientist from Sweden, received the honorary Doctor of Science degree, the second honorary degree awarded by UAB. Gustafson had a long-standing association with the medical and dental schools at UAB. June Six students received their Bachelor of Science degrees in Physiological Optics becoming the first graduates of the School of Optometry.

August 1, 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.

Campbell was named as the interim Vice President for University College. August 4, Dr. Frederick W. Conner was named interim dean of the new School of Arts and Sciences; the school was abolished two years later. August The former Ullman High School was rededicated as UAB's Ullman Building, a facility comprised by the original school building and the school's addition.

August Geraldine W. Sterne Library , receiving the appointment of instructor and reference bibliographer. September 18, Dr. Fain A. Guthrie became first dean of the School of Education after serving as interim dean for one month. October 19, Sarah Cole Brown , who had served as chief librarian since , became first director of the new Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. The school's first endowed lectureship had been established earlier in the year with a donation from Don and Carrie Marshall of Birmingham.

December Dr. Joseph Appleton was named first dean of the School of Engineering after having served as interim dean since August. The local Eta Xi chapter had been established as a social club in April 8, Yetta G.

Samford, Jr. April 17, Dr. June 4, Virginia Baxley, long-time registrar of the medical school, became the first female awarded an honorary degree by UAB. She received the honorary Master of Arts degree. Miller, III, as director. Campbell was named first vice president for University College after serving as interim vice president since August of September 24, Dr. Dalton E. His faculty appointment was in the School of Business. December 1, A symbolic groundbreaking was held for the School of Optometry Building.

Higdon C. Roberts, Jr. Seals became the first Chief of Police. March , The Diabetes Research and Education Building was dedicated in the Medical Center as the nation's first public, university-affiliated diabetes hospital. May 11, A tornado struck downtown Birmingham in the area of 6th Avenue North.

While UAB was not in the storm's direct path, the university campus was affected by the Friday storm. A tree fell on a portion of the gymnasium at Ullman-Bell and several buildings had roof damage. June 4, Seven optometry students received the first O. Bleakley was the School's first doctoral graduate. UAB's academic program has its roots in Depression -era Birmingham.

In , UA established the Extension Center in the city's central business district to serve the adult white population by providing business, education, and engineering instruction. Enrollment was steady if small until the medical college relocated to Birmingham in The Extension Center housed the two-year basic science program to meet the educational needs of the college's medical and dental students.

The student body expanded after that move because of Birmingham's population growth during and after World War II and the many veterans using their GI Bill benefits to obtain a higher education. To bring greater unity to its Birmingham operations, the UA board of trustees moved the Extension Center near the medical college in the city's Southside neighborhood. In the mids, the Birmingham Little Theater was donated to the Center, sparking the development of a theater department a few years later.

In , the UA board of trustees approved the creation of an engineering program; it was the first nonmedical four-year program in Birmingham and was established in and reorganized in as the School of Engineering. The program was created to satisfy local engineers and businessmen who wanted to further their education and professional development.

The Extension Center's enrollment growth and the diversity of its programs prompted the UA board of trustees to organize the College of General Studies to give greater cohesion to the nonmedical programs; two months later, in November , the trustees declared all of its Birmingham operations as the University of Alabama in Birmingham, a branch campus of the University of Alabama System.

With the establishment of UAB as an autonomous campus in , Birmingham finally acquired a public institution of higher learning to meet the educational needs of both its white and black citizens.

Racial integration within the academic side of UAB came quite rapidly. In , UAB announced that it would discontinue its football program, citing dramatically rising costs. There were 4, students enrolled. George W. UAB Archvies. The desegregation of UAB. The hospital was the last piece of UAB's desegregation puzzle. It was built with separate white and black facilities, so the building had to undergo a costly renovation to integrate.

In September , the Medical College Faculty Council ordered all facilities in the medical and dental buildings be available to all students and employees, regardless of race.

That process began in , before the Civil Rights Act of was enacted forcing healthcare facilities that received federal money to integrate. In April , the desegregation process of University Hospital was reported as totally complete. Although they enrolled at the main campus in Tuscaloosa, they were the first black students admitted to the university, its medical center in Birmingham, or its extension programs. In September , Wilma Ann Barnes was the first black student enrolled in the medical technology program in Birmingham.

In October , there were 44 black students enrolled at the Birmingham Extension Center. James Hatcher and the "Town and Gown" Theatre. Hatcher was a speech instructor at the school and developed the community theater as part of UAB.

The first performance was held in , but in the former Birmingham Little Theater building on 26th Street South was donated to UA and became home to Town and Gown. Several famous actors and actresses performed at Town and Gown, including in an October show where Patricia "Pat" Neal later renamed as Fannie Flagg volunteered as the spotlight operator. It was her first experience working in a theatrical production. In , Flagg had her first speaking role in another Town and Gown show.

Hatcher, well-known in the performing arts community, directed the annual Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September In the Metropolitan Arts Council acquired the old theater building. It was renovated and renamed, and opened in as the Virginia Samford Theatre. Hatcher brought some of his popular friends to the theater over its year run, including Jayne Mansfield, Andy Griffith, and Tommy Dix. Hatcher retired in from UAB.

Here, Hatcher is pictured with Mansfield in an autographed photo. Hatcher created a museum in the theater with his collection of letters, photographs, scripts and props.