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Senior Vice President for Medicine and Dean, UAB Heersink School of Medicine. July 1998: Dr. Jane F. Milley was named interim dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. 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. September 12, 1979: Vision Science Research Center was dedicated as the only NEI funded center located in an optometry school. The UAB team finished in fifth place. Critical Care and Occupational Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City. 1973: The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation was established and incorporated as a not-for-profit, professional corporation. May 2002: The UAB Health System entered into a joint-operating agreement with the Bessemer Carraway Medical Center and the hospital was renamed as Medical West - An Affiliate of the UAB Health System. February 9, 2021: Forbes named UAB as the best large employer in the nation. John Woltersdorf kicked a 27-yard field goal to score UAB's first points; five minutes later running back Pat Green became the first player to score a touchdown for UAB. Meet Our New UAB Medicine Nurse Managers - UAB Medicine News. jason sadler. Junene R. Pearson received a BS in electrical engineering, becoming the first African American female graduate of the engineering school. June 23, 1967: The Committee on Optometry, a joint state legislative committee chaired by Representative Hugh D. Merrill, found there was a need for a school of optometry to be located in the State of Alabama and recommended that it be placed at an existing state university.". 1955: A Medical Center Advisory Board was established. June 26, 2009: The Alabama Commission on Higher Education approved a proposal for UAB to offer two programs on the campuses of Jefferson State Community College. 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. December 1, 2010: Dr. Arthur M. Boudreaux became interim chief-of-staff of University Hospital. February 2000: An open house officially opened the Gambro Healthcare Birmingham-Central Building on the corner of University Boulevard and South 21st Street.