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August 1969: 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. March 1, 1996: Fred Brooke Lee became first vice president for University Advancement. 1981: The University College Senate was superseded by the new University College Faculty Senate. December 24, 2004: In the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Football team lost to the University of Hawaii 59-40 in the first post-season bowl appearance for the UAB Blazers. 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. January 11, 1980: John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education was dedicated. January 1979: The University of Alabama System Medical Education Program (UASMEP) was reaccredited by the national Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). September 17, 1994: The UAB Marching Blazers, a new 135-member student band, debuted in its first home game at Legion Field. The School of Medicines Board of Visitors is a small group of eminent leaders from business, academia, medicine, science and public policy, with and without ties to Alabama or UAB, who serve as advocates and advisors on strategy, philanthropic initiatives, and community engagement, and by providing independent perspectives on School of Medicine initiatives. April 15, 1985: UAB's first International Food Festival was held in the Mini Park. 1972: The Extension Library of Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences opened in the Hillman Hospital building. April 4, 2002: Mike Anderson, a Birmingham native and an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, was named third head coach of the Men's Basketball team. April 1929: Hillman Hospital School of Nursing Residence was dedicated. Mr. Davenport is an Elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Alexander City. UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Medical Education Information Services (MEIS), 2023 The University of Alabama at Birmingham. June 24, 1979: Lilly Henderson, a UAB senior in Counseling and Guidance (Education), was named Miss Wheelchair Alabama. June 10, 1956: University of Alabama Extension Center building was rededicated as Tidwell Hall in honor of Dr. Robert E. Tidwell, dean of the university's extension division from 1930 until 1954. Collegiate Choir Showcase. March 15, 1980: Dr. Milly E. Cowles became second dean of the School of Education. 2004: Raymond E. Butler became president of the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital. Ronald T. Acton received a Ph.D. in Microbiology, becoming the first person to receive a degree from UAB. March 1878: The graduating class at the Medical College of Alabama included two international students, Segundo Zertuche of Mexico and Charles Hampden Field of London, England. The service, which began with two vehicles, was available Monday through Friday at 40 predetermined locations around the campus. Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP, ex-officio Steven Landers, MD, MPH Mark A. Lattouf, MD David T. Molowa, Ph.D. Mary O'Dowd, MPH, ex-officio Eric Pennington, ex-officio Robert J. Rubino, MD, FACOG June 2, 1985: Dr. J. Durwood Bradley, Jr., chief of staff at the hospital, became the first recipient of The President's Medal, given for distinguished service to UAB. Elizabeth Hale of Birmingham was the program's first graduate. September 2012: For the fourth consecutive year, UAB had a record student enrollment with 17,999 students entering the fall term. September 2022: UAB announced the receipt of a $10 million gift by alumnus J. Frank Barefield, Jr., the largest single donation by an alumnus in university history. An Alabama native and former head coach at the University of Indiana, Davis brought to UAB a 115-79 record as Indiana's head coach. Dr. David L. Shealy served as the center's first director. There were also three international faculty with part-time appointments, one was from Spain and two were from India. September 7, 1999: Michael A. Flannery became associate director of UAB Historical Collections. The R&SC remained in Jefferson Hospital until it was moved to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina in April of 1944. May 1-2, 2020: Due to the university's Limited Business Model implemented because of the COVID-19 pandemic, UAB provided virtual only commencement ceremonies for graduating students. 1936: Dr. Tom D. Spies established the Spies Nutrition Clinic within the Hillman Hospital upon the request of Dr. James S. McLester, physician-in-chief of the hospital. September 1953: Succeeding Interim President Lee Bidgood, Dr. Oliver C. Carmichael became president of The University of Alabama and served until 1957. She later went on to become the fourth runner up in the Miss America pageant in September in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The university and the City worked together to provide the program its first official office space. November 1975: The University Ambulatory Center was demolished in order to build East Base of University Hospital. Basil I. Hirschowitz. November 1975: Medical Towers Building was acquired. Tim M. Townes and Josef T. Prchal were named as co-directors of the center. 1948: Dr. John M. Gallalee became president of The University of Alabama and served until 1953. Ellen Clyde Cook received a degree in Microbiology, the first master's degree awarded. 1991: Vice presidents Dr. John R. Durant and Dr. William A. Sibley became acting deans and co-directors of the Graduate School. 1959: Research grants, training grants, and fellowships at the Medical Center exceeded $1,000,000. She was later named as the team's third head coach. 1947: Ralph E. Adams became the acting president of The University of Alabama and served until 1948. 1990: The first annual Step Show was held at UAB. 1970: A master's degree in Business Administration was initiated in the Division of Business, the first graduate program to begin in the College of General Studies. December 12, 1996: The UAB Laser and Photonics Research Center (later renamed as the Center for Optical Sensors and Spectroscopies) was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. September 24, 1945: The fall term began at the Birmingham Extension Center with over 200 students enrolled. James K. Kirklin and George L. Zorn, Jr. June 1988: Dr. Dick D. Briggs became acting president of The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. May 31, 1952: The School of Dentistry graduated its first class. The only known similarity was that each institution had a female president. January 1, 2002: William E. Smith, Jr., became the second chair of the UAB Health System Managing Board. June 4, 1973: Seven optometry students received the first O.D. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and the J.L. November 2015: Dr. Sarah Parcak, an associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was announced as the recipient of the 2016 TED Prize for her pioneering work using satellite imaging to make archaeological discoveries on earth. 1987: Center for Reproductive Health and Genetics opened in renovated Byrd Building. September 1936: Edward K. Austin became the first director of the University of Alabama Birmingham Extension Center. 2000: Angus R. Cooper, II, was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. April 28, 1992: A new facility for the Smolian International House was dedicated. Initially, 65 plots were made available to students, faculty and staff and the program had a 75-person waiting list. They have four children and eight grandchildren. June 27, 1945: With the Newton Bill, Alabama Act 207, the state legislature created The University of Alabama School of Dentistry but appropriated no funds for its operation. 1978: UAB Pain Treatment Center was formally established as an official center although the program had originated in the late 1960s. 1967: The Alabama legislature granted its first direct appropriation ($1.1 million) to the College of General Studies. Co-chaired by Ted W. Love, MD, and Gail H. Cassell, PhD, the board meets twice annually to advise Senior Vice President and Dean Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS, in support of the School of Medicines vision of becoming the Preferred Academic Medical Center of the 21stCentury. February 2020: UAB announced that its public radio affiliate WBHM-FM Radio was partnering with three other stations, Mississippi Public Radio (Jackson), WNNO (New Orleans), and WPFK (Baton Rouge), to establish the collaborative Gulf States Newsroom. 2003: The African American Faculty Association organized formally as a campus organization. March 2011: UAB announced the establishment of the first two endowed deanships at the university, the James C. Lee, Jr., Endowed Chair for the Dean of the School of Medicine and the Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair for the Dean of the School of Nursing. May 1978: Dr. John D. Jones became first vice president for Student Affairs. April 25, 1985: The residence hall for nursing students at UAB was rededicated as Florence A. Hixson Hall. February 25, 1993: UAB Comprehensive Head Injury Center renamed Southeastern Comprehensive Head Injury Center. She also donates her services to painting patient area murals atRadboudUniversity Hospital, Nijmegen,theNetherlands. Dr. Taichman came to UAB from the University of Michigan. June 26, 1998: The Center for Community Outreach Development and the Southeast Center for Excellence in Geriatric Medicine were approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. For the UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority (CEHA), which owns and operates the eye hospital, current directors David Randall, Joan Ragsdale, Steve Yoder and Dr. Michael Callahan have been. January 1941: The Federally-sponsored Engineering, Science and Management War Training Program was initiated at the Birmingham Extension Center. The local Eta Xi chapter had been established as a social club in 1970. 1970: Dr. John R. Durant established the Cancer Research and Training Center, later designated as the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. June 6, 1950: William R. Anderson received a master's degree in pharmacology, the first graduate degree awarded through the Medical Center. Before these additions, the Center operated with one full-time faculty member, Center director Edward K. Austin, and with numerous part-time faculty and staff, including some full-time faculty from Tuscaloosa who commuted to and from Birmingham to teach. Dale A. 2007: A small island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica was renamed Amsler Island in honor of UAB biologists Dr. Charles D. Amsler and Margaret O. Amsler who had studied the continent's marine biology for over three decades. Drs. June 1, 2000: Bert Brouwer became dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. A native of New York City, he received his bachelor of arts degree from Dartmouth College and completed medical school at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons before residency training at Bellevue Hospital and a gastroenterology fellowship at Stanford University. Erica Herskowitz is a known American sportscaster and professor working for WFAN as a sports anchor since 1998. 1965: Dr. Joseph F. Volker assigned responsibility for research and grants administration to Dr. John B. Dunbar and for graduate studies to Dr. Samuel B. Barker. September 1980: The Army ROTC program was initiated at UAB, one of 41 universities throughout the country to gain an Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. June 6, 1954: The new University of Alabama Extension Center Building was completed adjacent to the Medical Center and opened in official ceremonies. December 7-9, 1973: The Diabetes Hospital was formally dedicated at UAB in two-day festivities at the medical center. 1985: David L. Poehler became the head coach of Men's Tennis. The Blazers ended the regular season with an overall record 10-3 and conference 7-1; the best year ever for UAB football. December 13, 1991: Alzheimer's Disease Center established. November 1868: Classes that had been suspended during the Civil War resumed at the Medical College of Alabama in Mobile. Eleven other graduates received the Bachelor of Science in Medicine degree and two students received degrees in pharmacy. May 1988: The Center for Neuroimmunology was established. 1980: The Pediatric Pulmonary Center was established. The island had been the original site of the US research base, Palmer Station, from 1965 until 1968. Therefore, in Hospital Medicine we focus on investing in our faculty and staff, both in their professional development and in their overall wellness, so that they can give their best to every patient. April 1, 1988: Dr. John R. Durant became vice president for Health Affairs, succeeding Dr. J. Durwood Bradley who had served as interim vice president since the previous July. Dr. Eric Hunter was the center's first director. February 1970: Richard W. Jackson appointed first director of security at UAB. 1997: General Clinical Research Center was awarded a $20 million extension from the National Institutes of Health, the largest single grant in UAB history. December 1991: The street outside of UAB's Clark Memorial Theatre was renamed Hatcher Place in honor of James F. Hatcher, Jr., the founding director of the UAB Town and Gown Theatre. The bee waystation is located in a fenced area across from the UAB Solar House. The UAB Health System is in the process of bringing in another Alabama hospital to join the dozen or so they currently have agreements with. December 1, 2010: Dr. Arthur M. Boudreaux became interim chief-of-staff of University Hospital. November 12, 2014: Dr. Kirby I. Chief of General Ophthalmology Operations. May 2019: Dr. Virginia Lolley became chief-of-staff for the UAB Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, the first female named to the position. UAB was selected because of its exemplary diversity and inclusion initiatives and its broad concept of diversity. June 7, 1970: Richard Charles Dale and Samuel William Sullivan, Jr., became the first African American graduates of the School of Medicine. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. July 8, 1973: First patients were admitted to the Diabetes Research and Education Hospital. One full-time instructor and seven-part time instructors taught 19 different courses. August 1971: The former Ullman High School was rededicated as UAB's Ullman Building, a facility comprised by the original 1901 school building and the school's 1955 addition. January 20, 2016: The Hill Student Center was officially dedicated. Dr. Michael Windle was named first director of the center. 1960: The world's first clinical use of a commercially made fiberoptic endoscope for observing the inside on an organ or cavity was used at University Hospital. June 9, 1975: Arthur D. Shores, attorney and noted Civil Rights Activist, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from UAB becoming the first African American to receive an honorary degree from the university. September 1, 2017: Over 25,000 attended the UAB House Party in Birmingham's Uptown Entertainment District to hear a concert by recording star Sam Hunt. July 1962: The Medical Center Apartments opened. September 18, 2006: John A. April 15, 1974: Dr. Elizabeth C. Crosby delivered the eleventh Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Our Curious Cortex." 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. Dr. Thomas came to UAB from the University of Georgia. September 1970: Total student enrollment for the fall term in all schools for the second year of classes of the new UAB was 6,629, with 2,724 females. 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. In 2018, she received a Master of Accounting degree from UABs Collat School of Business. King and John J. McMahon, Jr., were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1972: Payroll for UAB's 6,000 employees topped $50 million. July 1967: A groundbreaking was held for the Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders. 1947: Graduate programs were first offered at the Birmingham Extension Center during the fall term. June 4, 1996: Dedication ceremonies were held for the UAB Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Laboratory. This was the first time in Alabama history that two students were selected from the same institution. 1951: Various Medical Center libraries were consolidated into one Medical Center Library under the direction of Chief Librarian Mildred R. Crowe. September 1972: University Hospital Outpatient Services Clinic was closed. 2008: The Southeast Biosafety Laboratory Alabama Birmingham Building (SEBLAB) was completed as UAB's level-3 biosafety facility. June 7, 1986: The first five students graduated from the UAB Honors Program. January 21, 1981: Alabama Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center was established with Dr. John W. Kirklin as director. September 2022: Dr. Anupam Agarwal became, for the second time, acting dean of the Heersink School of Medicine and acting vice president for Medicine. March 1976: Ground was broken for University College Building No. Balaji Govindaswami Secretary, VMC Foundation, Board of Directors. December 8, 1991: The first UAB National Alumni Society Distinguished Alumnus Award was presented to Dr. Lawrence J. DeLucas during commencement exercises. August 18, 1967: Jeremiah E. Abbott received the first masters degree from the engineering program in the College of General Studies. April 17, 2019: Dr. Ravi Bhatia became the interim director of the UAB O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. November 22, 1951: The Crippled Children's Clinic and Hospital was officially dedicated adjacent to the Medical Center. March 15, 2020: Due to the growing global pandemic of COVID-19, UAB announced a Limited Business Model for all campus operations except for essential services through the end of the month of March. She had been a student athlete on the Blazer team. He later served as chair of the Department of Neurology and at his selection as president was UAB's Senior Vice President and dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Thayer only served as acting dean through May. Weather sensors on the system will also be used by the emergency management staff. June 1976: Dr. Joseph F. Volker was named the first chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. 1969: Regional Technical Institute for Health Occupations was established. January 1992: Dr. Martha C. Nussbaum, of Brown University, was selected as the first Caroline and Charles W. Ireland Distinguished Visiting Scholar. April 2021: Two small beehives complete with two queen bees and some 40,000 worker bees were installed in the UAB Gardens to increase pollination in the campus and Southside area. April 11, 1938: The cornerstone was laid -- after construction began -- on the Hillman Hospital Outpatient Clinic Building. September 2000: UAB exceeded $300 million in active extramural grants and contracts. March 23, 1993: In the first night game held at the Jerry D. Young Memorial Field, the Men's Baseball team defeated Southern Mississippi by a score of 6 to 4. June 10, 1985: Angela Tower, a dance student at UAB, was named Miss Alabama. 2015: Dr. Martin J. Heslin became chief of the medical staff at University Hospital. Sarah lives in Birmingham Alabama where she has been an adjunct professor at UAB since 2016. She just completed a four-year term as a member of the NIH Science Management Board, the newly appointed NIH Board of Trustees and the Advisory Council of the Fogarty International Center of NIH. She was the first faculty member to have served as an interim dean of two academic schools at UAB. November 1997: Dr. William B. 1972: UAB Police Department formally organized. A native of South Africa, Dr. Hirschowitz was the first international named as divisional director at the Birmingham medical school. Dr. Watts also announced the appointment of Shannon Ealy as the interim Director of Athletics. April 1, 2019: Dr. Donna Slovensky, a long-time member of the school faculty, became interim dean of the School of Health Professions. January 2020: The UAB Health System entered into a management relationship with Russell Medical Center in Alexander City, Alabama. April 4, 1957: Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the Lawrence Reynolds Library. 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. For the first term, 116 students enrolled. Mr. Lee and his wife, Jodi, have one son and a grandson. Walker had served as chief-of-staff for King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 1945: The Cullom Apartments located at the corner of South 20th Street and 8th Avenue South were acquired for use as student dormitories and as faculty housing. April 6, 2019: The UAB Bioethics Team won its third national championship at the National Bioethics Bowl held in Mobile, Alabama. September 1, 1999: David J. 1993: Dr. Kenneth J. Roozen was named executive vice president. July 1, 2012: Dr. Donna K. Arnett became the sixth UAB faculty member to serve as president of the American Heart Association. MOVING YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS. The faculty advisor was Dr. Sherrill Martin, department of Performing Arts. December 9, 1988: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees formally accepted a gift from the BellSouth Foundation to help establish the Wallace R. Bunn endowed position in the School of Engineering at UAB. December 1, 1981: Dr. Robert Glaze became first vice president for Research and Institutional Advancement after having served as acting vice president since 1980. July 1, 1992: Dr. Charlie W. Scott became interim dean of the School of Medicine. June 1951: Eunice White received a bachelors degree from the University of Alabama School of Nursing, becoming the schools first graduate. September 2013: John D. Jones was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 15 nationally among public universities, No. October 12, 1998: Howell and Elizabeth Ann Heflin Center for Human Genetics groundbreaking held. Dr. Philip D. Smith was named director of the center. May 18, 2011: Dr. Linda C. Lucas, dean of the Engineering school, becameinterim Provost. A former dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, she previously worked with the National Governors Association as Physician-in-Residence and on the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, where she worked on the reauthorization of FDA legislation and issues related to Medicare, Medicaid, public health, and insurance. 2013: Alan Murray became the sixth head coach of the Men's Golf team. November 16, 1984: The Basic Health Science Education and Research Building was dedicated. December 5, 1976: WBHM-FM Radio broadcast for the first time as the 200th affiliated station of National Public Radio. This find could rewrite the history of the discovery of North America as it would prove that the Vikings had traveled further into the new continent than had previously been known. June 14, 1977: Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr., announced that UCLA Coach Gene Bartow would become UAB's new Athletic Director and head coach of the Men's Basketball team. 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. 1982: Joe Davidson became the second head coach of the Men's Golf team. The UAB House Party was held to celebrate the return of the Blazers football program. 1978: Ayda G. Nambayan received a full-time faculty appointment as assistant professor of nursing, the first international appointed to the nursing school faculty. April 1984: UAB first hosted Greek Week for sororities and fraternities. December 5, 1959: Ehney A. The Institute had been approved by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees in June 2014. April 29, 2008: A smoke breathing statue of the UAB dragon mascot was unveiled on the concourse in front of Bartow Arena. May 1969: 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. March 8, 1971: Dr. Walter B. Frommeyer delivered the eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "A Physician's Prayer.". January 13, 2020: Proton International at UAB, the states first proton therapy center, was opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. degrees during UAB's commencement exercises; Neil M. Bleakley was the School's first doctoral graduate. Responsibilities of Individual Members include: Eligible nominees must be active dues paying members and graduates of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and any of its related entities. December 1938: Groundbreaking was held for Jefferson Hospital. May 17, 1991: University Center was renamed and rededicated as the Hill University Center in honor of UAB's second president, Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr. May 22, 1991: Dr. Joan F. Lorden received the first Carolyn P. and Charles W. Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction and presented a lecture titled "Behavior: The Organizing Principle for the Nervous System.". 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. 1968: Alabama Transplant Center was created in the Medical Center and served as the clinical center for all transplant activities at UAB. Dr. Love served as a consultant in medicine in the Department of Cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. April 2, 1987: Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., became third president of UAB. June 4, 1972: Walter Jackson received a BS in General Engineering, becoming the first African American graduate of the School of Engineering. March 1999: UAB ranked 28th in the nation and fourth in the South in the list of universities receiving federal research and development funding. October 1987: Mervyn H. Sterne Library was rededicated after the completion of a major expansion and renovation project. June 29, 2020: Governor Kay Ivey announced programs to provide COVID-19 testing and symptom monitoring for the state's public higher education institutions. July 1968: Dr. 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. Drs. Dr. Lundberg was then Professor of Pathology and Associate Director of Laboratories at the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center for 10 years, and for five years was Professor and Chair of Pathology at the University of California-Davis. August 1, 2005: The UAB Health System took over management of the HealthSouth Medical Center while a $33 million sale of the center in Birminghams Southside remained pending. 1997: UAB administrators established the University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center (UWIRC) Program to provide UAB funding for those research centers and institutes designated as a UWIRC entity. February 4, 2005: The Skin Diseases Research Center was approved by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. December 14, 1995: The Sexually Transmitted Diseases Cooperative Research Center (later renamed the Center for Social Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases) was formally established by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. July 1966: Dr. John W. Kirklin was appointed chair of the Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief of University Hospital. There were two female members of the part-time faculty: Drs. March 13, 1991: Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., announced that UAB would field an NCAA Division III football team. March 6, 1968: Rust Research Center groundbreaking was held. February 1973: A new university bookstore was opened after being moved from the basement of Tidwell Hall to a newly acquired facility at the corner of 15th Street and 8th Avenue South. Dr. Kathleen Faircloth was the faculty advisor for the new student group. A native of Iran, she received her bachelors degree in political science from Western College for Women at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Composed by community business and civic leaders, the council was charged with advising the president on matters related to the advancement of the university. 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