Board of Visitors minutes February 25, 2000 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EDWARD WATSON HOOK DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
WHEREAS, Dr. Edward Watson Hook, a native of South Carolina, joined the University of Virginia in 1969 as Henry B. Mulholland Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hook developed his Department into one of the most distinguished departments of internal medicine in the country; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hook is remembered as a superb physician, teacher and scholar, and for his many contributions to the life of the University of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hook died in 1998; and
WHEREAS, friends, colleagues, patients, former students and the family of Dr. Hook have given generously to establish a professorship in his memory;
RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Edward Watson Hook Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine and in so doing honors the life and achievements of Dr. Hook.
Board of Visitors minutes February 25, 2000 | ||