Board of Visitors minutes October 1, 2004 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHARLES E. HORTON PROFESSORSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC SURGERY
WHEREAS, Charles E. Horton of Suffolk took the M.D. from the School of Medicine in 1947; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Horton began the practice of plastic surgery in Norfolk in 1955 and became a leader in his field; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Horton, as director of graduate medical education at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, established a most distinguished residency program in plastic surgery; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Horton, in 1984, founded Physicians for Peace, a non-profit organization that sends volunteer teams of healthcare providers to some of the most destitute places on earth; and
WHEREAS, a professorship is proposed in the School of Medicine to honor Dr. Horton and his work and to encourage others to follow his example;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Charles E. Horton Professorship in International Plastic Surgery, to be held in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the School of Medicine, thanks the many generous donors who have made the chair possible, and salutes Dr. Horton as an outstanding practitioner of compassionate medicine.
Board of Visitors minutes October 1, 2004 | ||