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PROFESSORSHIPS AND NAMINGS

The Board resumed its meeting in the Dome Room, in Open Session, at 4:00 p.m. All Members in attendance at the meetings earlier in the day were present, save Messrs. Diamonstein, Pippin, and Thompson.

By resolution, the Board established two professorships:

GEORGE A. BELLER, M.D./BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB MEDICAL
IMAGING, INC., DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN
CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

WHEREAS, George A. Beller took his M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1966 and returned to the School of Medicine in 1977 as Chief of the Cardiovascular Division of the Department of Medicine; and

WHEREAS, in 1977 there were seven clinical faculty members in the Division, a number which grew to 33 under Dr. Beller's leadership; and

WHEREAS, the Division has become a national, and indeed international center for research and teaching in cardiology under Dr. Beller; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Beller in 2004 returned to full time research and clinical practice; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Beller and Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., have collaborated in research for many years; and

WHEREAS, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., has made a generous gift for a professorship to honor Dr. Beller and his contributions to cardiology, particularly nuclear cardiology;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the George A. Beller, MD/Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., Distinguished Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine, to be held in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine of the Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine. The Board thanks Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc., for its support and generosity and thanks, too, Dr. Beller for his distinguished service to the University of Virginia.

ANDREW P. SOMLYO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

WHEREAS, Andrew P. Somlyo, M.D., was Chairman of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Charles Slaughter Professor in Physiology in the School of Medicine of the University of Virginia from 1988 until his death in 2004; and

WHEREAS, under Dr. Somlyo's direction and leadership, the Department of Molecular Physiology became one of the best physiology departments in the country; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Somlyo founded the Center for Structural Biology at the University;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Andrew P. Somlyo Distinguished Professorship in Molecular Physiology, to be held in the Department of Molecular Physiology in the School of Medicine. In so doing, the Board honors the distinguished contributions Dr. Somlyo made to his discipline and to the University of Virginia.

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The Board then heard reports from the President on two namings, neither of which required Board action:

THE ROBERT M. BERNE CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER

The Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, which is in the School of Medicine, is named in honor of the late Robert M. Berne, M.D., for many years the Chair of the Department of Physiology at the Medical School. The Cardiovascular Research Center, founded in Dr. Berne's lifetime, would not have existed without Dr. Berne's efforts.

THE W. NORMAN THORNTON, JR., GYNECOLOGIC-ONCOLOGY
SERVICE

The Thornton Gynecologic-Oncology Service in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine, is named for the late Dr. William Norman Thornton, Jr., who was Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 29 years.

On motion, the Board adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

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