Board of Visitors minutes February 3, 2006 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EDWIN P. LEHMAN
PROFESSORSHIP IN
SURGERY
WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin P. Lehman, an alumnus of Williams College and the Harvard Medical School, joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1928 as Chairman of the Departments of Surgery and Gynecology, a position he held until 1953; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lehman is remembered as a superb teacher and devoted physician, as well as a figure of national importance in the study of cancer; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lehman died in 1954; and
WHEREAS, the late Dr. Charles V. Amole, an alumnus of the School of Medicine who trained under Dr. Lehman, established annuities during his lifetime to provide funds for a Lehman professorship; and
WHEREAS, the late Dr. William R. Hill, also a student and colleague of Dr. Lehman, provided funds for a Lehman chair as well;
RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Edwin P. Lehman Professorship in Surgery, to be held in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine, honors the memory of Dr. Lehman, and takes note of the generosity of Dr. Amole and Dr. Hill.
Board of Visitors minutes February 3, 2006 | ||