Board of Visitors minutes March 26, 1999 | ||
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JOE GIECK PROFESSORSHIP IN SPORTS MEDICINE
The following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, Joe Howard Gieck, a native of Oklahoma, has been Head Athletics Trainer at the University of Virginia since 1962; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Gieck is a Professor of Education in the Curry School of Education, as well as a Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in the Health Sciences Center and an advisor for both the undergraduate and doctoral sports medicine programs; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Gieck has both a national and a local reputation in his field to the extent that family, friends and former students have contributed funds to establish a professorship in his honor;
RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors commends Mr. Gieck for his years of service to the University, establishes the Joe Gieck Professorship in Sports Medicine in the Curry School of Education, and thanks the family, friends and former students of Mr. Gieck who have made the Professorship possible.
Board of Visitors minutes March 26, 1999 | ||