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ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUNDRAISING EFFORT TO ESTABLISH THE N. THOMAS CONNALLY EMINENT SCHOLARS PROFESSORSHIP IN CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUNDRAISING EFFORT TO ESTABLISH THE N.
THOMAS CONNALLY
EMINENT SCHOLARS PROFESSORSHIP IN CLINICAL
EXCELLENCE

The President announced that patients and friends of Dr. N. Thomas Connally have begun to raise funds effort to establish a University of Virginia medical professorship in his honor. To be known as the N. Thomas Connally Eminent Scholars Professorship of Clinical Excellence, this Chair will recognize the important connection between the primary care physician and the tertiary care specialist. The chairholder will be a clinician of national reputation who has an exceptional record of clinical achievement.


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Drs. Alam and Mimi Miran of Leesburg, Virginia, are leading the fundraising effort. Dr. Alam Miran has been Dr. Connally's patient.

The President noted that no Board action on this Chair was necessary at the moment, but he wanted Board members to know of the proposed Chair and to join in celebrating this extraordinary recognition of Dr. Connally.

The Rector commented that he had worked with Dr. Connally for five years, and that the Chair will be a wonderful testimony to Dr. Connally's love for the University and the Health Sciences Center.