 | Board of Visitors minutes October 9, 1998 |  |
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROBERT W. CANTRELL PROFESSORSHIP IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY — HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
The following resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, Dr. Robert W. Cantrell, a native of Missouri, joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1976 as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cantrell was appointed G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh Professor of Otolaryngology in 1977, a chair he continues to hold; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cantrell served as Acting Vice President and Provost for Health Sciences from July 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995, and became Vice President and Provost on January 1, 1996; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cantrell is at once a distinguished scholar who has published extensively, a skilled physician and a medical administrator of proven merit; and
WHEREAS, numerous friends, patients, former students, colleagues, and others have pledged funds to establish a professorship in Dr. Cantrell's honor;
RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Robert W. Cantrell Professorship in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the School of Medicine, thanks the numerous donors who have made this chair possible, and expresses its appreciation to Dr. Cantrell for his distinguished service to the University.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 9, 1998 | |