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RENAMING OF THE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN NEUROSURGERY AS THE JOHN A. JANE PROFESSORSHIP IN NEUROSURGERY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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RENAMING OF THE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN NEUROSURGERY AS THE JOHN A. JANE PROFESSORSHIP IN NEUROSURGERY

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors in 1985 established the Distinguished Professorship in Neurosurgery; and

WHEREAS, Dr. John A. Jane has been a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine since 1969 and Chair or Co-Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery from that date forward; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Jane is a most distinguished and gifted surgeon and teacher with an international reputation; and

WHEREAS, since the creation of the Distinguished Professorship in Neurosurgery, colleagues, friends and former students of Dr. Jane have made gifts to the School of Medicine in anticipation of the Distinguished Professorship being renamed in honor of Dr. Jane;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors renames the Distinguished Professorship in Neurosurgery the John A. Jane Professorship in Neurosurgery in honor of the contributions Dr. Jane has made to research, teaching and the practice of neurosurgery, and commends him for these contributions.