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ANDREW P. SOMLYO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ANDREW P. SOMLYO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

WHEREAS, Andrew P. Somlyo, M.D., was Chairman of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Charles Slaughter Professor in Physiology in the School of Medicine of the University of Virginia from 1988 until his death in 2004; and

WHEREAS, under Dr. Somlyo's direction and leadership, the Department of Molecular Physiology became one of the best physiology departments in the country; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Somlyo founded the Center for Structural Biology at the University;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors establishes the Andrew P. Somlyo Distinguished Professorship in Molecular Physiology, to be held in the Department of Molecular Physiology in the School of Medicine. In so doing, the Board honors the distinguished contributions Dr. Somlyo made to his discipline and to the University of Virginia.

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The Board then heard reports from the President on two namings, neither of which required Board action: