University of Virginia Library

Search this document 

 
 
 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BAYER CORPORATION-GERALD L. MANDELL PROFESSORSHIP IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
expand section
expand section
 
 
expand section
 
expand section
 

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BAYER CORPORATION-GERALD L. MANDELL PROFESSORSHIP IN INTERNAL MEDICINE

WHEREAS, Gerald Lee Mandell, an alumnus of Cornell University and its medical school, has been a distinguished member of the faculty of the School of Medicine since 1969; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Mandell, Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine, is a well known teacher and researcher and an international authority in his field; and

WHEREAS, the Bayer Corporation, a leader in diagnostic and therapeutic research and products, is working in partnership with the School of Medicine because of the School's reputation as a leader in infectious disease research; and

WHEREAS, the Bayer Corporation has made a gift for a professorship in the School of Medicine in recognition of Dr. Mandell's work;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Bayer Corporation-Gerald L. Mandell Professorship in Internal Medicine, to be held in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine, expresses its appreciation to the Bayer Corporation for its generosity and commends Dr. Mandell for his eminence in the study of infectious diseases.