Joseph F. Volker

Joseph F. Volker, (1913–1989) was the first chief executive of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, serving in that capacity from 1966 to 1976. Afterwards, he was the first Chancellor of the UA System, from 1976 to 1982.[1]

Volker served as dean of the Birmingham-based Alabama School of Dentistry from 1948 to 1962, except for a one-year break in 1961 as director of the Arizona Medical School Study. He became vice president for Health Affairs in 1962. In 1966, the University of Alabama Medical Center and the College of General Studies (formerly the Birmingham Extension Center) were merged as the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Volker became head of the merged institution as "Vice President of Birmingham Affairs," reflecting that UAB was still treated as an offsite department of the main campus in Tuscaloosa. With the creation of the University of Alabama System in 1969, UAB became a fully autonomous four-year institution, and Volker's title was changed to "president."[2]

As the first president of UAB he is remembered for his statement "We would do Birmingham a great disservice if we dream too-little dreams.",[3][4]

Volker earned his DDS degree from Indiana University and his MS and PhD degrees in biochemistry from the University of Rochester,[5] where he conducted groundbreaking studies on the use of fluorides in the prevention of dental decay".[6]

References

  1. ^ McWilliams, Tennant S. (2011). ""Volker, Jospeph F."". In Clarence L. Mohr, Charles Reagan Wilson (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Vol. 17: Education. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9780807877852.
  2. ^ "UAB Chronology". Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  3. ^ "Campaign for UAB reaches $1 billion goal". 28 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Dreaming big dreams: the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine". Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  5. ^ "Joseph F. Volker, D.D.S., Ph.D." Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ^ Nunnelly, William (21 September 2004). "Dr. Joseph Volker, First UAB President, Named to Alabama Men's Hall of Fame". Samford University. Retrieved 17 January 2015.


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