Administrative Files of Vice President for Birmingham Affairs Joseph F. Volker 1966-1968.

University of Alabama. College of General Studies.

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Rose, Frank Anthony, 1920-1991

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Alabama. Legislature

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A plank road or puncheon is a dirt path or road covered with a series of planks, similar to the wooden sidewalks one would see in a Western movie. Plank roads were very popular in Ontario, the U.S. Northeast and U.S. Midwest in the first half of the 19th century. From the guide to the Alabama Legislature petition MSS. 0039., 1849, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) Authorities: Alabama Legislature. Acts of Alabama. Pl...

Hill, Philip Richardson

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Physician, dean, university vice president, university president Samuel Richardson Hill was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on 19 May 1923. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Duke University and his M.D. from Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University. Hill originally came to the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1954. Having served as a teaching fellow at Harvard University, Hill accepted a two year appointment as ...

University of Alabama. Office of the Vice President for Birmingham Affairs.

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The Office of Vice President for Birmingham Affairs was established in 1966 after the creation of the College of General Studies and the designation of University of Alabama programs in Birmingham as the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The vice president for Birmingham affairs had administrative responsibility over all University of Alabama programs in Birmingham including the Medical Center. Joseph F. Volker served as the only vice president for Birmingham affairs as the Office was renamed...

Kirklin, John W. (John Webster)

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McCallum, Charles A., 1925-

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Medical College of Alabama

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Appalachian Regional Commission

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Sources: Alabama Appalachian Regional Commission Program, Meeting agenda and minutes, SG14584, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state and local government. Established in 1965, it is composed of the governors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chairman who is appointed by the President. Local participation in the Commi...

Volker, Joseph F.

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Dentist, dean, university vice president, university president Dr. Joseph F. Volker was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1913. He earned a D.M.D. degree from Indiana University and an A.B., M.S. and Ph. D., from the University of Rochester. He was serving as dean of Tufts College Dental School in Boston when the University of Alabama chose him to head its new dental program in Birmingham. Accepting these duties in 1948, Volker instituted a rigorous course of study that ...

Campbell, George F. (George Frederick), 1915-

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