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A series of images from the UAB Archives

1970s

  • Quarterback Tower nears completion, July 1977

    Exterior of Quarterback Tower
    July 2010 Image of the Month

    The Monday Morning Quarterback Club Tower was dedicated on July 18, 1977, adjacent to Jefferson Tower.  This addition to University Hospital was made possible by funding from the Monday Morning Quarterback Club, a fundraising arm of the Crippled Children’s Foundation.

    Image ID: P16.1.3, #3754

  • President S. Richardson Hill, Jr. and Gene Bartow, June 14, 1977

    A man hands a basketball to another man
    June 2010 Image of the Month

    President S. Richardson Hill, Jr., welcomes Gene Bartow (right) to UAB as the university's first athletic director and head coach of a new men's intercollegiate basketball team, June 14, 1977. Dr. Hill recruited Coach Bartow to UAB from his position as head coach of basketball powerhouse UCLA. Bartow served as coach until 1996 and as athletic director until 2000. In 1997 the UAB Arena was renamed Bartow Arena in his honor.

    Image ID: P7.2.7, #1180

  • Students in the radiological technology program, circa 1975

    Students look on as a patient is under a radiology machine
    March 2010 Image of the Month

    The School of Health Professions has provided training in radiology technology since the school was originally established in 1969.  But a certificate-level program had been offered within the hospital since 1944.  When the School of Community and Allied Health Resources (today's School of Health Professions) was established, the program in radiology technology was transferred from the hospital to the new school.

    Image ID:  , P19.1, #0211

  • UAB expansion begins, January 30, 1970

    Three men hold a shovel for a ceremony
    January 2010 Image of the Month

    At the groundbreaking ceremony for a new academic campus are (left to right): Dr. Joseph F. Volker, President of UAB; Albert P. Brewer, Governor of Alabama; and Dr. George W. Campbell, Dean of the College of General Studies. As faculty member Dr. Hubert Harper later remembered, they were in “a blighted environment…streets full of litter…some old houses still standing in the progressive decay… In this depressing environment…we stood in the dying day and the rising chill and witnessed" a very important occasion, the expansion of UAB. The first four buildings of this new western campus would be dedicated in ceremonies held in 1973.

    Image ID: P7.2.1, #360

  • An attendant answers an incoming MIST call, circa 1975

    A woman talks on the phone
    August 2009 Image of the Month

    Medical Information Service via Telephone (MIST), which began operation in August 1969, allowed Alabama physicians to call and discuss medical problems with specialists on duty at the UAB Medical Center. Later, the program expanded to physicians from across the country and it became a model for similar programs in other states.

    Image ID: P7.2.7, #1010

  • University College Building No. 2, circa 1978

    Exterior of the University College Building number 2
    July 2009 Image of the Month

    Ground was broken in July 1970 for a new building in the developing campus of University College. This facility was completed and opened in June 1972 as the home to classrooms, laboratories, administrative offices, and several academic units. In 1983 the building was renamed the Physical Sciences Building. Following the completion of a renovation project, in 1995 the facility was renamed the Chemistry Building.

    Image ID: P8.1.1, #0052

  • UAB professor speaks about economic downturn, February 21, 1979

    A man stands behind a projector with a new camerman watching
    February 2009 Image of the Month

    Dr. David P. Lewis, chair of the UAB Department of Economics, spoke to area business executives during an "Economic Outlook '79" seminar hosted by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, the UAB School of Business, and the UAB Division of Special Studies. Lewis and other speakers predicted the country would experience a "mild recession" by middle of the year.

    Image ID: P7.4.1, #1084

  • Art class offered in the Division of Humanities, circa 1970

    A professor points to a painting while a student looks on
    September 2008 Image of the Month

    In 1968 two people were hired to teach art classes part-time. In 1969 the two became full-time instructors within the Division of Humanities. In 1972 UAB began a major in art, and in 1973 the Department of Art was formally organized within the new School of Humanities.

    Image ID: P7.2.7, #1923

  • University College students relax outside of class, August 1970

    Three women and a man sit on a bench talking
    August 2008 Image of the Month

    These students are seated outside of Tidwell Hall on South 20th Street, on the site currently occupied by the Kaul Human Genetics Building.

    Image ID: P7.3.1, #1023

  • Construction of the optometry building, circa 1974

    Construction site for the optometry building
    April 2008 Image of the Month

    The steel structure of a building to house the School of Optometry rises on the UAB campus. The optometry building was dedicated on September 12, 1975 ; it would be renamed the Henry B. Peters Building in 1994 in honor the school's founding dean. In this view looking east from Volker Hall, the Statue of Hippocrates is visible in the original courtyard that was located in front of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences.

    Photo ID:  P21.2, #0023

  • Gladys McQueen becomes the university's first "Employee of the Month," January 1978

    A woman sits in front of a computer and looks to the side at the camera
    January 2008 Image of the Month

    McQueen, who had 25 years of service with the university, was a keypunch supervisor in the Central Computing Facility. In January of 1979 she would also be selected as UAB's first "Employee of the Year."

    Image ID: P7.2.1, #0574

  • Visiting actors in the Town and Gown Theatre, May 1978

    A woman stands between two men reading a book in the library
    June 2007 Image of the Month

    Visiting actors Kitty Carlisle Hart (center) and Birmingham native Wayne Rogers (left) view artifacts in the Town and Gown Theatre, May 1978. James F. Hatcher (right) founded the theatre in 1950 and directed it until his retirement from UAB in 1991. Hatcher eventually created a museum in the Clark Theater Building with his collection of letters, photographs, scripts and props; some of the items from that museum are now contained in the Hatcher Collection at the UAB Archives.

    Image ID: P7.4.2, #0167

  • Respiratory therapy instruction, 1970s

    Therapist helps a patient with a breathing machine
    April 2007 Image of the Month

    The respiratory therapy program was developed at University Hospital and in 1970 was moved to the university's newest academic school, the School of Community and Allied Health Resources. Today, the respiratory therapy program is housed within the Department of Critical Care in the UAB School of Health Professions.

    Image ID: P7.2.7, #1821

  • University College registration, September 1972

    Students registering for class
    August 2006 Image of the Month

    University College registration, September 1972. Registration for University College was held in the gymnasium of UAB's Bell Building. A total of 7,564 students enrolled in credit and non-credit courses during the two-day registration on September 21-22. Before the days of personal computers and online registration, UAB students would queue for their classes at tables placed around the gym.

    Image ID: P7.2.7, #2070

  • Optometry student Terrence N. Ingraham, 1978

    Optometrist examines a patient
    June 2006 Image of the Month

    Optometry student Terrence N. Ingraham examines a patient, May 1978. Ingraham received his O.D. degree from the UAB School of Optometry in June 1978, becoming the first African American graduate of the school.

    Image ID: P7.4.1, #0675

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