Groundbreaking for New UAB Facilities

The groundbreaking ceremony for new Basic Health Sciences building, the Medical Center Library, and the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in July 1968. From left: UAB executive vice president Joseph F. Volker, Alabama governor Albert P. Brewer, and Frank Rose, president of the University of Alabama.

Dr. Joseph Volker, Governor Albert Brewer, and UA President Frank Rose at the groundbreaking for new UAB medical facilities
Courtesy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Archives
Dr. Joseph Volker, Governor Albert Brewer, and UA President Frank Rose at the groundbreaking for new UAB medical facilities