William A. Shands Professorship in Medical History and Ethics
Support professorship in medical history and ethics.
This fund was established in 2008 in memory of William A. Shands to support the research activities of a faculty member at the University of Florida Genetics Institute whose work is related to diseases of the eye. Shands earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1906 and a master’s degree in Law in 1928 from UF. After being elected a Florida Senator, he dedicated his efforts to enhance the Gainesville community by building a teaching hospital. Though initially he needed convincing that such a hospital in a small university community would be more beneficial than one in a metropolitan area, he began to diligently rally support for a teaching hospital in Gainesville rather than in cities like Tampa, Miami, and Jacksonville.
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