UNMC History 101 – Happy Holidays, historically speaking






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In the spirit of the Chancellor’s Holiday Tea, which will be held next week, let’s take a look back at a past campus holiday celebration photo featuring some key figures in UNMC’s history.

Pictured at the all-campus Christmas party on Dec. 23, 1964 from left are:

  • Robert Grissom, M.D., UNMC’s first chairman of internal medicine, and his wife Virginia Grissom;
  • University Hospital Administrator Edwin Ross and his wife, Virginia Ross; and
  • Charlotte Wittson and her husband, then College of Medicine Dean and later UNMC Chancellor Cecil Wittson, M.D.

This year, the Chancellor’s Holiday Tea is on Wednesday, Dec. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.