Minutes of the Regular Meeting, September 9 ... - Digital Collections

September 9-10, 2008 31349Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center will open in 2010, a partner to theStephenson Technology Research Center across the street. In Tulsa, growthhas occurred with parts of the Diabetes Center and Cancer Center opening,expanded brain research with Saint Francis Hospital, and childhood emphasessponsored by the Kaiser Foundation. The cancer institute which is being builton the Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City will be the singlelargest individual investment in research and clinical facilities in the history ofthe state, with a public/private partnership component. The Harold HammDiabetes Center will soon be opening in what was the Presbyterian HealthyLiving Center and the new Allied Health building is going up also. ThePresident then asked Lee Williams, vice president for research on the NormanCampus, to speak about the growth in research funding. Dr. Williams washappy to speak, representing Dr. Joe Waner at the Health Sciences Center, Dr.Jim Pappas in Continuing Education and the staff in Tulsa who work onbehalf of this growth. He stated that the just under $276 million figure is agrowth of 9.5% in one year. He outlined a couple of specific grants, includingtheir aims and the dollars involved. He also displayed a pie chart depictingthe great diversity of the sources of funding received by various researchgroups on the OU campuses. Finally, he commented on the Research Cabinetand the benefit it has given by having different research areas across campusestalking, giving a more unified sense of where we are and doing strategicplanning. President Boren commented on ongoing efforts to treat the indigentand to close the mortality gap between different areas of the Tulsacommunity. He reiterated that the University feels a moral obligation toaddress this fourteen or fifteen year gap in every way possible, and, statingthat current discussions are very preliminary, said that the University ofOklahoma is stepping up to deal with the community problem and the greatdemand for indigent health care should other offerings in Tulsa close. ThePresident closed his report by noting the presence of Dee Dee Stuart, wife ofChairman Jon Stuart, and thanking her for her part in helping the Universityafter the devastating ice storm.RESOLUTION HONORING JOE HARROZ – NCRESOLUTIONWHEREAS, Joe Harroz’s long and distinguished association with The University ofOklahoma began during his student days, when his achievements included being a foundingmember of Crimson Club and the first student adviser to the Oklahoma Regents for HigherEducation, student leadership positions and numerous honors, including selection as a LetzeiserSilver Medalist, Outstanding Undergraduate in Economics and Homecoming King;WHEREAS, in summer 1988, while still enrolled as an OU student, he first servedthen-Sen. David L. Boren as a student intern;WHEREAS, in 1989, he earned his bachelor of arts degree in economics withdistinction from OU, then attended and graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center,where he achieved distinction as associate editor of the Journal of Law and Policy inInternational Business;WHEREAS, from 1989 to 1993, he again served Sen. Boren as his legislative directorand legal counsel before returning to Oklahoma to practice law with the law firm of Crowe andDunlevy, where from December 1993 to November 1994 he worked primarily in the area ofcommercial litigation;