1980s
University of Virginia Health System Scrapbook: The 1980s
1980
- Library Books and Journals: 129,278
- Current Library Periodicals: 1,738
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $3,065, Other $6,365
- Number of Medical Students: 551
- A computer system will improve record keeping in medical records.
- The average cost of a medical journal will increase 213% over the next ten years.
- Ralph Sampson leads the Cavaliers to victory in the NIT Tournament.
University of Virginia School of Medicine Class of 1980
Amy Richardson, 4th-year class president, signs the Match Day certificate
Dr. Norman Knorr, Dean of the School of Medicine
New bicycle racks on Jefferson Park Avenue near the Library
Dean of the School of Nursing, Rose Marie Chioni, becomes President of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Children’s Museum opens inside the main entrance of the Primary Care Center
After a two-year study, consultants recommend moving the Hospital to the Blue Ridge site, but this recommendation does not come to pass
1981
- Library Books and Journals: 133,505
- Current Library Periodicals: 3,0404
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
Wilhelm Moll Rare Book Room
Entrance to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
Library Books Stacks
University of Virginia Primary Care Center
The Library’s LIS online catalog goes public
1982
- Library Books and Journals: 137,129
- Current Library Periodicals: 3,095
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
Medical School Class Officers, 1982
Medical students learn in all sorts of settings
Keeping up with the information explosion
“In order to put needed information within practical reach of our users in the Medical Center community, the Library must move as rapidly as possible to achieve fully automated and integrated library operations … today we function as an ‘information resource facility.’”
Surgical doll once belonging to Lomax Gwathmey, School of Medicine Class of 1889, donated to the Health Sciences Library
Walter Reed Collection is transferred to the Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections
1983
- Library Books and Journals: 134,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 1,700
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- Copy cards are introduced in the Library.
- A new Day Care Center opens under the direction of Mike Halseth at Blue Ridge Hospital.
Without a doubt, the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library provides students with a variety of resources, both academic and social
The Spinal Chords Choral Group
University of Virginia Hospital named a Level I Trauma Center
New pagers come into use
Medical students take part in Easters celebrations
A mud fest during Easters celebrations
1984
- Library Books and Journals: 139,970
- Current Library Periodicals: 3,275
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $4,870, Other $9,690
- Number of Medical Students: 556
- Children’s Medical Center becomes a reality.
- Blue Ridge Hospital offers eating disorder program.
- University of Virginia’s first bone marrow transplant.
- Program for minority students launched.
- Hospital’s new snack bar named Skylight Inn.
Dr. Lewis Barnett, pioneer in family medicine at the University of Virginia
Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new replacement hospital
The Pegasus helicopter becomes the latest transportation for the Emergency Medicine Department at the University of Virginia
Coach Terry Holland on the basketball court
Bob Hope helps raise funds for the Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Joan Echtenkamp and some empty shelves in Historical Collections
Clinical trails of lithotripter begin
University of Virginia Medical Center is the only site in Virginia with an MRI device
Dr. William H. Muller, Surgeon and Vice President for Health Affairs
1985
- Library Books and Journals: 140,403
- Current Library Periodicals: 3,345
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $5,110, Other $10,310
- Number of Medical Students: 556
- Virginia Ambulatory Service Center opens in May.
- Dr. William Osler’s chair given to the Medical School.
- Headache Clinic for children opens.
- Students treat skiing injuries at Wintergreen.
Marjorie A. Rein, Medical Educator
Students enjoying their 4th year
Maurice Apprey, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Health Sciences Library, circa 1985
The unfinished Library basement ready for improvement; will become home for Historical Collections
Anne Thomas, Student Affairs Office
Robert M. O’Neil assumes the presidency of the University of Virginia
1986
- Library Books and Journals: 142,528
- Current Library Periodicals: 3,360
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- Medical ethics added to the Medical School curriculum.
- The School of Nursing opens a research program.
- The University of Virginia receives $1 million grant to finance a minority program in the Medical School.
Stuck in the Stacks as the Library moves into the Computer Age
The new University of Virginia Hospital nears completion
“To improve the health of all people. To manifest human compassion. To search for the truth.” ~ Dr. Robert M. Carey, new Dean of the School of Medicine
A familiar sight in the Health Sciences Library
The Spermatic Chords, an a capella chorus formed by the women of the School of Medicine Class of 1986
1987
- Library Books and Journals: 147,984
- Current Library Periodicals: 3,482
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- The Library’s LIS sytem to offer electronic access to the catalog.
- 30 years of TLC at the CRC, as the Center is renamed for the Kluge family.
- The Nursing Research Center opens.
- Jean Sorrell-Jones named Director of the Division of Nursing at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Consulting a reference work in the Health Sciences Library
What bone is this connected to?
Study time in the Library
Pegasus takes to the sky
Time out in the Library
Construction of the new University of Virginia Hospital
1988
- Library Books and Journals: 152,535
- Current Library Periodicals: 2,837
- Medical School Tuition: n/a
- Number of Medical Students: n/a
- The Medical Center is officially renamed the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center.
- The University of Virginia Blue Ridge Hospital’s Tuberculosis Unit closes after 65 years of service.
- The Adult Rehab Unit moves to the Blue Ridge Hospital.
- The University of Virginia Health System discourages smoking on its premises.
The Pegasus Air Ambulance
Rose Marie Chioni resigns as Dean of the School of Nursing after 14 years
The Link took eight months to construct; it is 680 feet long, 17 feet wide, and covered by 28 tons of copper
The Blue Ridge Hospital’s TB Unit closes after 65 years of service
The new DxTER system simulates real patient care
1989
- Library Books and Journals: 148,000
- Current Library Periodicals: 2,800
- Medical School Tuition: Virginia $6,440, Other $13,320
- Number of Medical Students: 556
- The In-Hospital Hospice opens.
- James Craig retires as Associate Dean of Student Affairs.
- Terry A. Thorkildson, Director of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, resigns.
- The Library offers computer services that allow patrons to check other University of Virginia libraries and outside databases.
- Phase II of the $2.5 million addition to the Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center is finished.
- The University of Virginia is one of ten centers in the U.S. to use the Dornier lithotripter in clinical trials for gallstone lithotripsy.
First University of Virginia patient being treated with the gamma knife
“Harvey,” a computer-operated dummy, used for simulating patient care
Jeanette Lancaster named Dean of the School of Nursing
More than 7,500 hours were spent preparing for the opening of the new University Hospital
A presentation in the History of the Health Sciences Library Lecture Series
Patients move across the Link to the new University of Virginia Hospital
University of Virginia President Robert M. O’Neil announces his resignation
Richard D. Pearson becomes Associate Dean of Student Affairs.