Houston Chronicle, Aug. 15, 2007 A Galveston couple has contributed $500,000 to establish an endowed faculty position in UTMB's Department of Radiation Oncology. The Irma Labardini Mendoza and Jesse Jesus Mendoza Chair in Radiation Oncology is the second endowed chair and the fifth endowed faculty position created for the department. Dr. Sandra "Sunny" Hatch is nominee for the first holder of the Mendoza Chair, pending approval by the UT system board of regents.