Galveston County Daily News, May 24, 2008 The state's oldest medical school, the University of Texas Medical Branch, will award medical degrees to 187 new physicians May 31. The commencement of the 118th graduating class of the School of Medicine will be at Moody Gardens in Galveston. Dr. Bernard F. Morrey, a UTMB alumnus and the emeritus chairman of the department of orthopedics at the Mayo Clinic, will be the commencement speaker.