FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2006
GALVESTON, Texas — The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will present the Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus Award to five exemplary Texas physicians at the School of Medicine graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 3.
The honorees include Drs. B. Henry Estess Jr., of Dallas; T. David Greer of Henrietta; Frederick Parker Gregg and Bob Stout, both of Houston; and Harmon W. Kelley, of San Antonio.
“These men exemplify the best of the medical profession,” said Dr. John D. Stobo, UTMB president. “Each of these physicians is committed to serving their patients, their profession and their communities.”
“We are proud to have them in our UTMB family,” Stobo said. “Individually and as a group they represent a true model for the physicians we are training today.”
The Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus Award is the highest alumni honor bestowed by the university’s School of Medicine alumni association. The award recognizes outstanding service to the medical profession and to humanity. It honors the memory of Dr. Ashbel Smith, a prominent figure in Texas medicine, politics and education. Smith was the driving force behind establishing the University of Texas at Austin in 1881, and a medical department that would later be known as UTMB in Galveston in 1891.
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