Aubrey Hough, M.D., Named UAMS Endowed Chair in Oncologic Pathology

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LITTLE ROCK – Aubrey Hough Jr., M.D., today became recipient of the Drs. Mae and Anderson Nettleship Endowed Chair in Oncologic Pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


 


Hough is a distinguished professor in the UAMS Department of Pathology. He chaired the department for more than 21 years and served two terms as UAMS Medical Center chief of staff. Hough is associate dean for translational research and special projects in the UAMS College of Medicine and has been named the College of Medicine Distinguished Faculty Scholar – the highest honor a faculty member at the UAMS College of Medicine can receive. He also is chairman of the UAMS Bioterrorism Steering Committee.


 


“It is only fitting to honor Dr. Hough with this endowed chair for his many years of distinguished service to UAMS,” said Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D. “His impact on this campus, on his students and on the field of pathology are without measure, and this chair will allow him to continue his work here for many years to come.”


 


This endowed chair is the result of generous gifts by husband and wife pathologists — Anderson Nettleship, M.D., and Mae Nettleship, M.D. — and continues their tradition of service to the people of Arkansas.


 


Anderson Nettleship made contributions to basic cancer research at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., and his work laid the foundation for more recent studies of oncogenes. He was chairman of the Department of Pathology in the UAMS College of Medicine from 1947 to 1954. During his time, he organized the Medical Illustration Department, began the pathology residency program and served as the first state medical examiner. In 1956, he returned to Fayetteville, his birthplace, where he and Mae Nettleship organized the Antaeus Lineal Medical Research Laboratories, which gave pre-medical fellowships to more than 200 students, several of whom became prominent UAMS faculty members. After his death in 1981, she continued her practice and made significant contributions to civic and educational programs in Arkansas. 


 


An endowed chair is the highest academic honor that can be bestowed by a university on its faculty. The first named chair was established in England in 1502, when Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, established the Lady Margaret Professorships of Divinity at Oxford and Cambridge. An endowed chair at UAMS is supported with designated gifts of $1 million or more. A donor may name a chair in memory of a loved one or to honor a person’s accomplishments.


 


UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,538 students and 733 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is one of the state’s largest public employers with about 9,600 employees, including nearly 1,000 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $5 billion a year. For more information, visit www.uams.edu.