On this day in 1965, Dr. Marion Myles accepted a position at UMMC and three months later became its first Black faculty member.
On this day in 1965 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 13, 2024 March 13, 1965 Marion Myles became the first Black faculty member at theUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Marion Myles accepted a position at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Three months later, the vice chancellor appointed her an assistant professor of pharmacology, the first Black American on the faculty.
She received a Carnegie Foundation Research Grant and was awarded research fellowships at the California Institute of Technology and at the Institute of Nuclear Studies at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The same year that the medical center appointed her, the center offered a residency slot to Dr. Aaron Shirley, the first Black resident.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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