SHANDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 50TH GALA
Celebrating Fifty Years of Excellence
Honoring Yesterday. Serving Today. Transforming Tomorrow.
 Photo Courtesy: Photography 35 Martin and Elizabeth "Betty" Dell Sheveling and their guests enjoy the gala program.
More than 300 guests helped Shands HealthCare celebrate providing 50 years of patient care at Shands at UF. They commemorated the golden milestone at a gala at the Hilton UF Conference Center in Gainesville on Oct. 18.
UF Teaching Hospital, which later was renamed Shands at UF, opened in October 1958. Since then, UF physicians, Shands nurses, technicians and other staff have achieved numerous medical milestones and discoveries and provided care to thousands of patients and their families.
Historical photos and banners adorned the gala ballroom as guests enjoyed a program honoring the past 50 years with a video of former Senator William A. Shands, for whom the hospital is named, and his legacy. Marshall Criser received the inaugural W.A. Shands Lifetime Achievement Award. He was described as a quiet leader who has accomplished much for both UF and Shands HealthCare.
Mark and Mary Wise received the inaugural W.A. Shands Family of the Year award. Also in attendance were Nancy S. Bowman, the first patient admitted to the hospital; Dr. R.T. Smith, the physician who treated her; and Elizabeth “Betty” Scheveling, W.A. Shands’ granddaughter.
Photo Courtesy: Photography 35 Marshall and Paula Criser with their family.
Marshall Criser received the inaugural W.A. Shands Lifetime Achievement Award.
In addition to celebrating Shands at UF’s 50th anniversary, the gala was a fundraiser for the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital. At the gala, Shands HealthCare kicked off the community portion of its Raising Hope capital campaign to benefit the cancer hospital. Susan Barcus, Shands HealthCare chief development officer, announced they have raised $27 million. The goal is $55 million.
“This campaign to support the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital is a wonderful opportunity for our community to help patients with cancer and their families” said Barcus.
The Shands at UF Cancer Hospital is a $388-million, 500,000-square-foot facility that will house 192 private inpatient beds for a variety of patients, including those receiving diagnostic and therapeutic oncology services. It also will include a Critical Care Center for emergency- and trauma-related services. The cancer hospital will be located across the street from the Shands at UF academic medical center on Southwest Archer Road in Gainesville. The hospital is slated to open in November 2009.
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