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A necklace, an ornamental chair and an elephant tail whisk are among seven royal objects the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) permanently and voluntarily returned to the Asante kingdom in the Asante region of Ghana, where they originated.
Dr. Rachel Mednick Thompson named inaugural chair holder
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The inaugural chair holder is Dr. Rachel Thompson, whose research focuses on the muscular pathology of cerebral palsy. Julie Kirst |
May 13, 2021
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has established the William and Patricia Oppenheim Presidential Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics. The chair honors Dr. William Oppenheim, an internationally renowned expert in orthopaedics, and his wife, Patricia Schnegg.
In addition to the Oppenheims, numerous donors, including Shirley and Ralph Shapiro and their children, Peter and Alison, as well as colleagues, friends and former patients of William Oppenheim, contributed to fund the chair; their donations were bolstered by the University of California Presidential Match for Endowed Chairs program, for a total contribution of more than $1 million.