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Biography - Source: University of Virginia, Board of Visitors Meeting, 4 Feb 2005 - Charlottesville, Virginia
John C. Buchanan, a native of Darwin in Dickenson County, took the B.S. from the University in 1933. He was a teacher, but after military service in World War II, he decided to enter medical school and subsequently took an M.D., also from the University, in 1951. He returned to Southwest Virginia and conducted a general medical practice in Wise. He was elected to the Senate in Richmond in 1971 and served from January, 1972 until his death in April, 1991. His district, the old Fortieth, included the counties in the far southwestern tip of the state.
Dr. Buchanan served on the old Clinch Valley College Advisory Committee, as well as other boards and commissions in the Coalfield Counties, and he was a tireless and effective advocate for his region. He also was a good friend and supporter of the University in the General Assembly – by any measure of reckoning it, he was a distinguished alumnus.
Dr. Buchanan’s family has been generous supporters of the University. His wife, the former Carol Phipps, is a trustee of the Columbus Phipps Foundation which has given generously to The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. His sister-in-law, the late Dr. Jean Lui Phipps, made a bequest to the University for an endowment to create the professorship honoring Dr. Buchanan. Dr. Phipps also practiced medicine in Southwest Virginia.
Action: Approval of establishment of the John C. Buchanan Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine.
Biography - Source: University of Virginia, Board of Visitors Meeting, 4 Feb 2005 - Charlottesville, Virginia
John C. Buchanan, a native of Darwin in Dickenson County, took the B.S. from the University in 1933. He was a teacher, but after military service in World War II, he decided to enter medical school and subsequently took an M.D., also from the University, in 1951. He returned to Southwest Virginia and conducted a general medical practice in Wise. He was elected to the Senate in Richmond in 1971 and served from January, 1972 until his death in April, 1991. His district, the old Fortieth, included the counties in the far southwestern tip of the state.
Dr. Buchanan served on the old Clinch Valley College Advisory Committee, as well as other boards and commissions in the Coalfield Counties, and he was a tireless and effective advocate for his region. He also was a good friend and supporter of the University in the General Assembly – by any measure of reckoning it, he was a distinguished alumnus.
Dr. Buchanan’s family has been generous supporters of the University. His wife, the former Carol Phipps, is a trustee of the Columbus Phipps Foundation which has given generously to The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. His sister-in-law, the late Dr. Jean Lui Phipps, made a bequest to the University for an endowment to create the professorship honoring Dr. Buchanan. Dr. Phipps also practiced medicine in Southwest Virginia.
Action: Approval of establishment of the John C. Buchanan Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine.
This bio information suggested by Virginia Hale:
Biography - Source: University of Virginia, Board of Visitors Meeting, 4 Feb 2005 - Charlottesville, Virginia
John C. Buchanan, a native of Darwin in Dickenson County, took the B.S. from the University in 1933. He was a teacher, but after military service in World War II, he decided to enter medical school and subsequently took an M.D., also from the University, in 1951. He returned to Southwest Virginia and conducted a general medical practice in Wise. He was elected to the Senate in Richmond in 1971 and served from January, 1972 until his death in April, 1991. His district, the old Fortieth, included the counties in the far southwestern tip of the state.
Dr. Buchanan served on the old Clinch Valley College Advisory Committee, as well as other boards and commissions in the Coalfield Counties, and he was a tireless and effective advocate for his region. He also was a good friend and supporter of the University in the General Assembly – by any measure of reckoning it, he was a distinguished alumnus.
Dr. Buchanan’s family has been generous supporters of the University. His wife, the former Carol Phipps, is a trustee of the Columbus Phipps Foundation which has given generously to The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. His sister-in-law, the late Dr. Jean Lui Phipps, made a bequest to the University for an endowment to create the professorship honoring Dr. Buchanan. Dr. Phipps also practiced medicine in Southwest Virginia.
Action: Approval of establishment of the John C. Buchanan Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine.
Biography - Source: University of Virginia, Board of Visitors Meeting, 4 Feb 2005 - Charlottesville, Virginia
John C. Buchanan, a native of Darwin in Dickenson County, took the B.S. from the University in 1933. He was a teacher, but after military service in World War II, he decided to enter medical school and subsequently took an M.D., also from the University, in 1951. He returned to Southwest Virginia and conducted a general medical practice in Wise. He was elected to the Senate in Richmond in 1971 and served from January, 1972 until his death in April, 1991. His district, the old Fortieth, included the counties in the far southwestern tip of the state.
Dr. Buchanan served on the old Clinch Valley College Advisory Committee, as well as other boards and commissions in the Coalfield Counties, and he was a tireless and effective advocate for his region. He also was a good friend and supporter of the University in the General Assembly – by any measure of reckoning it, he was a distinguished alumnus.
Dr. Buchanan’s family has been generous supporters of the University. His wife, the former Carol Phipps, is a trustee of the Columbus Phipps Foundation which has given generously to The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. His sister-in-law, the late Dr. Jean Lui Phipps, made a bequest to the University for an endowment to create the professorship honoring Dr. Buchanan. Dr. Phipps also practiced medicine in Southwest Virginia.
Action: Approval of establishment of the John C. Buchanan Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine.
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