{"id":45485,"date":"2014-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/23\/time-out-with-t-o-a-hal-of-a-legacy\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:27:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:27:53","slug":"time-out-with-t-o-a-hal-of-a-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/23\/time-out-with-t-o-a-hal-of-a-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Time out with T.O. – A Hal of a legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember the first time I saw Hal Maurer in action. <\/p>\n

He was a finalist for dean of the UNMC College of Medicine. It was 1993. <\/p>\n

He had served as chairman of pediatrics in Virginia for 25 years. He was ready to take the next step and become a dean. <\/p>\n

He spoke at an open employee forum. From his voice, it was pretty easy to tell he had a little New York in him. He wasn’t flashy.<\/p>\n

But there was one thing that he was — focused. He had a plan for how he would move the College of Medicine forward. <\/p>\n


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\nFarewell tea set for Jan. 28
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\nThe campus is invited to a farewell tea for UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., from 2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the Truhlsen Campus Events Center (first floor of the Sorrell Center). Dr. Maurer will leave his post at the end of the month to begin work with the University of Nebraska Foundation. <\/p>\n

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., will become UNMC chancellor effective Feb. 1. Please stop by to wish Dr. Maurer well and to help celebrate his many achievements as leader of UNMC.
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\n<\/TABLE>There was something about the guy. He had it. <\/p>\n

Fast forward 20 years. <\/p>\n

Five years as dean. Fifteen years as chancellor. <\/p>\n

Today, if you utter the word, “Hal,” in Omaha, just about everybody knows who you’re talking about. <\/p>\n

So, how did he do it? <\/p>\n

For starters, there has never been a UNMC chancellor who was as connected to the community. <\/p>\n

After putting in a full day at the office, Hal would pick up his wife, Beverly, and begin the second half of his day — having dinner with a prospective donor.<\/p>\n

“They could have bought a house with no kitchen,” said John Niemann, Ed.D., senior vice president for the University of Nebraska Foundation. “They were never there.”<\/p>\n


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\nDr. Maurer’s honors from community and professional groups include:
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