{"id":47343,"date":"2000-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-06-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2000\/06\/20\/unmc-college-of-medicine-alumni-establish-500000teaching-award\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:55:05","slug":"unmc-college-of-medicine-alumni-establish-500000teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2000\/06\/20\/unmc-college-of-medicine-alumni-establish-500000teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC College of Medicine Alumni Establish $500,000\n\nTeaching Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A father and son have committed $500,000 to the University of Nebraska<\/p>\n

Foundation to establish a teaching excellence award at the University of<\/p>\n

Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine. It was made by two UNMC alums,<\/p>\n

Jerome Hirschmann, class of 1941, and his son, Richard, class of 1973.<\/p>\n

Both live in the Chicago area. Jerome is now retired, while Richard is<\/p>\n

an anesthesiologist for Evanston Northwestern Healthcare.<\/p>\n

The Hirschmann Prize for Teaching Excellence annually will recognize<\/p>\n

two College of Medicine faculty for devotion to teaching and innovative<\/p>\n

teaching methods. The recipients will be chosen each year by senior medical<\/p>\n

students and will provide opportunities for faculty to strengthen their<\/p>\n

teaching skills. Faculty can choose professional development attend conferences,<\/p>\n

initiate a research project or purchase equipment or materials.<\/p>\n

The fund, currently at $100,000, will provide a maximum prize of $2,500<\/p>\n

for each recipient the first year and will increase to a maximum of $12,500<\/p>\n

when the fund reaches $500,000.<\/p>\n

The Hirschmanns view their gift as an opportunity to recognize outstanding<\/p>\n

educators and to show appreciation for their alma mater.<\/p>\n

My father and I wanted to invest in the people who really make the<\/p>\n

College of Medicine great and who raise the quality of teaching there,<\/p>\n

said Richard Hirschmann, M.D. Its an attempt to recognize and reward<\/p>\n

those whose teaching affects students and impresses on them to care deeply<\/p>\n

about patients and their quality of life. We also feel a tremendous debt<\/p>\n

of gratitude for the university and want to acknowledge it and pay back<\/p>\n

in some small way what it means to us.<\/p>\n

James Armitage, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine, expressed appreciation<\/p>\n

for the gift.<\/p>\n

The College of Medicine is honored to receive the Hirschmann family<\/p>\n

gift. Were glad to know they continue to value their time and education<\/p>\n

here, Dr. Armitage said.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the Hirschmann Prize for Teaching Excellence will enable<\/p>\n

the college and its students to recognize many outstanding educators who<\/p>\n

we are privileged to have teaching here.<\/p>\n

Jerome and his wife, Doris, maintain homes in Winnetka, Ill., and Palm<\/p>\n

Beach, Fla. After graduating from UNMC, Jerome Hirschmann served as a medical<\/p>\n

officer during World War II. He trained to be a cardiologist following<\/p>\n

the war and worked in Chicago hospitals until 1983, including time at Michael<\/p>\n

Reese Hospital and 30 years at Weiss Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n

Richard Hirschmann completed a medical internship at Wesley Hospital<\/p>\n

in Chicago, a residency at the University of California at Los Angeles<\/p>\n

in anesthesiology and then a fellowship at Chicagos Rush-Presbyterian-St.<\/p>\n

Lukes Medical Center in cardiac anesthesiology. In 1978, he started at<\/p>\n

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare where he is a pediatric anesthesiologist.<\/p>\n

Three generations of Hirschmanns have ties to UNMC as Herman Hirschmann,<\/p>\n

Jeromes father and Richards grandfather, was a physician in Omaha from<\/p>\n

1905 to 1953 and a voluntary faculty member at the Omaha Medical College,<\/p>\n

which later became UNMC.<\/p>\n

The University of Nebraska Foundation is a non-profit corporation supplementing<\/p>\n

support for students, faculty, facilities and programs at the University<\/p>\n

of Nebraskas four campuses through gifts from alumni, friends, corporations<\/p>\n

and other foundations.<\/p>\n

UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.<\/p>\n

Through its commitment to research, education, outreach and patient care,<\/p>\n

UNMC has established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for<\/p>\n

cancer research and treatment, solid organ transplantation and arthritis.<\/p>\n

During the past year, nearly $31 million in research grants and contracts<\/p>\n

were awarded to UNMC scientists, and UNMCs funding from the National Institutes<\/p>\n

of Health increased by 28 percent, going from $16.2 million to $20.7 million.<\/p>\n

UNMCs educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals<\/p>\n

practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.<\/p>\n


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