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Muller-Jones Surgical Society Records, MS-49, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
The William H. Muller, Jr. Surgical Society was founded in 1968 largely at the instigation of Drs. Peter Hairston, John Vansant,
and Gardner W. Smith. The society was formed to honor Dr. Muller, the S. Hurt Watts Professor and Chairman of the Department
of Surgery at the University of Virginia from 1954 to 1982; provide a means for the social and scientific reunion of former
surgical residents who served under Dr. Muller; to provide a forum for presentations of the members of the Society; and to
promote a spirit of common purpose and camaraderie among the members of the society. The first meeting was held in Charleston,
South Carolina, in the spring of 1969. Subsequent meetings have occurred every two years. The society was originally open
to all who had completed General, Thoracic and Thoracic-Cardiiovascular Surgical Residencies at the University of Virginia
under Dr. Muller who first came to the University in 1954.
In 1971 the name was amended to the Muller Surgical Society. By the time of Dr. Muller's resignation as Department Chair,
the decision was made to continue to offer membership to those completing surgical residencies at the University of Virginia.
In 1985 the members of the Society formally established a Muller Surgical Society Eminent Scholars Program Professorship in
Surgery. By 2003 the Society had changed its name to the Muller-Jones Surgical Society to include Rayford Scott Jones, Chair
of the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia from 1981 to 2001.
In 2009 the constitution was amended to reflect the change in name to the Muller-Jones Surgical Society and the purpose was
amended to stipulate that the Society was to operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes with
the goal or honoring both Dr. Muller and Dr. Jones. In addition to former surgical residents, all current or former surgical
faculty members were officially offered the opportunity to participate.
Box one contains the programs of the biennial meetings, a guest book, and constitutions and by-laws. Boxes two through five
contain correspondence and some minutes arranged by date.
Society biennial programs: eleventh through twentieth
1989-2007
Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 005
Society biennial programs: twenty-first through twenty-second
2009-2011
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 001
Correspondence
1966-1967
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 002
Correspondence
1968
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 003
Correspondence
1969
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 004
Correspondence
1970
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 005
Correspondence
1971
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 006
Correspondence
1972
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 007
Correspondence
1973
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 008
Correspondence
1974
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 009
Correspondence
1975
Mixed Materials box: 02 folder: 010
Correspondence
1976
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 001
Correspondence
1977
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 002
Correspondence
1978
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 003
Correspondence
1979
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 004
Correspondence
1980
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 005
Correspondence
1981
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 006
Correspondence
1982
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 007
Correspondence and minutes
1983
Scope and Contents
Dr. R. Scott Jones, new Chair of the Department of Surgery is accepted as an honorary member of the Society. Plans are underway
for a suitable memorial to Dr. Muller--a named chair of surgery.
Mixed Materials box: 03 folder: 008
Correspondence
1984
Scope and Contents
The Society is looking into becoming an IRS designated non-profit so that it could receive tax-deductible contributions towards
the proposed Professorship in Dr. Muller's name.
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 001
Correspondence
1985
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 002
Correspondence
1986
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 003
Correspondence
1987
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 004
Correspondence
1988
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 005
Correspondence
1989
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 006
Correspondence
1990
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 007
Correspondence
1991
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 008
Correspondence
1992
Scope and Contents
Some of the correspondence relates to the question of inviting UVa Department of Surgery faculty, whether they were residents
under Dr. Muller or not, to become members of the Society.
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 009
Correspondence
1993
Mixed Materials box: 04 folder: 010
Correspondence
1994
Scope and Contents
A letter from Robert M. Carey states that the William H. Muller, Jr. Professorship in Surgery Fund was created in 1992 by
the combination of the Distinguished Professorship in Surgery and the Muller Society Professorship in Surgery. Irving Kron,
the chief of thoracic cardiovascular surgery has held the Muller chair since 1990.
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