Steven McKee Wins UAMS Marvin Award

By David Robinson

 Cynthia Kane, Ph.D., presented Steven McKee with the Horace Marvin Award at a recent ceremony. Marvin’s bust is at right.

| Cynthia Kane, Ph.D., presented Steven McKee with the Horace Marvin Award at a recent ceremony. Marvin’s bust is at right.

May 10, 2010| Steven McKee, son of Greg McKee and Sheila McKee of Little Rock, has won the Dr. Horace N. Marvin Award for achieving the highest numerical score in his freshman Medical Microscopic Anatomy course at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock.

The award, recognizing Dr. Marvin’s 43 years at UAMS as a dedicated educator, researcher and campus leader, was presented to McKee in an April 14 ceremony. The award includes an honorarium and was presented by Cynthia J.M. Kane, Ph.D., professor and course director of Medical Microscopic Anatomy in the Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences in the UAMS College of Medicine.

McKee, who is completing his first year of medical school this spring, also received a certificate, and his name was added to the Marvin Award memorial plaque adjacent to Dr. Marvin’s bust in the UAMS Library.

The Marvin award was established with anonymous donations in 1985, the year Dr. Marvin retired. He was course director of Medical Microscopic Anatomy and was chair of the Department of Anatomy from 1958-1967, after which he served as associate dean for Academic Affairs.

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