APRIL 3, 2003 | The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and 39^th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) April 1 to praise Jack Stephens of Little Rock at the dedication of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute. (See complete coverage here.)

Photographers JohnPaul Jones, Kevin Christensen, Kelly Quinn, and Ramanda Cody recorded the event for readers of UAMS Today.

President Jimmy Carter (center), Dean E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., of the UAMS College of Medicine (left) and Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., listened with hands on hearts as Nikki Parrish of Little Rock sang the National Anthem at the dedication of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute. (Kelly Quinn) Click on photo for larger view.

At a brief news conference before the dedication, President Carter emphasized his long friendship with Jack Stephens of Little Rock, a classmate at the U.S. Naval Academy, and Mr. Stephens’ support of the Carter Center, which provides health care and promotes democracy and human rights in 65 nations around the world. (Kevin Christensen) Click on photo for larger view.	President Carter entered the 12th-floor auditorium in the new Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute to prolonged applause from a standing-room-only crowd of more than 600 well-wishers. (Kelly Quinn) Click on photo for larger view.
Chancellor Wilson and President Carter (Kevin Christensen) Click on photo for larger view.	Governor Mike Huckabee and Jack Stephens (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
Left to right: Chancellor Wilson; President Carter; Bill Clark, president of the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees; Warren Stephens; and Gene Levy of Cromwell Architects and Engineers. (Kelly Quinn) Click on photo for larger view.	Nikki Parrish sang the National Anthem. (Kevin Christensen) Click on photo for larger view.
President Carter reminded the audience at UAMS that after studying at the U.S. Naval Academy with Jack Stephens, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1953. Left to right on the stage: UAMS Chancellor Emeritus Harry P. Ward, M.D.; James Suen, M.D., director of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology in the UAMS College of Medicine; T. Glenn Pait, M.D., founding director of the Stephens Institute and an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in the UAMS College of Medicine; President B. Alan Sugg, Ph.D., of the University of Arkansas System; Jackson T. "Steve" Stephens, Jr.; and John P. Shock, M.D., executive vice chancellor of UAMS and director of the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute. (Kelly Quinn) Click on photo for larger view.	In the audience: Marsha Trammell, R.N., wore patriotic colors to hear the former president. The U.S. invasion of Iraq was an undercurrent of the day, with President Carter and many other speakers calling for a swift conclusion to the war. (Kevin Christensen) Click on photo for larger view.
In the audience: Ossama Al-Mefty, M.D. (right), the Robert Watson Chair of Neurosurgery and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the UAMS College of Medicine, which will have offices in the new Stephens Institute, and his wife, Janice Al-Mefty. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.	In the audience: Gazi Yasargil, M.D., of the Department of Neurosurgery and his wife, Dianne Yasargil (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
In the audience: Ernest J. Ferris, M.D., chair of the Department of Radiology in the UAMS College of Medicine. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.	In the audience: Thomas E. Andreoli, M.D, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
In the audience: Charles W. Smith, Jr., M.D., medical director of UAMS Medical Center. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.	In the audience: Donald McMillan, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the UAMS College of Medicine. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
President Carter posed with an admirer. (Ramanda Cody) Click on photo for larger view.	Emad Aboud, M.D., a fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery, which has offices in the new Stephens Institute, recorded the event. (JohnPaul Jones) Click on photo for larger view.
	President Jimmy Carter Praises Jack Stephens for Funding New Neurosciences Institute at UAMS APRIL 1, 2003 Photo Album: Topping Out the Stephens Institute FEB. 21, 2003   E-mail This Article

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