Sooy was internationally renowned as a surgeon. In 1982, Sooy stepped down from as Chancellor and returned to his clinical practice and teaching at UCSF.įrancis A. Sooy, and during the celebration he was awarded the UCSF Medal. The first Founder's Day was dedicated to Dr. As a result, he established the UCSF Medal, the highest award bestowed by the campus, and in 1982, he inaugurated Founder's Day, an annual celebration of UCSF's contributions to the people of California. Sooy had a strong sense of traditions at UCSF. Some of his accomplishments as Chancellor included making possible the construction of the School of Dentistry building and the Long addition to Moffitt Hospital project, as well as the establishment of the Board of Overseers and the UCSF Foundation. He continued his medical practice during his ten-year chancellorship. Sooy became the fourth Chancellor of UCSF, and the first UCSF alumnus Chancellor. He was subsequently named the first Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology in 1967. Sooy became the Chairman of the Division of Otolaryngology in the Department of Surgery in 1958.
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After several years as an associate professor, he rose to full professorship in the School of Medicine in 1961. After the war ended he returned to San Francisco and joined the faculty in 1946.
degree from the University of California School of Medicine in 1941.Īfter graduating from the School of Medicine, Sooy served as a lieutenant in the U.S. He received his AB degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1937, and received his M.D. Sooy was born in Coalinga, California on July 1, 1915.
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