UNT Health Science Center history

1966: Three osteopathic physicians, D.D. Beyer, George Luibel and Carl Everett, procure a charter from the State of Texas for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Founded in 1970, the university has approximately 2,500 students across its five graduate schools: Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, School of Health Professions and the UNT System College of Pharmacy.

1971: A renovated bowling alley on Camp Bowie Boulevard houses classrooms, basic science laboratories and administrative offices.

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Founders were D.D. Beyer, DO; George Luibel, DO; and Carl Everett, DO. The first class of doctors of osteopathic medicine graduated in 1974.

In 1975, TCOM came under the umbrella of North Texas State University, which later evolved into the UNT System that now includes campuses in Denton and Dallas.

1976: Ground is broken for the first permanent building on campus, what is now the Carl E. Everett Education and Administration Building.

1979: The Cowtown Marathon is established, co-sponsored by TCOM’s Institute for Human Fitness.

Ralph L. Willard, DO, TCOM’s second president, took the helm in 1981, leading the evolution of TCOM’s physical presence from a renovated bowling alley and assorted leased facilities into a modern campus of significant impact in Fort Worth’s renowned Cultural District.

1982: Medical Education Building 2, now the Research Building, opens providing classrooms, basic science offices and laboratories.

Founded in 1986, The Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology provides anthropological analysis of human remains for law enforcement and medicolegal agencies as well as other publicly supported entities such as public defenders and district attorneys.

The DNA/Identity Laboratory, originally funded to reduce the backlog of paternity cases pending in state courts, opened in 1990.

A contract is establishedwith the US Bureau ofPrisons to provide healthservices forinmates at the new FederalMedical Center, Carswell.The Graduate School ofBiomedical Sciences awardsits first doctoral degrees inbiomedical sciences.1994

The hard work of these community leaders and university officials culminated in July 1995 when the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the institution’s request to offer a Master of Public Health Degree (MPH) in collaboration with the University of North Texas, Denton.

On December 1, 1997, the Association of Schools of Public Health (now the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health – ASPPH) accepted the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Public Health Program as an affiliate member.

UNTHSC and the Universityof Texas at Dallas sign anaffiliation agreement toestablish a BSIDO dual-degree program wherebyeligible students can obtaintheir undergraduate anda Doctor of OsteopathicMedicine degree in sevenyears.1998

In 2001, the national Osteopathic Research Center was founded, and the Texas Missing Persons DNA Database was established on campus.

In 2002, TCOM was ranked for the first time among the top 50 medical schools for primary care by United States News & World Report, a distinction it has earned each year since, and the GSBS received the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring.

The Center for Human Identification was created in 2004, formally integrating the efforts of the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology and the Laboratory for Molecular Identification.

In 2005, the physical growth of UNTHSC was guaranteed when Blanck oversaw the purchase of the adjacent former Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas property, which increased the campus from 16 to 33 prime acres in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District.

Scott B. Ransom, DO, MBA, MPH, UNTHSC’s fifth president in 2006 after a career as a physician, National Institutes of Health-funded scientist, educator, author, and administrator at the University of Michigan.

ROOM TO GROWThe New Campus Master PlanThe 27th of February, 2008, dawned andended as a bittersweet day.

2010: The Medical Education and Training Building opens its doors.

A book on the history and future plans of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth published for their fortieth anniversary in 2011.

The campus’s fifth college, the UNT System College of Pharmacy (SCP), opened in fall 2013.

In June 2014 the UNT System Board of Regents and the Tarrant County Hospital District approved creation of a partnership where physicians from UNT Health and the JPS Health Network will be combined under a newly formed medical group.

UNTHSC’s economic impact was $675.4 million during the 2017 fiscal year for the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

2018: Interdisciplinary Research and Education Building opens its doors.