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1896
The John Sealy
Hospital Training
School for Nurses
joins UTMB
to become the
first university-
affiliated nursing
school in the U.S.
Th e Texa s Cit y ex plosion , th e worst industrial
disaster in U.S. history, sends about 800 patients
to John Sealy Hospital in a single day.
OLD RED is set for demolition
and later saved after outcry from
faculty and alumni.
2014
MEDICAL EDUCATION
The UTMB fall semester begins
with
3, 211 STUDENTS and
898 FACULT Y MEMBERS .
Expected opening
of the new Jennie
Sealy Hospital .
1960s
1947
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 strikes the island,
killing thousands and severely damaging Old Red.
School was back in session within two months.
1900
2016
