heart of a chimpanzee was used for the heart transplant because of dr. hardy's research on transplantation, consisting of primate studies during the previous nine years. daniel jones, physician, former ole miss chancellor and 2007-08 national president of the american heart association robert q. marston, former ummc dean; research scientist and medical professor aaron shirley from gluckstadt, miss.; physician, ummc associate professor and civil right activist. winfred l. wiser, physician; chairman of the ummc department of obstetrics and gynecology from 1976 to 1996; namesake of the winfred wiser hospital for women and infants; namesake of the winfred l. wiser society and the winfred l. wiser chair of gynecologic surgery leadership dr. david s. pankratz, 1955–61; dean, school of medicine and medical center director dr. robert q. marston, 1961–66; dean, school of medicine, medical center director and vice chancellor for health affairs dr. john gronvall, 1966–1967; acting dean, school of medicine and acting medical center director dr. robert carter, 1967–70; dean, school of medicine and medical center director dr. robert e. blount, 1970–73; dean, school of medicine and medical center director dr. norman c. nelson, 1973–94; dean, school of medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs dr. wallace conerly, 1994–2003; dean, school of medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs dr. daniel w. jones, 2003–10; dean, school of medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs dr. james e. keeton, 2010–15; dean, school of medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs dr. louann 2015–present; dean, school of medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs