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In what year did Stevenson become Chair of Psychiatry at UVA?

1949
1957
1965
1972

Answer

Stevenson became Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia in 1957. He was the first African American to lead a psychiatry department at a predominantly white medical school. Under his leadership, the department gained national recognition for its research on schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Stevenson also played a key role in the desegregation of the medical school and the broader University of Virginia community.