Roland W. LAUENER Scholarship

Award descriptionA $3,200 scholarship has been endowed by friends, family and colleagues in memory of Roland W. Lauener. It is awarded to a fourth year student based on excellent communication skills and academic performance demonstrated in the third year internal medicine rotation. Dr. Lauener graduated from UBC's MD program in 1956, and specialized in internal medicine, with sub-specialties in endocrinology and nephrology. He returned to UBC as a professor in 1965 and proceeded to serve the university in many roles, including: Acting Head, Department of Medicine; Deputy Head, VGH Department of Medicine; Acting Head, Division of Internal Medicine; and Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education (1973-1994), responsible for the MD undergraduate students and curriculum. Dr. Lauener was a passionate educator who received a number of teaching awards, including UBC's prestigious Killam Award in 1992. To Dr. Lauener, or Rolly as he was known to most of his colleagues, teaching was a priority and he made learning a pleasure. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine.