TO THE CHAPTER INVISIBLE
“AS A MEMBER OF THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE AT UTHSCSA, DR. HADNOTT WAS A CHAMPION OF DIVERSITY AMONG QUALIFIED MEDICAL SCHOOL CANDIDATES. IN 1974, DR. HADNOTT WAS ONE OF FOUR AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO INVESTED IN THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS WHEN AN OWNERSHIP GROUP WAS ASSEMBLED TO RELOCATE THE FRANCHISE TO SAN ANTONIO.”
California Teaching Pro- gram based at Kern County General Hospital and served as Captain in the California Army Reserve National Guard while there. He started his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecol- ogy in the Case Western Reserve University Teach- ing Program based at Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital, while serving as Captain in the Ohio Army Reserve National Guard, and completed his resi- dency at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) while serving as Major in the Texas Army Reserve. After two years as a full-time faculty member at UTHSCSA, Brother Hadnott obtained Board Certification from the American Board of Obstet- rics and Gynecology and became a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 1969, Brother Hadnott entered private practice as an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, a career that would eventually span 40 years. As a member of the Admissions Committee at UTHSCSA, he was a cham- pion of diversity among qualified medical school candidates.
In 1974, Brother Hadnott was one of four African Americans who invested in the San Antonio Spurs when an ownership group was assembled to relocate the franchise to San Antonio. As a recognized leader in his profession, Brother Hadnott was elected and appointed to boards includ- ing City of San Antonio Health Facilities Develop- ment Corporation; Bexar County Medical Society, the San Antonio Obstetrics and Gynecology Society; Texas Medical Association, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County and Bexar County Medical Founda- tion; Task Force on Indigent Health Care, and Lone Star State Medical Association. Brother Hadnott was a co-developer of East San
Antonio Medical Center and East Pointe Medical Center, two state-of-the-art facilities that offered access to a range of specialty and primary care services to a community that was long underserved. In 2001, Brother Had- nott was honored by the UTHSCSA Obstetrics and Gynecology Alumni Association for serving as an “excellent example as an individual instituting positive impacts on society through his exemplary medical leadership and community service.” After retiring from private practice in 2009, Brother Hadnott rejoined the UTHSCSA faculty and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alamo City Black
Chamber of Commerce. He Hadnott retired from the UTHSCSA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2012. Brother James L. Had- nott was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, Harold Hadnott, O’Neil Hadnott, M.D. and William H. Hadnott, M.D.; and his sisters, LaVerne Hadnott Mayes, Ethelyn Hadnott White and Evelyn Hadnott Jackson. He is survived by his devoted wife, Gwendo- lyn (née Morse) Hadnott; son, James Harold Hadnott (Iota Delta 1996); daugh- ter-in-law, Rebecca and their son, Austyn Storm Hadnott; daughter, Joy Leslie Lewis, son-in-law, Zach, and their daughters, Dream Sidney Lewis and Golden James Lewis. ♦
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