Bernard J. Fogel, ’61, has dedicated his life to ensuring the health and well-being of the people of South Florida. During a career spanning five decades, Dr. Fogel has served in a number of critically important leadership roles at the University of Miami School of Medicine—first as a pediatrician, then as director of UM’s Birth Defects Center, later as a dean of education and research and as senior vice president for medical affairs and dean from 19981 to 1995..

During his tenure as director of the Birth Defects he was a prime investigator of the immunologic function of an infant with DiGeorge’s syndrome, which led to the first fetal thymic transplant ever successfully performed.

Dr. Fogel is the author of more than 60 articles and is a member of numerous national organizations and societies. In 1993 he was named the University of Miami’s 1993 Alumnus of the Year and has received a number of distinguished awards for his contributions to health care and medical education.

Now as senior advisor to the president and dean emeritus, Dr. Fogel assists Dean John Clarkson with government and donor relations as well as playing an integral role in Momentum, the University’s comprehensive capital campaign.

Norman Braman, Co-chair, School of Medicine Campaign

Great institutions are the outgrowth of visionary leadership. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is fortunate to have a dreamer, believer and tireless champion in Norman Braman, campaign co-chair. Through his tireless efforts, the School of Medicine is poised to go from being a good medical school to the ranks of being recognized as truly one of the nation’s great medical and research institutions.

Norman Braman is one of South Florida’s great civic leaders. In addition to providing the funding for the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, which speeds the translation of new discoveries about the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer from the lab to the beside, Mr. Braman and his wife Irma have given back to South Florida in innumerable ways. In 1995 the couple established the Braman Family Foundation which through grants supports a wide spectrum of art, religious and charitable causes.

Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Braman graduated from Temple University in 1955 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

He started in business with his father-in-law, owner of a discount department store and then opened his own health and beauty aid stores, which expanded to 38 locations. He merged his company with Philadelphia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The merger created a company of which he was president and chief executive officer. A year later he sold his stock and retired to Miami with his family.

In 1972 he bought a Cadillac dealership in Tampa. Three years later he bought another in Miami and today he is CEO of Braman Enterprises, an umbrella company for his automotive businesses that include 23 car dealerships in Florida and Colorado. From 1985 and 1994, he owned the Philadelphia Eagles football team.

Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Braman is one of the founders and is President of the Board of Trustees for the Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach. He received a Presidential appointment as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and serves on the Board of Governors of various institutions. Mr. Braman recently completed his second term as President of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

He was recently elected chair of the Medical Affairs Committee of the University of Miami Board of Trustees.