There is hereby created and established a four-year school of dentistry in the State of Alabama to be under the sole management, ownership and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, to be located at Birmingham, Alabama, as a part of the medical center, which shall be known as the Dental College of Alabama or such other name as the board of trustees and the advisory board shall hereafter designate.
Ala. Code § 16-47-50 (1975)