Cheers Once each month, Cheers recognizes achievement of consequence among faculty, staff and students, as well as some promotions and new hires. We welcome contributions submitted in writing accompanied by a telephone number. Submissions may be edited for length, clarity and content. Items not included for reasons of space will be published in the next Cheers. Honors, awards and appointments Arts and Sciences Political science professor Joseph Cooper was elected president of the National Capital Area Political Science Association at their spring conference March 9. Central Administration Mary Blair, executive director for the university's Divisional and Regional Programs, has been elected to the board of directors of Baltimore Reads Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides technical and financial assistance to a citywide network of adult literacy programs and providers. Milton S. Eisenhower Library Sheridan Director Jim Neal was elected by the American Library Association Council to serve on the ALA Executive Board at the association's midwinter meeting held in January. Continuing Studies The School of Continuing Studies received two marketing communications awards in the 1996 National University Continuing Education Association Marketing and Promotions Awards Competition. The Division of Liberal Arts brochure and radio advertisements highlighting the school's business programs each won a silver medal in the competition. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Special note: Elmore Alexander has been appointed associate dean and director of the Division of Business and Management in the School of Continuing Studies. Prior to joining Hopkins, Alexander was associate dean for graduate affairs in the Kogod College of Business Administration at American University, where he has been a professor of management since 1989. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Homewood Student Affairs Sophomore swimmer Matt Johnson earned All-America honors in four relays and three individual events at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. Johnson won the 100-yard butterfly for the second consecutive year, this time in 48.67 seconds, breaking the NCAA Division III record. Sophomore swimmer Rocio Lopez won a national championship in the women's 100-yard butterfly and earned All-America honors in the 200-yard butterfly at the same event. Medicine Jason Brandt, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the Division of Medical Psychology, received the Arthur Benton Award from the International Neuropsychological Society at its 1996 annual meeting. The award recognizes scientific and professional achievement in the field of neuropsychology. Susan Friedman has been named a 1996 Pfizer/AGS Postdoctoral Fellow in support of her research project titled "Formalizing Risk Prediction of Falls: A Next Step in Fall Prevention." The two-year fellowship will provide $40,000 per year. Departing dean Michael Johns received a resolution from the Maryland Senate in appreciation for his years of service to the citizens of Maryland on March 28. After the unanimous vote of 47 senators, President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller thanked Johns for his leadership in health-care issues and wished him well at his new position as executive vice president of the Emory University Health System in Atlanta, Ga. Mark Richardson, a pediatric specialist in reconstructive airway surgery and head and neck surgery, has been appointed to the John E. Bordley Professorship in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the School of Medicine. Deputy director of the department, Richardson has pioneered the use of automated heart-lung equipment that allows respiratory organs to heal after tracheal reconstruction for newborns. Nursing Associate dean Maryann Fralic, vice president for Nursing at the hospital and adjunct professor of health policy and management at the School of Public Health, has been named a member of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice of the Health Resources and Services Administration by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala. Changing places, new faces Margaret Horton Hindman has been appointed director of development communications at The Johns Hopkins Institutions. She will develop and execute communications and marketing strategy in support of The Johns Hopkins Initiative. Fritz Schroeder has been named the university's director of annual giving. He will lead efforts to attract yearly contributions from alumni, parents and friends of the university. --Compiled by Mike Field