Cheers

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     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."
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Honors, awards             
and appointments

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Arts and Sciences
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     Professor of philosophy Peter Achinstein's paper "Jean
Perrin and Molecular Reality," published in the journal
Perspectives on Science, was chosen by the Publisher's Annual as
one of the 10 best philosophy papers to appear in print in 1994.
This is the third time Achinstein has received such an honor.

     Professor of physics & astronomy Holland Ford has been
awarded the distinction of fellow in the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Individuals in the 140,000 member
organization are elevated to fellow in recognition of their
efforts toward advancing science or fostering applications that
are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.


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Central Administration
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     Ellen Frishberg, director of Student Financial Services, has
accepted the position of newsletter chairperson of the DE-DC-MD
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Her term
runs through June 1996.


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Engineering
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     The Constantine Porphyrogenetus Society, an international
association of scholars based in Greece, presented the 1995
Agamemnon Award to Charles ReVelle, professor of geography and
environmental engineering, for contributions to the field of
environmental management and public decision making. Professor
ReVelle received the award when he gave the keynote address at
the founding meeting of the Institute of Middle East Studies
"Al-Mamun" on the Greek island of Chios.


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Medicine
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     Associate professor of psychiatry James Harris celebrated
the publication of his new book, Developmental Neuropsychiatry.

     School of Medicine faculty won two of the top three annual
awards given recently by the Association of American Medical
Colleges. Associate professor Diane Becker, founding director of
the Center for Health Promotion, received the David E. Rogers
Award, recognizing a medical school faculty member who has made
major contributions to improving the health and health care of
the American people. 

     Solomon Snyder, University Distinguished Service Professor
of Neuroscience and director of the Department of Neuroscience,
has received the Baxter Award for Distinguished Research in the
Biomedical Sciences. The award recognized Snyder's groundbreaking
research in the field of neuropsychopharmacology.

     Jan Hoh, assistant professor in the Department of
Physiology, has received a three-year grant, totaling $210,000,
from the Whitaker Foundation. 

     Oncology professor Raymond Lenhard, director of community
programs and of clinical information systems at the Oncology
Center, was elected president of the American Cancer Society. He
is the first national American Cancer Society president from
Maryland.

     Two faculty members were elected to the National Academy of
Sciences' Institute of Medicine in recognition of their major
contributions to their chosen field. Professor of gynecology and
obstetrics Edward Wallach and professor and chairman of Urology
Patrick Walsh were among 55 new members elected nationwide.


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Peabody
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     Faculty member Phyllis Bryn-Julson has won a Gramophone
Award for her recording of Sch”nberg's Erwartung with Sir Simon
Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The disc
won "Best Orchestral Recording" from Gramophone Magazine, one of
the premier recording and audio magazines in the world.


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Public Health
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     Three School of Public Health faculty members have been
awarded the distinction of fellow in the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Professor of international health
Timothy Baker, epidemiology professor Curtis Meinert and
professor and chairman of Epidemiology Jonathan Samet will
receive the recognition during the association's annual meeting
Feb. 10. Individuals in the 140,000 member organization are
elevated to fellow in recognition of their efforts toward
advancing science or fostering applications that are deemed
scientifically or socially distinguished.

     Professor and chairman of Maternal and Child Health Bernard
Guyer was elected to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute
of Medicine in recognition of his major contributions to his
chosen field.


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Changing places,           
new faces
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     Joseph Meister has been promoted to director of the Office
of Development Information Systems at The Johns Hopkins
Institutions.

     Ismail Sirageldin has been appointed professor emeritus of
population dynamics in the School of Public Health, effective
July 1, 1995. Professor Sirageldin has been with the school since
1967. His major research and professional interests are in the
areas of the interrelations between population dynamics, human
resources and economic development; international migration;
environmental consequences of population change; and the
interrelations between population and agricultural development.

--Compiled by Mike Field