Feb. 17, 1998
VOL. 27, NO. 22
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For the Record: Cheers
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The Gazette welcomes contributions to Cheers submitted in writing
and accompanied by a telephone number. Submissions may be edited
for length and/or clarity.
Applied Physics
Laboratory
Gary L. Smith, director of APL, is the first to receive the
award named after him. The Dr. Gary L. Smith S.E.E.C. [science,
engineering, education and community] Award is to be given each
year to an individual or organization in recognition of
"extraordinary contributions and commitment to Woodlawn High
School students in the areas of science and engineering,"
according to Curtis Jones, physics teacher and coodinator of the
Maryland MESA [mathematics, engineering, science achievement]
Program at Woodlawn. In addition to supporting and administering
the Maryland MESA Program at Woodlawn, APL mentors its students
in yearlong academic programs at the Laboratory and provides
scientific expertise to help with school projects.
Arts and
Sciences
David Gerdes, an assistant professor in the Department of
Physics and Astronomy, has been elected chairman of the Users'
Executive Committee at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
The 12-member committee oversees many issues for the
approximately 2,000 scientists working at Fermilab. Gerdes is
working to upgrade a critical piece of equipment at Fermilab,
which is the highest-energy facility in the world for particle
physics research. The committee deals with a broad spectrum of
issues that are of concern to physicists, issues ranging from
technical matters to educational workshops and quality of life at
the lab.
Engineering
Charles R. O'Melia is to be named the Abel Wolman Professor
in Environmental Engineering, in the School of Engineering,
effective July 1.
Homewood Student
Affairs
Karen Yanson, co-principal flautist and a board member of
the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, has been named a winner of the
1997 Becton Dickinson Community Service Awards, given by her
employer. The orchestra will receive a $500 grant, one of 12 the
company is making to honor its volunteers.
Medicine
Patricia M.C. Brown has been named Johns
Hopkins Medicine's first senior director of managed care. A
former assistant attorney general for Maryland and past president
of the Maryland State Bar Association's Health Care Law Section
Council, Brown has served as the health system's senior legal
counsel for patient care advice and regulatory issues since
1994.
James F. Casella has been promoted to
professor in the Department of Pediatrics.
Arlene A. Forastiere has been promoted to
professor in the Department of Oncology with a secondary
appointment in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery.
David A. Kass has been promoted to professor
in the Department of Medicine with a secondary appointment in
Biomedical Engineering.
Michael B. Kastan has been promoted to
professor in the Department of Oncology with a secondary
appointment in Pediatrics.
Louis R. Kavoussi has been promoted to
professor in the Department of Urology.
Sangram S. Sisodia has been promoted to
professor in the Department of Pathology with a secondard
appointment in Neuroscience.
Mark F. Teaford has been promoted to
professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy.
Thomas A. Traill has been promoted to
professor in the Department of Medicine.
Robert A. Wise has been promoted to professor
in the Department of Medicine.
Peabody
Linda Grass Shapiro, volunteer program director for the Arts
for Talented Youth Program of the Peabody Preparatory, received
the Robert L. Payton Award for Volunteer Service from the Council
for the Advancement and Support of Education.
SAIS
Andrew Bacevich, executive director of the Foreign Policy
Institute, was named recipient of the 1998 Moncado Prize by the
Society of Military History. The prize is awarded in recognition
of scholarship, presentation and originality in research that
makes a significant contribution to the field of military
history. The award will be presented at the Society of Military
History's annual conference in April.
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