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Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 3003 N. Charles Street, Suite 100 Baltimore, Maryland 21218-3843 Phone: (410) 516-7160 / Fax (410) 516-5251 |
November 5, 1998 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Libowitz, [email protected] |
Three Johns Hopkins University Faculty Named to Endowed Chairs
The Johns Hopkins University board of trustees has accepted the recommendations of university president William R. Brody that the following faculty of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences be appointed to endowed chairs in their field, effective July 1, 1998:Richard E. McCarty, the school s former interim dean, has been named the William D. Gill Professor of Biology. McCarty has achieved international recognition as a pioneer in photosynthetic bioenergetics research. The Gill Chair was originally endowed for research in the field of forestry.
David R. Veblen, chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been named to the newly established Morton K. Blaustein Professorship and Chair in that department. Veblen s research concentrates on crystallography, crystal chemistry, mineralogy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, petrology and reactions in inorganic materials.
Sasha Torres has been named to the Second Decade Society Faculty Development Chair. Torres, appointed in July as an assistant professor in the Department of English, is highly regarded in her field of television and the meaning of race in the United States.
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