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Alumni News
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Beatrice Aitchison, A&S '29 (Ph.D. Math), who received
both the original Federal Woman's Award and the federal Career
Service Award, served first as director of the transportation economics division of the Office of Transportation at the Commerce Department and then as director of transportation research and statistics for the U.S. Post Office. At her retirement in 1971, she was one of the highest ranking women in the federal service. Theodore M. Schad, Engr '39, has had an illustrious career developing the nation's water resources policies, serving during the 1950s as budget examiner for all government water programs, including the TVA and Panama Canal. He later was executive director of the U.S. National Water Commission, and served ten years at the National Academy of Sciences, first as executive secretary of the Environmental Studies Board and then as deputy director of the Commission on Natural Resources. Six honorees were chosen to receive the Heritage Award for outstanding service to the University.
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George L. Bunting Jr., as chairman of the board of the
Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System and as a University
trustee, was instrumental in the creation of Johns Hopkins
Medicine, the structure that brings together the institutions'
endeavors in medical research, teaching, patient care, and health
care delivery. Constance R. Caplan, A&S '78 (M.A. Poli Sci), serves on the boards of trustees of the University and Johns Hopkins Medicine. She is spearheading the drive to secure funding for the proposed student arts center on the Homewood campus. Maravene Hamburger, Nurs '37, has long been a dedicated advocate of Johns Hopkins and a leader in helping to secure annual gifts for the School of Nursing. Joseph J. Reynolds Jr., Engr '69, was instrumental in enhancing alumni involvement with the Whiting School by serving during 1992-96 as the first chair of the Society of Engineering Alumni. Patricia Springer, Peab '59, president of the Peabody Alumni Association, for eight years has coordinated Peabody's Elderhostel program, which hosts 4,000 participants annually. Jack J. Woods, SAIS '66, a member of the SAIS Advisory Council Steering Committee, has served as an annual giving volunteer, assisted the SAIS admissions office by interviewing prospective students, and helped many SAIS students through career counseling. The following five alumni will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding personal, professional, or humanitarian achievements.
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