Record - February 1, 2002

Herbert W. "Skip" Virgin, M.D., Ph.D.,
seeks causes for disease

Trinkaus to be named Hemenway professor

Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology, will be named the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor in Arts & Sciences. Full story

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Haimo Award

Edward L. Spitznagel Jr., Ph.D., was one of three mathematicians nationwide to receive the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. View in full

President Bush names Dresser to bioethics council

Dresser

Rebecca S. Dresser, J.D., the Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and professor of ethics in medicine in the School of Medicine, was named to the President's Council on Bioethics.

Dresser is one of 17 attorneys, academics and physicians chosen by President George W. Bush to be a part of the new council that will address issues such as euthanasia, assisted reproduction and embryonic stem cell research. Full story

Introducing new faculty members

Hyunjung (Jade) Lim, Ph.D., joins the School of Medicine as assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of cell biology and physiology.

Cathy K. Naughton, M.D., joins the School of Medicine as assistant professor of surgery.

Neill M. Wright, M.D., joins the School of Medicine as assistant professor of neurological surgery, introducing minimally invasive thoracic spine surgery to St. Louis. Full story

Notables policy

Submit all Notables to Andy Clendennen via e-mail, andrew_clendennen @aismail.wustl.edu, or by fax, 935-4259.

H. Mitchell Perry Jr., professor emeritus of medicine, 78

Mitchell

H. Mitchell Perry Jr., M.D., professor emeritus of medicine in the School of Medicine, died of complications from cancer Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at his home in Town & Country. He was 78.

A specialist on hypertension and stroke, Perry continued his research in the School of Medicine after retiring as director of the hypertension division in the early 1990s. He served as a physician coordinator for the national Veterans Administration Hypertension Program and as director of the Hypertension Screening and Treatment Program for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in Washington, D.C., until his death. Full story

Editor's note

At presstime, it was learned that David J. Pittman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology in Arts & Sciences, died Jan. 29. It also was learned that recent University retiree Ron Dickson died Jan. 30. Obituaries will be published in the Feb. 8 Record.

Campus authors

Veech

Annette M. Veech, Ph.D., senior lecturer of business communications in the Olin School of Business

Managerial Communication Strategies: An Applied Casebook

Managers face unexpected communication challenges every day. It isn't enough to write and speak well; managers must also successfully navigate difficult political waters as they select strategies for resolving daily issues. Full story

Of note

William J. Powers, M.D.,
Tracy Howk,
Eight gerontology concentration students received Hartford Practicum Scholarships,
Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D.,
Emil R. Unanue, M.D.,
Lynn Stockman Imergoot,
Margaret Perkinson, Ph.D.,
Carolyn M. Baum, Ph.D. and
Christopher I. Byrnes, Ph.D. Full story

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