Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D.,
serves as the University's vice chancellor for research
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Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D., serves as the University's vice chancellor for research |
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Ludmerer,
Will elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
By Neil Schoenherr Two University faculty members -- Kenneth Marc Ludmerer, M.D., professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and of history in Arts & Sciences; and Clifford M. Will, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences -- have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
In addition to practicing and teaching internal medicine, Ludmerer is an expert on the history of medicine and medical education. He first gained national attention in 1985 with his second book, Learning to Heal: The Development of American Medical Education, a look at the history of medical education in America. His third book, Time to Heal: American Medical Education From the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care, published in 1999, expands on the topic, examining further the history of American medical education. Both books were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Ludmerer joined the University in 1979 as assistant professor of medicine and assistant professor of history and worked his way to full professor in both. Among his many honors, Ludmerer has received the Daniel C. Tosteson Award for Leadership in Medical Education, the Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Award from the American College of Physicians, and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins University. In April, Ludmerer was elected president of the American Association for the History of Medicine. He has served on the editorial boards of a number of professional journals and delivered named lectures at more than 100 educational institutions or professional societies.
A member of the University's McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences in Arts & Sciences, Will examines the observational and astrophysical implications of Einstein's general theory of relativity, including gravitational radiation, black holes, cosmology, the physics of curved space time and the interpretation of experimental tests of general relativity. His 1986 book Was Einstein Right? focuses on Einstein's theory of general relativity and the experiments designed to test it. The book won the 1987 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy and has been translated into eight languages. It was selected one of the 200 best books for 1986 by The New York Times Book Review. Will was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1990 and was a recipient of both a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright Fellowship for the 1996-97 academic year. The 2002 class of 177 American Academy of Arts & Sciences fellows and 30 foreign honorary members include a U.S. senator and representative, four college presidents, three Nobel Prize winners, six Pulitzer Prize winners, three MacArthur fellows and six Guggenheim fellows. |
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