Record - August 23, 2002

Jeffery A. Lowell, M.D.
champions organ donation awareness

Welfare use more common than many think

Many Americans believe that welfare use happens to someone else, to people outside of mainstream society. But a study published in a recent issue of Social Work casts considerable doubt on that notion, finding that nearly two-thirds of all Americans between 20 and 65 will at some point turn to a public assistance program. Full story

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Bird's-eye view

If you've noticed a hawk circling the Hilltop Campus recently, you aren't alone. The bird in question (above), suspected to be a red-tailed hawk, sat still long enough for Lisa Siddens to snap a quick photo. View in full

Introducing New Faculty

Steven M. Devine, M.D., joins the School of Medicine as assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine.

Shaorong Zhang, M.D., joins the School of Medicine faculty as a research assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases after coming to the medical school in 1995 as a postdoctoral fellow.

Geoff Childs, Ph.D., joins the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. He earned a doctorate from Indiana University in 1998 and a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1987.

C. Warren, Ph.D., joins the School of Medicine faculty as assistant research scientist in the Department of Genetics. He is director of the Microarray Core Facility at the Genome Sequencing Center. Full story

Of note

Aaron DiAntonio, M.D., Ph.D.,
Kevin Z. Truman, Ph.D.,
Maurizio Corbetta, Ph.D.,
Jin-Yu Shao, Ph.D.,
Roger D. Chamberlain, D.Sc.,
Jia G. Lu, Ph.D.,
Michael Wysession, Ph.D.,
Daniel W. Moran, Ph.D.,
David S. Sept, Ph.D.,
Frank C-P Yin, M.D., Ph.D.,
Raymond L. Hilgert, Ph.D.,
Ramesh K. Agarwal, Ph.D.,
Renee M. Cunningham-Williams, Ph.D.,
Heather Flanagan Street, Ph.D.,
Timothy Meyer,
Thomas A. Ferguson, Ph.D.,
Anne Cross, M.D.,
Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., and
Farrokh Dehdashti, M.D., Full story

Tate named chair of education department

William Tate, Ph.D., was named professor and chair of the Department of Education in Arts & Sciences July 1.

Tate succeeds James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences, who served as department chair since 1995. Wertsch will remain a professor in the department.

Tate most recently served as the William and Betty Adams Chair and Professor of Mathematics Education and Mathematics at Texas Christian University.

He has authored more than 40 journal articles and book chapters focused on school mathematics, school science, technology education, and urban school reform.

Tate is the co-author of an elementary mathematics textbook series. He has also served as an editor of the American Educational Research Journal.

Tate earned a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Maryland. He also holds a master's degree in mathematical sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas and a bachelor of science degree in economics from Northern Illinois University.

Obituaries

Jacobsen, 62

Thomas H. Jacobsen, former University trustee and former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Mercantile Bancorporation, died Saturday, July 20, 2002, of leukemia at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 62. A public memorial service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 28 in Graham Chapel.

Jehle, 83

LaVerne Simon Jehle died Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., of complications from pneumonia. She was 83. Jehle taught fashion illustration in the School of Fine Arts for many years.

Wiegand, 85

Herbert C. Wiegand died Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in Town & Country, Mo., of complications from pneumonia. He was 85. Wiegand taught in the School of Medicine for several years.

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