Academy of Science of St. Louis honors five faculty members

Five Washington University faculty members with world renowned reputations will be recognized for contributions and advances in their fields by the Academy of Science of St. Louis Wednesday, April 5, at the academy's 2000 Outstanding St. Louis Scientists Award Dinner. The event will take place at Monsanto Co. in Creve Coeur.

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For the record

Of note

James G. Miller, Ph.D., the Albert Gordon Hill Professor in Physics in Arts & Sciences, research professor at the School of Medicine and professor of biomedical engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He was installed at AIMBE's annual meeting, held March 3-5 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. He joins founding AIMBE fellows Frank C-P Yin, M.D., Ph.D., chair and the Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer Professor of biomedical engineering, and Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor in biomedical engineering, both in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. ...

William E. Wallace, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Art History and Archaelogy in Arts & Sciences, recently was awarded the Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in Humanities in recognition of "the outstanding merit" of his book, titled "Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture." ...

Roger D. Yusen, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has been awarded a five-year $589,700 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study emphysema outcomes and technology assessment.

Medical faculty receive promotions

The following School of Medicine faculty members were promoted (effective March 3, 2000, unless otherwise indicated) following the March 3 meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Carolyn J. Anderson, Ph.D., to associate professor of radiology;

J. Perren Cobb, M.D., to associate professor of surgery (general surgery);

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Robert H. Waterston, M.D, Ph.D., is the James S. McDonnell Professor of Genetics, head of the Department of Genetics and director of the Genome Sequencing Center at the Washington University School of Medicine. The center is a collaborator in the Human Genome Project.

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