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Sam Fox School honors distinguished alumni

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will honor five outstanding architecture alumni at its 14th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner March 29. The awards recognize architecture graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to both the practice of architecture and the School. Distinguished alumni for 2007 are Thomas A. Dutton (MAUD '77) of Oxford, Ohio; George Nikolajevich, FAIA (MArch '78) of St. Louis; Gene Schnair, AIA (BArch '73, MArch '76, MBA '76) of San Francisco; and Laurie A. Sperling, CPSM (MArch '79) of St. Louis. In addition, Erik G. L'Heureux, AIA, LEED (B.A. '96) of New York received the 2007 Young Alumni Award. More...

Faculty promotions, appointments, tenure granted

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were promoted with tenure, appointed with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

Promotion with tenure

Mark Alford, to associate professor of physics
Paul F. Austin, to associate professor of surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007
Nathan A. Baker, to associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, effective July 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006
Thomas J. Baranski, to associate professor of medicine
Joe E. Barcroft, to associate professor of Spanish and secondary learning acquisition
Perry E. Bickel, to associate professor of medicine
Christopher A. Bracey, to professor of law
Lingchei Letty Chen, to associate professor of Chinese language and literature
Zhoufeng Chen, to associate professor of anesthesiology, effective Feb. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006.
Michael R. Chicoine, to associate professor of neurological surgery, tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006
Matthew B. Dobbs, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007
Matthew Erlin, to associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures
Timothy A. Graubert, to associate professor of medicine
Robert O. Heuckeroth, to associate professor of pediatrics, effective Sept. 1, 2006 with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006
Catherine C. Keane, to associate professor of classics
F. Scott Kieff, to professor of law
Henric Krawczynski, to associate professor of physics
Katharine Kuharic, to associate professor of art
William R. McKelvy, to associate professor of English
Andrew Rehfeld, to associate professor of political science
Rick W. Wright, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007

Appointment with tenure

Jeffrey F. Peipert, as professor of obstetrics and gynecology and as vice chairman of clinical research in obstetrics and gynecology, effective Jan. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006

Granting of tenure

Allan Doctor, as associate professor of pediatrics, effective Oct. 6, 2006
Hong Liu, as associate professor of finance

Obituary: Cary, 74

John M. Cary, M.D., an instructor in clinical medicine since 1958, died of cancer Thursday, March 15, 2007, at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. He was 74.

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