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"The impact of the Harvard School of Public Health is represented by you in this room," said Dean Barry Bloom in his welcome remarks, adding that he was appreciative of alumni support of the School. Two endeavors are currently underway that may affect HSPH, he said. The University, under the leadership of President Lawrence Summers, is seeking ways in which to bring together expertise in global health to impact the world and to take on complex problems in a multidisciplinary way. The University has also acquired land in Allston to assure its physical expansion in the future. Use of the land is still being discussed, but one emerging focus is science and technology, which could encompass HSPH.
Dean Bloom honored several alumni for recent achievements. Michael Caldwell, MD, MPH 94, has been named president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials. Ruth Katz, JD, MPH 80, has been elected to the board of directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation and is a new dean of The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. David Wegman, MD, SM 72, and Charles Levenstein, PhD, SM 81, received the Alice Hamilton Award for lifetime contributions in occupational health at the APHA meeting. David Schwartz, MPH 85, has been named director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. Dimitrios Trichopoulos, MPH 68, Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention at HSPH, was one of this year’s recipients of the Julius B. Richmond Award for his groundbreaking study on second-hand smoke. Barry Levy, MPH 70, president of the Alumni Council, has finished a new book, Social Injustice and Public Health.
"We feel that we have all the support we need from the University to make a difference, and we are thankful to you for giving us support to draw students from around the world," said Dean Bloom. Alumni Council President Levy applauded the success of several programs at HSPH that involve graduates, including one in which alumni mentor current students. He acknowledged incoming president J. Jacques Carter, MD, MPH 83, while noting that three individuals have finished their terms serving on the Alumni Council: Elsbeth Kalenderian, DDS, MPH 89, Chander Kapasi, MD, MPH 75, and Patrick Miles, MD, MPH 01.He continued, recognizing the work of former Alumni Council President Gail Price-Wise, SM 86, as the HSPH representative on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Taking over those duties for 2004-05 is Myron Allukian, Jr., MPH 67, PD 69. Levy also acknowledged the work of Margaret Loret, director of Alumni Programs, and her staff. Mark Clanton, MD, MPH 90, announced the results of the most recent Alumni Council election, which broke School records for the number of graduates who voted–460 in total: Councilors: Carmon Davis, MS, MD 90, MPH 94 and Armin Fidler, MD, MPH 89, SM 90 2004 Class President: Britt Hatfield, MD, MPH 04 Clanton noted that several categories of individuals have been added to the ranks of the Alumni Association as associates. They include: David E. Bell Fellows, Fogarty Fellows, Harvard Journalism Fellows, and Takemi Fellows.
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