Aug. 29, 1996-Vol28n1: Medical school will dedicate new 'Wall of Fame' gallery

Medical school will dedicate new 'Wall of Fame' gallery

By LOIS BAKER
News Services Editor

NINE OF 12 LIVING Distinguished Professors in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB will be present for a dedication of the UB medical school's newly installed "Wall of Fame," a gallery of Distinguished Professors, on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 4 p.m. in Butler Auditorium of Farber Hall on UB's South Campus.

Fifteen UB medical school faculty have been named Distinguished Professor, the highest professional position in the SUNY system, by the SUNY Board of Trustees.

Following the dedication, Philip T. LoVerde, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and director of the UB Center for Applied Molecular Biology, will present a special Stockton Kimball Lecture titled "Schistosomiasis, a Re-emerging Tropical Disease: Strategies and Progress Toward Medical Resolution." LoVerde is an internationally recognized expert on the disease.

Attending the dedication will be Distinguished Professors Felix Milgrom, Murray J. Ettinger, Leon Farhi, Giuseppe A. Andres, Norman Solkoff, Beverly P. Bishop, Suk-Ki Hong, Harold Brody and Perry M. Hogan.

UB medical school Distinguished Professors, in chronological order, with their departmental affiliations and years at UB are:

1954-Ernest Witebsky, M.D., Immunology, 1936 until his death in 1969.

1968-Sir John C. Eccles, Ph.D., Physiology 1968-1976.

1971-Oliver P. Jones, Ph.D., M.D., Anatomy and Cell Biology, 1937-1976. He died in 1989.

1973-Hermann Rahn, Ph.D., Physiology, 1956-1985. He died in 1990.

1988-Felix Milgrom, M.D., Microbiology, 1958-present.

1989 -Murray J. Ettinger, Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1969-present.

1989-Leon Farhi, M.D., Physiology, 1958-present.

1991-Giuseppe A. Andres, M.D., Microbiology, 1970-1990.

1991-Norman Solkoff, Ph.D., Psychology, 1963-1995.

1992-Beverly P. Bishop, Ph.D., Physiology, 1958-present.

1993-Alexander C. Brownie, Ph.D., D.Sc., Biochemistry, 1963-1996.