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Sally McConnell-Ginet ’73, a professor emerita of linguistics at Cornell University, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. She was recognized for her work on formal models of natural language meaning, including the relationship between syntactic structures and semantic interpretation and on the interaction of language with the social and cultural milieux in which it is used.
Myles Brand, president emeritus of the University of Indiana, received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the school, honoring his roles in creating its School of Informatics, and for dramatically raising the university’s private sector support and research funding. Brand, who was president of Indiana from 1994 to 2002, is the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, where he has stressed academic standards, accountability, and fiscal health.
Karen Olscamp ’81, who has been the interim chief executive of the Baltimore Washington Medical Center since August 2008, won a permanent CEO appointment there in March. As interim CEO, Olscamp, who holds a graduate degree in health services administration, had been overseeing the largest expansion in the medical center’s history.
Marc Holzer ’66, the dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University in Newark, is the winner of the Distinguished Research Award from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration/American Society for Public Administration. The award is given each year to an individual “whose published work has made a substantial impact on the thought and understanding of public administration.” Holzer’s research is focused on public sector productivity, a field he helped to establish when he founded and became director of the National Center for Public Productivity, a research and public service organization.
Nobel laureate, University trustee, and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu ’70 was named to Time magazine’s list of the World’s 100 Most Influential People, and to Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 People Who Are Changing America. In addition, Harvard University selected Chu to speak at its June commencement exercises, where he also received an honorary doctor of science degree.
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