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Faculty Honored in First Investiture Ceremony
James T. Willerson, M.D., president of the UT Health Science
Center at Houston, presents a medallion signifying the investiture
of Catherine M. Flaitz, D.D.S., middle, as the William N.
Finnegan III Professor in the Dental Sciences. Assisting is Mary
Ellen Finnegan, widow of the late Mr. Finnegan. Flaitz is dean
of the UT Dental Branch at Houston. Photos by John Everett
Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., shakes hands with Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D.,
dean of the UT School of Public Health, after Boerwinkle's
investiture as holder of the Kozmetsky Family Chair in Human
Genetics. Parcel was recognized for his appointment to the M.
David Low Chair in Public Health.
UT Medical School at Houston Dean Stanley G. Schultz, M.D.,
congratulates Ann-Bin Shyu, Ph.D., on his appointment to the
Jesse H. Jones Chair in Molecular Biology. Schultz was invested
as the H.Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical
Sciences.
The melding of the philanthropic and academic communities through the appointment of faculty members to endowed positions was celebrated at the 2005 Faculty Honors Convocation.
In the first investiture ceremony for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, each faculty member appointed to an endowed position during fiscal year 2005 received a special medallion.
“The investiture of endowed positions is a significant event in the university,” said L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., executive vice president for academic affairs. “Investiture represents two investments: the investment of scholarship in teaching and searching, and the investment of philanthropy in the support of scholarship. In truth, we cannot move forward without both.”
Currently, the health science center has 90 endowed positions.
Recognized for appointments to endowed positions were:
Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., professor and director, Division of Epidemiology, and professor and director, Center for Human Genetics, School of Public Health, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM), and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS). Appointed to the Kozmetsky Family Chair in Human Genetics.
Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D., director of the John P. McGovern, M.D., Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit, Medical School. Appointed to the Beth Toby Grossman Professorship in Spirituality and Healing.
Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D.
Irma Gigli, M.D.
Michael D. Mauk, Ph.D.
Jerry Wolinsky, M.D.
Catherine M. Flaitz, D.D.S., dean and professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology, Dental Branch. Appointed to the William N. Finnegan III Professorship in the Dental Sciences.
Irma Gigli, M.D., deputy director and the Walter and Mary Mischer Distinguished Professor in Molecular Medicine, IMM and GSBS. Appointed to the Hans J. Müller-Eberhard, M.D., Ph.D., Chair in Immunology.
Michael D. Mauk, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology and anatomy, Medical School and GSBS. Appointed to the William M. Wheless III Professorship in Biomedical Sciences.
Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D., dean and the John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion, School of Public Health. Appointed to the M. David Low Chair in Public Health.
Stanley G. Schultz, M.D., dean and professor of integrative biology and pharmacology, Medical School and GSBS. Appointed to the H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professorship in the Medical Sciences.
Ann-Bin Shyu, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Medical School and GSBS. Appointed to the Jesse H. Jones Chair in Molecular Biology.
Jerry Wolinksy, M.D., the Bartels Family Professor in Neurology, Medical School and GSBS. Appointed to the Opal C. Rankin Professorship.
Also recognized but unable to attend the ceremony was Barbara E. Murray, M.D., professor of internal medicine and director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical School and GSBS. Appointed to the J. Ralph Meadows Professorship in Internal Medicine.