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Herzlinger Gives Talks at Mayo, Nat'l Healthcare Management Institute

Regina E. Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Business School, was honored this past summer as the 1998 Donald C. Ozmun and Donald B. Ozmun and Family Lecturer at the Mayo Foundation. This month, Herzlinger initiated an endowed lecture series on health care management at the National Healthcare Management Institute, sponsored by the Ohio Hospital Association.

Herzlinger researches the transformation of the American health care industry and managerial challenges in the nonprofit sector. Her latest books include Conducting Your Financial Checkup: A Practical Guide for Nonprofit Managers and Board Members (Jossey-Bass, 1999) and Market-Driven Health Care (Addison-Wesley, 1997).

Willie, Bililies Elected to Board at Judge Baker Children's Center

Charles V. Willie, professor of education and urban studies at the Graduate School of Education, and Theodore C. Bililies, instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical School, have been elected to the board of trustees of the Judge Baker Children's Center, an affiliate of the Medical School.

Willie is the former host of Inner City Beat, a weekly national public affairs television program. Bililies is vice president and general manager of Personnel Decisions International, Boston.

Law School's Ogletree Receives Equal Justice Award

Charles Ogletree, professor of law, received an Equal Justice Award on his 15th anniversary as chair of the board of directors at the Southern Center for Human Rights. Ogletree also directs the Law School's Criminal Justice Institute.

The award was presented at the Center's award dinner on Oct. 6 in Washington, D.C. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was a guest speaker at the dinner.

The Center has, for over 22 years, provided free legal representation to people facing the death penalty or subject to cruel conditions or practices in Southern prisons and jails.

History Graduate Student Wins Grant To Do Research in Russia

Barbara J. Keys, a graduate student in history, has won a five-month grant from the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) to conduct field research in Russia. Her interests include Soviet cultural diplomacy in the 1930s, especially the use of international sports as a tool of diplomacy, as a means of studying Soviet participation in the international system, and the effects of global popular culture on internal Soviet developments.

IREX is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization.