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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES NewsMakers
Faustman Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Medical Journal Denise Faustman, associate professor of medicine, was recently appointed co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Women’s Health & Ger-Based Medicine. The Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed journal with a multidisciplinary focus that publishes papers on clinical care and research on health issues that affect women across the lifespan. Tomlinson Receives Gold Medal for Botany P.B. Tomlinson, Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology, was awarded the Gold Medal for Botany at a meeting of the Linnean Society of London on Sept. 9. A faculty member in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Tomlinson was recognized for his contributions to the development of our understanding of plants in a broad range of subdisciplines. Previous Harvard faculty who have received the Gold Medal for Botany include Richard Evans Schultes (1992), Ernst Mayr (1977), and Stephen Jay Gould (1992).Rawls Wins the National Humanities Medal John Rawls, James Bryant Conant University Professor Emeritus, will receive the National Humanities Medal at a special ceremony to be held at the White House on Wednesday, Sept. 29. The award is presented to "distinguished individuals who have set the highest standards for American cultural achievement." President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will present the award to eight distinguished Americans. Philosopher Rawls has written A Theory of Justice (1971) and Political Liberalism (1993), two books that are widely read among political scientists, economists, and legal theorists for his views on justice, basic rights, and equal opportunity.Giles Receives Kennedy School's Hassenfeld Fellowship Cynthia Giles, chair of the Sierra Club's Rhode Island chapter, is the first recipient of the Hassenfeld Family Foundation Fellowship. The fellowship, established last November, is open to Rhode Island public officials or nonprofit executives and provides full tuition and a stip for the Mid-Career Master in Public Administration Degree at the Kennedy School of Government. In return, Hassenfeld Fellows agree to serve in public service for three years in Rhode Island. One fellowship per year will be awarded over the next three years.
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