The
University Scholar/Teacher Award was given to Associate Research
Professor of Nursing Laura Porter Kimble–an announcement
that was greeted with cheers from the nursing graduates. Kimble
(above) developed Emory’s emergency nurse practitioner
program, one of only two such programs in the country. She works
with undergraduate and doctoral students as a teacher and adviser,
has served as interim program coordinator of the Ph.D. in nursing
program, and is associate director of the Center for Symptoms,
Symptom Interaction, and Health Outcomes.
The
Thomas Jefferson Award, given to a faculty member or administrator
for service to the University, was presented to Thomas Samuel
Burns, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Late Ancient and Medieval
History. Burns
(left), a scholar and teacher at Emory for thirty years, has
served as a member–and often chaired–every major college
and University committee for which he was eligible, always “comporting
himself by the highest ethical standards,” according to
colleagues.
Other
faculty awards included the George P. Cuttino Award for Excellence
in Mentoring, given to Judith Campbell Rohrer, associate professor
of art history. The Emory Williams Award for Distinguished Teaching,
established in 1972 by Emory Williams ’32C, was given to:
Fereydoon Family, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics;
Mark Risjord, associate professor of philosophy; Carrie Rosefsky
Wickham, associate professor of political science; Mohammad
Reza Saadein, associate professor of chemistry at Oxford; Mary
Allison Burdette, assistant professor of the practice of business
law at Goizueta; Joyce L. King, assistant professor of nursing;
and Nanette K. Wenger, professor of medicine.–M.J.L.
The
University Scholar/Teacher Award was given to Associate Research
Professor of Nursing Laura Porter Kimble–an announcement
that was greeted with cheers from the nursing graduates. Kimble
(above) developed Emory’s emergency nurse practitioner
program, one of only two such programs in the country. She works
with undergraduate and doctoral students as a teacher and adviser,
has served as interim program coordinator of the Ph.D. in nursing
program, and is associate director of the Center for Symptoms,
Symptom Interaction, and Health Outcomes. 
Burns
(left), a scholar and teacher at Emory for thirty years, has
served as a member–and often chaired–every major college
and University committee for which he was eligible, always “comporting
himself by the highest ethical standards,” according to
colleagues.