Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships
Endowed positions have a personal and lasting impact.
Natalia Trayanova, Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Trayanova’s research centers around understanding the normal and pathological electrophysiological and electromechanical behavior of the heart. She is the Murray B. Sachs Professor.
Arturo Casadevall, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Casadevall’s groundbreaking work on infectious diseases is widely known. He has received several of the highest honors in medicine and health, and holds the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professorship and Chairmanship.
Dr. Chung, the inaugural Charles D. Miller Professor, joined the Hopkins faculty in the Department of Political Science in 2004, where she teaches courses in comparative politics and East Asian politics.
Professor Wang, the R. Clayton Emory Chair in Real Estate and Infrastructure, joined the Carey Business School in 2014 and leads the Edward St. John Real Estate Program.
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Ph.D., is the E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, and co-leader of the Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Program at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Guerrieri Family Professorship in Ophthalmology in the Center for Genetic Engineering & Molecular Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Institute
The GUERRIERI FAMILY FOUNDATION, headed by M. ALAN GUERRIERI, has generously supported Hopkins in many ways, including funding for the Guerrieri Family Reception Area in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. In 1994, the foundation provided support to create the Alan Guerrieri Family Research Endowment in Retinal Diseases at the Wilmer…
Burton E. Grossman Professorship in Ophthalmology for the International Prevention of Blindness
BURTON E. GROSSMAN was a highly respected international businessman and a longtime member of the Wilmer Advisory Council, on which his wife, MIRIAM GROSSMAN, also served until 2001. Dr. Grossman, who died in 1999, was a Texas native and a naturalized Mexican citizen who served as chairman and CEO of…
W. RICHARD GREEN, recognized internationally as one of the world's foremost ophthalmic pathologists, joined the Wilmer Eye Institute in 1968. From 1989-2006 he held the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Professorship. He produced more than 700 publications, had board certification in both ophthalmology and pathology, and served as president of…
KATHARINE MEYER GRAHAM, publisher of The Washington Post, has been called one of the most powerful women in American media, as well as one of the 20th century's most interesting women. She guided the Post through the publication of the Pentagon Papers, against government directives and the advice of her own lawyers, and…
MORTON F. GOLDBERG, MD, FACS, is the Joseph E. Green Professor of Ophthalmology and director emeritus at the Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital in Baltimore. From 1989-2003, he served as the director and William Holland Wilmer Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer…
JAMES P. GILLS, who trained at Hopkins as a resident in the 1960s, is the founder and director of St. Luke's Cataract and Laser Institute in Tarpon Springs, Florida. He was the first ophthalmologist in the United States to dedicate his practice to the treatment of cataracts via the use…
Akef El-Maghraby Professorship in Preventive Ophthalmology
Distinguished ophthalmologist AKEF EL-MAGHRABY has been an international leader in establishing eye care hospitals, training eye care professionals, and bringing much-needed eye care services to the people of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia as the founder and chairman of El-Maghraby Eye and Ear Hospitals and Centers. In addition to…
George S. and Dolores D. Eccles Professorship in Ophthalmology
THE ECCLES FOUNDATION, established in 1960 by GEORGE S. and DOLORES DORÉ ECCLES, has given generously to organizations that have a clear, beneficial impact on the lives of people in Utah and the region. The founders' vision was to fund initiatives that make a lasting difference in the arts, the…
G. Edward and G. Britton Durell Professorship in Ophthalmology
The ALTSHELER-DURELL FOUNDATION INC. was created by JEANNE D. SEELBACH, a former member of the Wilmer Advisory Council. The foundation, which has generously supported key research projects on age-related macular degeneration at Wilmer, initiated this professorship in memory of Mrs. Seelbach’s father and brother. Mrs. Seelbach was raised in Columbus,…
Eugene de Juan, M.D. Professorship in Ophthalmic Education
EUGENE DE JUAN was a practicing ophthalmologist for over 40 years. He was born in Puerto Rico, the son of one of the island’s first pediatricians. Following his graduation from Emory University at the age of 17, he completed Emory Medical School at the age of 21. He served an…
TOM CLANCY, who lived on the Chesapeake Bay, is one of the best-selling authors of his generation. His first book, The Hunt for Red October, was published by the Naval Institute Press, which had never before published fiction. The book was an astounding success, and Mr. Clancy has since written many…
Edmund F. & Virginia Ball Professorship in Ophthalmology
In 1948 EDMUND F. BALL took the reins of the Ball Corporation, a glass container company founded by his father and uncles. Under his leadership, it went on to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of metal, glass, and plastic packaging for home and commercial use. In addition, in…
