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.
David L. Guyton, M.D. and Feduniak Family Professorship in Ophthalmology
MAUREEN AND ROBERT FEDUNIAK established the David L. Guyton, M.D. and Feduniak Family Professorship in Ophthalmology in 2007 to support a professorship in pediatric ophthalmology. In recognition of their long friendship and to show their admiration for his work, the Feduniaks requested that this endowed professorship also bear the name…
Alan C. Woods, M.D., Professorship in Ophthalmology
ALAN CHURCHILL WOODS, A&S 1910, Med 1914, was the second director of the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute. It was one of Dr. Woods' early patients who proposed and made possible the creation of a large center for ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins, along with patients of William H. Wilmer--the institute's first director…
Cumberland, Maryland, businessman LEWIS J. ORT devoted exceptional energy to improving his community and state, having chaired and served on scores of boards from the Shriners, where he spearheaded establishment of a burn treatment center in Santo Domingo, to the Maryland Advisory Committee on Economic Development. After treatment at the…
MARGARET C. MOSHER, who died in 2002, was a businesswoman and philanthropist from Santa Barbara, California. She was a member of the Wilmer Eye Institute Advisory Council with many ties to the institute. In addition to the establishment of the Margaret C. Mosher Professorship in Ophthalmology by her estate in…
A. EDWARD MAUMENEE, an international leader in the prevention and cure of blindness, for many years headed the Wilmer Eye Institute and was the William Holland Wilmer Professor of Ophthalmology. He received scores of professional awards, including the 1970 Lucian Howe Gold Medal from the American Medical Association. Dr. Maumenee…
The Zanvyl Krieger Professorship in Pediatric Ophthalmology
ZANVYL KRIEGER, A&S 1928, celebrated his close friendship with the late university President Emeritus Milton S. Eisenhower by providing for the eventual creation of the Krieger-Eisenhower professorships--part of his record-setting 1992 endowment gift to the School of Arts and Sciences, which was named in his honor in 1995. Mr. Krieger…
The INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS (IOOF) is a worldwide fraternal organization founded in the early 19th century, with roots in England and later expansion in the United States. Its mission centers on principles of friendship, love, and truth, along with charity, community service, and mutual aid. Members traditionally support…
KARL H. HAGEN, who developed age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 1993, was a philanthropist and pioneer who did not allow his vision impairment to keep him from endowing one of the nation’s first professorships in the field of macular degeneration. He made generous contributions in the form of planned gifts, including…
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…
