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.
ALEX GRASS (at left in this picture, with Dr. Ettinger on the right) founded the Rite Aid Corporation, which boasts a chain of drugstores, and served as its chairman and CEO from 1962 to 1995. A noted philanthropist and civic leader, he was chairman of the board of governors for the Jewish…
Two King Fahd Professorships, one in molecular medicine and the other in pediatric oncology, represent the mutual interest and support between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States. The nation was governed since 1982 by KING and PRIME MINISTER FAHD BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AL SAUDI. King Fahd, the…
Harry J. Duffey Family Professor of Palliative Care in Oncology
In 1988, Mrs. LOIS S. DUFFEY vividly remembered the hours she spent in the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center waiting room throughout the many months a family member was being treated for cancer. “I was overwhelmed by the distress of other patients and families there,” she recalled. “There was such confusion…
WILLIAM L. CLAYTON, university trustee emeritus and a former member of the SAIS Advisory Council, was a leader in business and international affairs. He served for many years as president of Anderson, Clayton and Company, a Texas-based cotton trading company. In addition, Mr. Clayton served as the first American under…
Dana and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli Professorship in Oncology
DANA BROCCOLI was a philanthropist, novelist, producer, actress, and creative muse. She collaborated with her husband, ALBERT ROMOLO "CUBBY" BROCCOLI, on the production of more than 15 films. The couple launched the James Bond series, the most successful film franchise in Hollywood history. In recognition of that achievement, Mr. Broccoli…
HARRIET LEGUM translated her personal experience with cancer into an opportunity to help others. After successful treatment, she took the helm of a campaign to raise significant funding for breast cancer research at Hopkins. Mrs. Legum, who herself provided generous support, was joined by other donors, including her mother-in-law, NAOMI…
In 2000, under the leadership of then CEO DONALD J. SHEPARD (pictured here), AEGON provided funding to Johns Hopkins cancer initiatives, awarding a grant to Johns Hopkins for fellowships in prostate and breast cancer research. As a result of this and successive grants, scientists at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center…
MARTIN D. ABELOFF, A&S 1963, Med 1966, joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1972. He served as director of the Cancer Center from 1992 until his death in 2007. Throughout his career, Dr. Abeloff was deeply committed to translational research, the transfer of research…
The BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUND is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. It conducts a majority of its grant-making through competitive programs designed to support the career development of young scientists and to build capacity in research areas…
Paul K. Neumann Professorship in Pancreatic Cancer
PAUL K. NEUMANN, who was president of PKN Commercial Real Estate in Baltimore, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1987. Although he died in 1992 when his cancer returned, Mr. Neumann benefited from the care he received from John L. Cameron, the Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery, who…
Daniel Nathans Directorship of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Professorship in Molecular Biology and Genetics
DANIEL NATHANS won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1978, sharing the honor with his colleague, fellow Hopkins professor Hamilton O. Smith, Med 1956, and Swiss microbiologist Werner M. Arber. Dr. Nathans earned the high honor for his contributions to the discovery and use of a restriction enzyme as "biochemical…
Richard and Kathleen Morton Chair in Genetic Research
Both RICHARD F. MORTON and KATHLEEN C. MORTON have had a long association with Johns Hopkins. In 1953, Hopkins obstetrician Nicholson J. Eastman invited Richard Morton, sight unseen, to become an intern in OB/GYN. Leaving his bride in England, he spent a year at Hopkins, an experience that left an…
