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.
DR. CHUNG MONG JOON is the founder and honorary chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. He is also the chairman of the board of trustees of the Asan Foundation, the largest philanthropic organization in Korea, and the honorary chairman of Ulsan University. In 2011, he launched the Asan…
Albert B. Shackman, M.D., F.A.C.R., Professorship in Radiology
ALBERT B. SHACKMAN, M.D., F.A.C.R., was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed his military service at the United States Naval Hospital in Sampson, New York. Following his service, he undertook an internship in Binghamton,…
Stanley S. Siegelman, M.D. Rising Professorship in Radiology
STANLEY S. SIEGELMAN, M.D. grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his medical degree from the State University of New York, Downstate College of Medicine. Dr. Siegelman married his first wife, Doris Franklin, during his senior year of medical school. Following an…
F. Stuart Hodgson Professorship for the Department Head
F. STUART "STU" HODGSON has been a leadership volunteer, donor, and advocate for the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Whiting School of Engineering for decades. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1967 with an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and earned a master’s in engineering administration…
MILTON S. EISENHOWER, widely regarded as a leader of great vision, holds the distinction of having served two nonconsecutive terms as president of Johns Hopkins University. After serving from 1956 to 1967--a period in which the university's income tripled and the endowment doubled--he retired and was named president emeritus. During…
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Associate Professorship of Health Policy and Management
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is one of the world’s leading private, international philanthropic organizations, making grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of arts and culture, education, health, and sports and social welfare. SNF funds organizations and projects worldwide that aim to achieve a broad, lasting, and positive impact for society…
LOUIS M. SARDELLA, Engr. 1969, was the founder of Sun Automation Group, an international company that manufactures machinery used in corrugated box production. Mr. Sardella, who held 17 patents, traced his success back to his undergraduate years at Hopkins. “Professors challenged us and taught us to think critically, and it opened…
Houston entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist RALPH S. O’CONNOR graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1951 with a biology degree. After graduation, Mr. O’Connor headed for Texas and by 1964 he was president of Highland Oil, and later chairman, president, and CEO of Highland’s successor, HRI resources. In 1987 he formed…
HENRY A. ROWLAND was a pioneering American physicist and educator who became the first professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University and later served as the first president of the American Physical Society. He is best known for inventing highly precise diffraction gratings and using them for advanced spectroscopic work on the solar spectrum.…
MORRIS W. OFFIT, A&S 1957, founder of OFFITBANK, a private investment bank which merged with Wachovia in 1999, is currently chairman of Offit Capital. Mr. Offit is an emeritus university and medicine trustee and former chair of the SAIS Board of Advisors. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hopkins…
TROY ROHRBAUGH is co-CEO for the Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) as well as a member of the firm’s operating committee. Prior to his current role, Troy was co-head of markets & securities Services and previously the head of Macro Markets, which includes the rates, foreign exchange, emerging markets and…
JAMES WINTER, New York, NY. Jim is a principal with the Winter Organization, a family-owned real estate investment, development, and management firm, whose portfolio includes commercial, residential, retail, and industrial real estate located primarily in New York City and its suburbs. Jim was previously a vice president in the real…
