Campus & Community

The Class of 2013 has left its mark on Washington University in St. Louis, and now the graduates are preparing to step out and make an impression in the larger world. They are scholars and athletes, inventors and entrepreneurs. They have trained not only to succeed professionally, but to make a difference in their communities.

Edward S. Macias, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, offers graduates some thoughts on the meaning of commencement. He steps down as provost at the end of this academic year.

Jim Burmeister has been the director of Commencement for more than 40 years. On the eve of his retirement, he talks about logistics, tradition and Washington University culture.

The 15th Annual Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure in downtown St. Louis is June 15. Since 1998, when Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure began, Komen has awarded about $28 million for outreach, education, screening and research programs at Washington University Medical Center.

Geetha Sant, JD, soon will become co-director of Washington University School of Law’s Intellectual Property & Nonprofit Organizations Law Clinic. She will begin her duties July 1, succeeding Peter H. Ruger, JD, who is retiring.

William H. Daughaday, MD, a leading diabetes researcher, world authority on growth hormone, and the former director of the metabolism division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died after a long illness Friday, May 3, 2013, in Milwaukee. He was 95.

Burton E. Sobel, MD, internationally known leader in cardiovascular medicine, prolific scientist and former longtime director of the Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at his home in Vermont, after a long illness. He was 75.

Dedric A. Carter, PhD, has been named associate dean for international education and research and professor of the practice in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis.

Susan E. Lanzendorf, PhD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the in vitro fertilization lab, died April 2 from complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 54.

Charles Ward Parker, MD, a Washington University faculty member whose pioneering research helped improve treatment of allergies and asthma, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, from pancreatic cancer at his home in Webster Groves. He was 83.