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Diane D. Jacobsen, Ph.D., a resident of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., was one of five alumni of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis to receive the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award during a ceremony May 20 on campus. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, presented the awards to five individuals who have attained distinction in their academic or professional careers and have demonstrated service to their communities and to the university. Jacobsen received a master of liberal arts in 1995, a master of arts in 2000 and a doctorate in international affairs in 2003 from Washington University.

Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recognized the achievements of six alumni during a May 20 ceremony on campus. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, presented Distinguished Alumni Awards to five individuals who have attained distinction in their academic or professional careers and have demonstrated service to their communities and to the university. The five alumni who received the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award are: John P. Dubinsky (A.B. ’65, M.B.A. ’67); Flint W. Fowler, Ph.D. (A.B. ’80, M.A.’81); Henrietta W. Freedman (A.B. ’75); Diane D. Jacobsen, Ph.D. (M.L.A. ’95, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ’03); and William B. Pollard III, J.D. (A.B. ’70). Macias also presented the Dean’s Medal to John H. Biggs (Ph.D. ’83), former chairman and chief executive officer of TIAA-CREF, one of the world’s largest pension systems, for his support and dedication to Arts & Sciences.

James RichardsThe Gateway Festival Orchestra will launch its 42nd season of free summer concerts with “Midwest Musical Masters,” highlighting composers and young artists from Missouri and Illinois, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 10, in Washington University’s Brookings Quadrangle. The orchestra is conducted by James Richards, professor of orchestral studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Subsequent concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 24 and 31.

Diane D. Jacobsen, Ph.D., a 1965 graduate of Queens College, was one of five alumni of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis to receive the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award during a ceremony May 20 on campus. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, presented the awards to five individuals who have attained distinction in their academic or professional careers and have demonstrated service to their communities and to the university. Jacobsen received a master of liberal arts in 1995, a master of arts in 2000 and a doctorate in international affairs in 2003 from Washington University.

William B. Pollard III, J.D., a resident of Chappaqua, N.Y. (10514), was one of five alumni of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis to receive the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award during a ceremony May 20 on campus. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, presented the awards to five individuals who have attained distinction in their academic or professional careers and have demonstrated service to their communities and to the university. Pollard received a bachelor of arts degree from Washington University in 1970.

MerrifieldIn an effort to strengthen diversity among the students, faculty and staff at Washington University in St. Louis, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has appointed Leah Merrifield as special assistant to the chancellor for diversity initiatives. Merrifield, director of community relations in the Office of Governmental and Community Relations, will assume her new position July 1. She will report to Wrighton.

Medical experts suggest leaving fireworks to professionals.Fireworks can be beautiful against the night sky on July 4th, but a Washington University emergency medicine specialist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital says, for safety’s sake, parents and children should leave the fireworks to professionals. All fireworks are dangerous, especially to children. Typically, about two-thirds of all fireworks injuries occur in the days around the July 4th holiday.

He was one of only 45 physicians nationwide elected to mastership in 2005 at the college’s annual meeting in San Francisco.

Student Union’s Executive Council “felt so strongly about both of these administrators that we decided to give them both an award,” VP Pam Bookbinder says.

The book reveals how four extraordinary women added their voices to the vigorous and prolific debate over the education of women during the 18th century.