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On June 16, Francis Field will be rededicated in a ceremony beginning at 5 p.m. that will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics and the 150th anniversary of the University. Francis Gymnasium was finished in 1903 by the Olympics Games Committee and was one of the buildings used in the third modern Olympic […]

KleinJohn E. Klein, currently chairman and former president and chief executive officer of Bunge North America, Inc., will become the new executive vice chancellor for administration at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor. The appointment is effective Sept. 1.

Growing new organs to take the place of damaged or diseased ones is moving from science fiction to reality, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Scientists have previously shown that embryonic tissue transplants can be used to grow new kidneys inside rats. In their latest study, though, they put the new kidneys to an unprecedented and critical test, removing the rat’s original kidneys and placing the new kidneys in position to take over for them. The new kidneys were able to successfully sustain the rats for a short time.

Beverly and James Hance have established a professorship in the John M. Olin School of Business, it was announced by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The gift of $1.2 million will be combined with $300,000 from the University’s Sesquicentennial Endowed Professorship Challenge to create the James and Beverly Hance Professorship in Business.

GandhiPediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Sanjiv K. Gandhi, M.D., will join the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital in September 2004. Gandhi’s appointment is part of the Medical Center’s effort to ensure the pediatric heart and lung services, collectively called cardiothoracic services, are among the nation’s best.

Photo by Joe Angeles / WUSTL PhotoWashington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton looks on as the Olympic torch is passed.When St. Louis philanthropist E. Desmond Lee carried the Olympic torch into Francis Field on June 17 as part of the 2004 Olympic Global Torch Relay, a 100-year journey was nearly complete. In 1904, St. Louis hosted the first Olympics in the Western Hemisphere, and the track and field events that year took place on Francis Field. Now, 100 years later, the Olympic flame again visited the historic playing field. Click here for complete information on all rededication and Torch events on campus.

Liposuction is no substitute for dieting when it comes to preventing diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, the Washington University team found that removing abdominal fat by using modern liposuction techniques did not provide the metabolic benefits normally associated with similar amounts of fat loss induced by dieting.

Mary Butkus/WUSTL PhotoChancellor Mark S. Wrighton delivers opening remarks during the rededication ceremony of Francis Field.Washington University hosted a ceremony June 16 recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics at the University and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton hosted a rededication of Francis Field, the site of the 1904 Olympic track and field events. From Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, 1904, Francis Field and Francis Gymnasium, now registered historical landmarks, were the site of the Olympic Games — the 3rd Olympiad of the modern era and the first held in the Western Hemisphere.

Courtesy of Missouri Historical SocietyWUSTL will rededicate Francis Field, site of the 1904 Olympic track & field events, at 5 p.m. on June 16.Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will be joined by Charlie A. Dooley, St. Louis county executive; Jeff Rainford, chief of staff for St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay; John Schael, Washington University athletic director; Robert Marbut, chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s National Governing Bodies’ Council; and former Olympic athletes Craig Virgin and Wendy Williams for a 5 p.m. ceremony June 16 recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics at WUSTL and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. During the ceremony, which has been moved inside due to inclement weather, Wrighton will host a rededication of Francis Field, the site of the 1904 Olympic track and field events. The ceremony will be held in the Field House in WUSTL’s Athletic Complex.