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MorrisThe American Academy of Neurology has awarded the 2005 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases to John C. Morris, M.D., the Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology and director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at the School of Medicine.

Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, plans to step down in June 2006 after 10 years of leading the University’s research enterprise. Before his appointment as the head of research for the University, Cicero served as vice chairman for research in the Department of Psychiatry. He will return to that position and devote more time to his own research.

“George took enormous and justifiable pride in his depth of knowledge and expertise in mycology,” colleague Russell Little Jr. said.

Photo by Robert BostonFaculty, staff and students enjoy the “Managing Knowledge in the Digital Domain” symposium sponsored by the Bernard Becker Medical Library.

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He’s internationally known for his research on the molecular basis of the heart’s metabolism, or how the heart obtains energy to function.

He was formerly the vice chairman for research in the Department of Psychiatry; he’ll return to that position next summer.

Two Loeb fellows will be selected from the clinical or investigator-track faculty at the School of Medicine.

A professor and president of the school’s alumni association, he was honored as a distinguished alumnus in 1989.

Washington University professors John E. Heuser, Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III and Norman J. Schofield have been elected as fellows in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences class of 2005. Heuser, MD., is a professor of Cell Biology and Physiology in the School of Medicine; Roediger, Ph.D., is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Dean of Academic Planning in Arts & Sciences; and Schofield, Ph.D., is the William R. Taussig Professor of Political Economy in Arts & Sciences and director of the Center for Political Economy.