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Dr. Joseph J. MacDonald, AUB professor of surgery, with a grateful patient who traveled many miles to bring the doctor a gift of two sheep. Spring 1948.

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Departments: Photo © AUB Photography Department / Ahmad El Itani Letters 2 President’s view Inside the Gate Views from Campus Ray R. Irani Oxy Engineering Complex wins 2012 Green GOOD Design Award; lifesavers: thank you, Brave Heart!; 8 PhD student Dana Bazzoun awarded 2012 L’Oréal-UNESCO International Fellowship for Women in Science Reviews Protestant Missionaries in the Levant: Ungodly Puritans, 1820-60 by Samir Khalaf; Marketing Management: Arab World Edition by Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller, Salah S. Hassan, Imad Baalbaki (BBA ’85, MBA ’87), and Hamed M. Shamma Beyond Bliss Street Leading Conversations Lodestar Dr. Karam Karam (BS ’62, MD ’67), clinical professor and former minister of health, on how AUB 42 can do even more to pioneer health care. Legends and Legacies Literary Light In 1866 Nassif al-Yaziji (1800-71) was widely recognized, along with Boutrus Bustani, as 43 one of “two great figures who dominate the intellectual life of the period.” Reflections Wanted: Team Player, Grand Ambitions “Don’t make any little plans,” advises former FM Dean Craig 45 S. Lichtenwalner. More than 40 years ago, Dr. Lichtenwalner played a key role in the planning and 1970 inauguration of the AUB Medical Center, the largest expansion in health care infrastructure in AUB’s history. Alumni Profile Homeward Bound Joumana Kalot (BS ’89, MPH ’95) brings a wealth of experience from the UNDP and work 48 in drug prevention and HIV/AIDS to her new position at the FHS Outreach and Practice Unit. Alumni Happenings WAAAUB Convention 2012; Legacy Ceremony 50 Class Notes Meet siblings and spouses who dedicate their lives to health care. First up, triple threat: Ali Abu-Alfa (BS 54 ’85, MD ’85), Amer Abu Alfa (BS ’85, MD ’89), and Ghassan Abou-Alfa (BS ’88, MD ’92); published and produced: Salah D. Salman (BS ’57, MD ’61) author of Scrubbed Out: Reviving the Doctor’s Role in Patient Care; medically speaking: Dr. Alexander Geha (BS ’55, MD ’59) In Memoriam 66

MainGate is published quarterly in Production American University of Beirut Cover Beirut by the American University Office of Communications Looks like gross anatomy isn’t Office of Communications of Beirut for distribution to alumni, Randa Zaiter so gross after all. Cheers to our PO Box 11–0236 former faculty, friends, and future doctors! supporters worldwide. Riad El Solh 1107 2020 Photography Beirut, Lebanon AUB Jafet Library Archives Ahmad El Itani Tel: 961-1-353228 Editor Fax: 961-1-363234 Ada H. Porter Hasan Nisr Nishan Simonian Director of Communications New York Office 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Contributing Writers 8th Floor Maureen Ali Responsible Director New York, NY 10017–2303 Nabil Dajani Andrew Bossone Jean-Marie Cook Tel: 212-583-7600 Kathy Dorman Fax: 212-583-7651 Art Direction and Design Susanne Lane Office of Communications Jeffrey Lot This lucky Phoenician would have lost six of his teeth without the help of a clever dentist who used a gold wire to deftly tie his Sierra Millman Najib Attieh teeth together. The mandible was discovered in a marble sarcophagus in Sidon in 1901 by George Ford, PhD. Jennifer Muller See this antique example of retentive dentistry at the AUB Archaeological Museum. Zeina Tawil Barbara Rosica [email protected] Printing Tomoko Furukawa Safa Jafari Safa www.aub.edu.lb 53 dots (Dar El Kotob) Cheers to Your Health! MainGate Fall 2012 24 27 38

Partnership for Life Treating Lebanon Artistic Legacy In the last 30 years, the 5,877 miles Catch cancer early. Love your heart. AUB celebrates the Rose and Shaheen separating the Cleveland Clinic and AUBMC Diagnose diabetes. What you can do and Saleeby Collection with an inaugural have only become smaller. what AUB is doing to protect against the exhibition showcasing the work of Khalil greatest health issues facing the region. Saleeby, a founder of modern art in Lebanon. 33

Building to Heal AUBMC is embarking on the greatest transformation in its 110-year history. MainGate looks back at past builds, shares early plans for the 2020 medical complex, and speaks to the architectural teams translating a vision of clarity and transparency into steel and glass (and perhaps a touch of local cedar). President's view

The president speaks with MainGate about his journey through higher education, finding mentors, and recommends a reading list that is not for the faint of heart.

In your Opening Ceremony remarks in September, you reflected on the ways that AUB is a place where students, faculty, and staff can undertake personal journeys of exploration. Can you tell us something about your own personal journey in higher education and what you gained from the experience? What I remember in particular was the many options I had in choosing a major. Unlike the Lebanese system where you apply to get into a major, at American

schools you get two years to choose. Board Chairman Philip Khoury and President Peter Dorman greet AUB Chief Marshal, Professor Huda Zurayk After looking at fine arts, psychology, and others, I finally settled on anthropol- we sang at the Baalbek Festival in the was Edward Wente, a brilliant phi- ogy. The program at Amherst College Temple of Bacchus. Music has been a lologist and expert in Egyptian religion. was focused on cultural anthropology life-long interest of mine. The other was Klaus Baer, who was and the way in which human civilizations Looking back over my under- a fantastic linguist and also a superb interact. I also wound up doing a minor graduate experience, if I had to do historian. Together they really shaped in psychology, exploring linguistics and it over again, I would certainly do a my graduate career. how conceptual thinking is intimately semester abroad, because that can be As a university president, there tied to language. Ultimately, those two a life-changing experience. are two groups of people I have turned things came together in my graduate to for mentorship. First are our trus- work in Egyptology at the University Who were your academic tees, who have remarkable competen- of Chicago, which was a way for me mentors? Who does a university cies in different fields, from finance to explore ancient civilizations with a president turn to for mentorship? and government relations to hospital focus on language and the hieroglyphic I especially admired my undergradu- administration and academic affairs. writing system. ate thesis adviser, Donald Pitkin, who They have been extremely important in The other great opportunity I had formed my interest in cultural anthro- broadening my understanding of how at Amherst was joining the Glee Club. pology. The other person at Amherst a complex institution like AUB actually Extracurricular activities outside the was Rose Olver, who headed the functions. The other important people classroom are something I feel is very Psychology Department and was the are other university presidents I know— important for young people to explore. first female faculty member hired at not just presidents of American univer- My most memorable experience with what was then an all-men’s school. sities here in the Middle East, but also the Glee Club was a world tour we She was the one who really spurred presidents back in the United States, did in the summer of 1969. One of our my interest in linguistics. In Egyptology, because one often learns as much by stops on this tour was Lebanon, where I had two extraordinary mentors. One stark differences as by similarities.

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speaking, that AUB provides excellent Are there particular books or professional preparation as well as the authors that have enriched opportunity to explore with peers from your personal journey in higher different backgrounds. But I would education or that you would like to persuade both parents and recommend to our readers? students of the value of what goes A book from high school that made on outside the classroom. I believe a huge impression on me and that AUB graduates are especially attuned I’ve reread several times is Melville’s to dealing with people of different Moby-Dick. But I wouldn’t necessarily backgrounds and beliefs, working in recommend it to Lebanese readers groups and teams, treating people because it’s hard reading, even for with respect, and leading in their English speakers. I also love reading chosen professions. These are vital history. One book that I found fasci- aspects of an AUB education. nating is The Ornament of the World by the late Maria Rosa Menocal. It You said, “pure curiosity is yet outlines the remarkable centuries of another enabler of journeys, and Andalusian civilization and the intel- an essential impulse in the search lectual flowering, huge diversity, and for knowledge.” What piques tolerance at that place and time, rep- your interests when you open resenting a unique mingling of Jewish, the newspaper or turn on your Christian, and Muslim culture in terms computer in the morning? of architecture, poetry, arts, medicine, In your opening ceremony When I open a newspaper, usually on and more. remarks, you noted that AUB the computer, I look first at opinion Another book which I found was “propelled” upward by 50 pieces that reflect as broadly as possi- shattering to read, is Eleni by Nicholas places to number 250 in the world ble different views on what is happen- Gage. It is a very personal and in the international QS World ing in current Middle Eastern affairs. It disturbing memoir of how his mother Rankings. Is AUB actively seeking is important for me to keep informed of was murdered during the Greek civil to increase its ranking in this and how events are being interpreted, both war and how she was able to save other polls? If so, how? in the region and back home. What him and his family. We are very happy that we rose quickly piques my interest in particular is the If you are looking for something in the QS World Rankings and do look huge range of opinions about events lighter, I can recommend the 17 books at ways in which organizations rank in the Middle East. This has become of Patrick O’Brien’s Jack Aubrey adven- universities, but we are not trying to even more critical in the days of the ture novels about the British navy during influence those rankings by embracing Arab spring, as things change quickly the Napoleonic wars. Extraordinarily, priorities that are not part of our mission. and unpredictably. they are based on actual, documented Another aspect that is important naval battles, and the dialogue is accu- You say that the worth of an for AUB is to understand what is rate for its time—not something you education should be measured happening in Washington, and how always find in historical novels. They not in the immediate outcome the role of American universities in the also contain contemporary scientific (graduation, a job), but in the Middle East is perceived. insights and sudden flashes of journey itself. Have you found it For fun, I also occasionally look great humor. difficult to persuade AUB students at reviews of musical events and and parents of this? new books that have been recently I think parents realize, broadly published.

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If I could just find an AUB alum practicing dermatology nearby, every member of my family would be cared for by someone with an AUB affiliation. The primary care physician I’ve seen for years was recently named to the AUB Board of Trustees. The popular pediatrician getting rave reviews near my home, it turns out, has an MD from AUB. I don’t seek out AUB graduates. Like anyone, I just look for the doctor with the best references. It seems that if you’re looking for a good doctor, you can start, and stop, with someone from the AUB Faculty of Medicine. We interviewed several FM alumni for this health-care themed issue. We were also pleased to speak with FHS MPH alumna Joumana Kalot, to learn how nursing students work within the community from Mary Arevian at HSON, and particularly enjoyed the stories of AUB alumni couples and siblings who have gone on to stellar careers in a variety of health-care fields (see their stories in Class Notes). The AUBMC 2020 project continues apace as we learned when we checked in with the architects of NBBJ who are designing the new medical complex. Their renderings as you will see—a few are featured in “Building to Heal”—are inspirational. The view from the Medical Gate will never be the same. While we look forward to the physical implementa- tion of this grand project, we never forget that it’s the day-to-day outreach, research, and patient care that is the hall- mark of AUBMC today and will be its strength for years to come. In “Treating Lebanon,” we learn about the major health challenges facing the region and what AUBMC and other AUB faculties are doing to help win the fight. Ada H. Porter Editor, MainGate [email protected] write us [email protected] write us [email protected]

MainGate Spring 2012, I found the astrolabes [from the upcoming magazine Vol. X, No. 3: Last Glance inside back cover] in the basement of On the back cover of the spring issue the Observatory when I was gathering AUB was a 1955 photo of a gardener with items of historical interest to display in MENTORS the tarboosh near the chapel. Malcolm Marquand House in 1983. They were in Did you study with someone at and I used to walk past that garden bad repair but some skillful craftsmen AUB who changed your life, or every day, little knowing that that place in the buildings and grounds workshop find an unlikely role model outside would one day be the site of his memo- cleaned and repaired them. We had of class you’ll never forget? Write rial. It is almost a surprise to me when I them in the living room, but now I think [email protected] so we can help pass the garden these days and don’t they are on display in the Senate Room tell your story. see Al-Haj watering the flowers! Peter where Howard Bliss had his library. Dorman was a youngster at the time, Ann Kerr-Adams Errata living with his missionary parents not Los Angeles, California Page 54: Nadine Samara (BS ’02) is too far from campus. We junior year incorrectly listed as Nadim. abroad students, sponsored by the Page 56: Recently Elected incorrectly lists Presbyterian Church, always welcomed members as part of the Jeddah Chapter an invitation to their house for dinner. instead of the Riyadh Chapter.

Hidden treasures Thanks to Dr. Solange AUB’s Jafet Archives is G. Abunassar (BS ’60, collecting items related to MD ’65) for sending AUB history. Do you have anything in us her posters from AUB’s 125 anniversary your closet or in a box in the garage celebrations. that you would be willing to donate— old photographs, commemorative Wynn Weidner, daughter of the former plates, personal diaries, etc.? If so, dean of the School of Engineering C. Ken Weidner, sent these FEA please email us at [email protected]. charms in response to our call for AUB lb. We'd love to hear from you. “treasures.” Thanks!

4 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate At AUB, more than 3,000 students received financial aid in 2011–12. Can you help one more? [email protected] With two younger brothers and an older sister, Assaad knew that his dream of attending AUB would be nearly impossible for his family because of the cost of tuition. Although his father worked hard and earned a decent income, he had an accident and had to undergo many surgeries. He struggled for two years with diabetes and cancer and passed away in February 2012. These last two years have been very difficult for Assaad and his family. “But,” he says, “I always had hope that in this vast world of pessimism there were great people who appreciated Supporting hard work and perseverance. Now that I have been given this scholarship, my will to succeed is even stronger. I plan to continue my studies and get a master’s degree in either aeronautical Students engineering or energy sources and conversions. I pray that I will be able to of Today and Tomorrow: Assaad Helou return to AUB one day as a donor and be able to change a student’s life and give him the chance that I was given.” Can you help support Hear more: www.aub.edu/development/ an AUB student? scholarship_initiative See what’s possible! To speak to someone about supporting financial aid, contact us at giving(at)aub.edu.lb. Viewfinder

AUB picked up the pace this year and became a major partner with the Marathon Association, signing up 600 runners and 150 volunteers for the BLOM Beirut Marathon held under stormy skies on November 11. Congratulations to all the partners and participants. RUN AUB RUN!

2012 partners • AUBMC • The Brave Heart Fund • The Nature Conservation Center • Office of Student Affairs • University Sports • The AUB Wellness Program • Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service • AUBMC Multiple Sclerosis Center • AUB Tobacco Control Research Group • The Neighborhood Initiative

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It’s a new academic year and there are a few things newcomers need to know. Hadi Aridi, a senior in sociology, has some sage advice. quick facts you need to know about AUB

1. Don’t search for “AUB sis” and the “Moodle” building. Even if you’ve been told it’s on lower campus, it’s not. 2. Whether you like it or not, cats will follow you, annoy you, and want your food. Get over it. 3. At AUB, you are automatically registered in a sprint running course, especially when you have a class in the lower campus right after another in the upper campus. The key is to run…and run fast. 4. West Hall is the hangout capital of campus. Evidence shows that people who hang out there the most end up skipping more classes. 5. The garden area in front of the cafeteria is called the “zoo.” Go there once and you’ll know why. 6. Students from the Department of Architecture and Design are rarely seen on upper campus. 7. The majority of the students at the school of business are girls. At the other end of the spectrum, at electrical and computer engineering, girls are almost extinct. 8. Running late to classes is an officially recognized sport at the University. A varsity team must be initiated! 9. New students look both sides before crossing Bliss Street. The third year, they start looking left, realizing the street is one way. The fourth year, they stop looking, and just jump into the street and resolve that it’s not their problem to look, it’s the driver’s duty to stop. 10. The security guard at the Main Gate is rarely interested in checking your university ID. The exception is when you're running late to class and carrying six bags in one hand and 10 books in the other. Then they’ll insist that you unload all your stuff and show your ID.

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Turning the Tide legacy of Arab and Islamic heritage endemic conditions of underdevelop- A welcome new addition to the AUB among young Lebanese. “Many young ment and condemned Arab societies Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ rich vari- Arabs are under the misconception to passive consumerism in the global ety of academic centers, the Farouk that neither the Arabic language nor knowledge economy.” K. Jabre Center for Arabic and Islamic its cultural environment is conducive to The late Edward S. Kennedy, an Science and Philosophy will support scientific thought, rational discourse, AUB faculty member for 30 years, pio- research and raise awareness about or knowledge production,” Jabre said. neered research into Arabic and Islamic these fields through outreach and edu- “Bright Arab minds end up leaving the science. In addition to his own research cation. Businessman, philanthropist, region, discouraged from making con- and the handful of scholars he trained, AUB alumnus, and trustee, Jabre (BA tributions to science and technology in Kennedy’s legacy includes some of ’58) made his generous donation to their native lands. This continuing cycle the 1,400 manuscripts held by AUB’s encourage new interest in the rich of emigration has perpetuated the University Libraries, which provide a

8 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate modest foundation for studies in the The libraries are collaborating with start working towards their master’s field. “In view of AUB’s founding role AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public degrees. The new MA in Media Studies in establishing the field of Arabic and Policy and International Affairs (IFI), officially approved in March 2012 has Islamic science, it is especially fitting that which is spearheading the University’s been long and eagerly anticipated. the Farouk K. Jabre Center for Arabic research on this topic. As well as Although it was announced very and Islamic Science and Philosophy its Arab Uprisings Lecture Series late last year, the two-year program finds a home within our walls,” said organized with the Provost’s Office, IFI exceeded its recruitment goals for the AUB President Peter Dorman. hosted a two-day symposium in late fall with an acceptance rate of less Welcoming the establishment of May 2012 that brought together leading than 50 percent. the center, AUB Provost Ahmad Dallal academics and analysts from the region Assistant Professor of Journalism said, “Centers such as this ener- in what Provost Ahmad Dallal described and Media Studies Jad Melki says the gize AUB’s intellectual environment, as a “truth seeing undertaking, both program’s liberal arts curriculum and benefiting faculty, students, and the academic and pedagogical.” In six lively, balancing of research, theory, critical broader community and increase our in-depth sessions, participants, includ- skills, and digital media literacy make ability to educate students at all levels ing historians, social scientists, writers, it unique in the Arab region. Melki, the for the future.” and other academicians, discussed acting chair of AUB’s Department of topics including “Motivations Behind the Sociology, Anthropology, and Media —M.A. Uprisings,” “Islamists, Coalitions, and Studies, explains, “What sets this Governance,” and “The Evolving GCC” program apart is its multidisciplinary Navigating the Arab (Gulf Cooperation Council). curriculum and grounding in the social Uprisings You can find the schedule of IFI lec- sciences—and in the region. The AUB’s commitment to generating tures, seminars, and research projects program offers four emphasis areas and disseminating serious academic at www.aub.edu.lb/ifi. that reflect local and regional needs.” analysis of the ongoing events known More On-line In addition to selecting from as the Arab uprisings was recently among an attractive list of media augmented by the launch of the —M.A. studies, sociology, and anthropol- University Libraries’ "Arab Uprisings ogy electives, students may also Guide," which provides a list of take general electives in four general scholarly resources, news sites, From the Faculties categories: political communication, and web archives as well as other health communication, visual literacy, useful internet sources related to FAS and media management. The goal of these historic events. Launched in the program is to ensure that by the January, the guide is available on-line MA Media Blitz time they graduate, these men and at www.aub.edu.lb.libguides.com/ This fall, the first cohort of media women will have the research skills content. studies students in AUB history will and theoretical knowledge they need

Common Abbreviations found in CCECS: Center for Civic Engagement and Community IFI: Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and MainGate (MG): Service International Affairs FAFS: Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences KSA: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ACS: American Community School FAS: Faculty of Arts and Sciences LDEM: Landscape Design and Ecosystem AUB: American University of Beirut FEA: Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Management AUBMC: American University of Beirut Medical Center FHS: Faculty of Health Sciences OSB: Suliman S. Olayan School of Business CAMES: Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies FM: Faculty of Medicine PSPA: Department of Political Studies and Public CAMS: Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences HSON: Rafic Hariri School of Nursing Administration CASAR: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Ibsar: Nature Conservation Center for Sustainable REP: Regional External Programs Alsaud Center for American Studies and Futures SPC: Syrian Protestant College Research IC: International College WAAAUB: Worldwide Alumni Association of AUB

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 9 to effectively and critically access, analyze, utilize, evaluate, and cre- ate media messages—and develop media policies and strategies as well. AUB’s MA in Media Studies also offers students the flexibility to choose between a thesis and a non-thesis option. Students interested in pursuing their doctoral studies at some later date are encouraged to select the thesis track, which requires seven

Core Required Courses • MCOM 300: Graduate Research Methods in Media Studies 3 cr. • MCOM 301 (SOAN 313): Seminar in Communication Theory and Top: IOEC transversal section; bottom: south elevation; right: corridor view Research 3 cr. • MCOM 302 (SOAN 317): Seminar FEA Centre for Architecture Art Design in Mass Media in the Modern Arab and Urban Studies and the Chicago Society 3 cr. • MCOM 395: Comprehensive Exam Going Greener Athenaeum Museum of Architecture 0 cr. Buildings generally dominate or block and Design have recognized Nabil • MCOM 399: Thesis 9 cr. views, often both, but the Irani Oxy Gholam Architects with the 2012 Engineering Complex (IOEC) will Green GOOD Design™ Award for instead be a transparent corridor both the complex and the Faculty courses and a nine-credit research- between two of the most appealing of Engineering and Architecture’s intensive thesis. Those interested in vistas in Beirut: AUB’s clock tower master plan. working in the industry, public sector, and the Mediterranean as glimpsed Gholam says that the award or with civil society organizations through the complex from the ver- accentuates the sweetness of winning are advised to take the non-thesis dant hillsides that slope down to the approval of AUB’s jury in 2006, option, which allows for nine courses lower campus. which was sufficiently impressed to and requires instead of a thesis a For that and an abundance of other put its trust in an independent local three-credit research-based project. climate-friendly innovations IOEC is, firm. “They could have gone with a according to the architects, the first larger international competitor,” he project registered for LEED certifi- points out, but they clearly found the cation in Lebanon. The European firm’s plan for a “specific” yet “highly

10 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate Spaces of Resistance In July and August AUB’s Department of Architecture and Design hosted a ten-day conference drawing professors and students from several disciplines and areas of study to examine AUB “Spaces of Resistance” and how Lebanon has been a site of conflict and struggle. STORE The conference, co-organized We’re featuring officially with the University of California Humanities Research Institute, com- branded AUB items such as polo shirts, kids clothing, desk bined theoretical lectures and discus- accessories, and more! sions with visits to sites in Beirut and southern Lebanon to explore the modern history of these places particularly in the last two decades. They toured examples of Solidere’s construction after the Lebanese civil war, Hezbollah’s reconstruction post-2006 war, developments along Beirut’s Green Line, and a Palestinian refugee camp in the capital. The participants not only played the role of scholars, but also took part in the Beirut experience of residents and visitors alike. adaptable” structure enticing. Beirut has many stories from Although bigger isn’t necessarily the past, memories of its ancient better, the urban plan covers a lot heritage, and competing narratives of ground (37,000 sqm) and aims of war. The participants considered to transform lower campus into a these narratives as they navigated “convivial, comfortable network of through Lebanon’s complex history pedestrian flows and connections and constant reorganizations and between the schools and the facul- negotiations of territory becoming ties,” Gholam says. part of the interactions between the Drop by the AUB Store for the “Because many of the people city and its inhabitants. who are going to use the building “There are times when the built perfect AUB apparel, are people who are going to make environment speaks in lieu of its gifts, and mementos buildings,” explains Gholam, “it has inhabitants, where it conveys a from the University. to be exemplary.” capacity of assembled action, of Construction is expected to be which the residents are a part…” said ■ The AUB Store is located in the Visitors Bureau, Main Gate. completed in fall 2013. Abdou Maliq Simone, urbanist and ■ Shop on-line and have it delivered worldwide professor of sociology at Goldsmiths —S.M. www.aub.edu.lb/aubstore College, University of London.

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 11 The Spaces of Resistance seminar examined strategies of non-violent popular resistance, explored materially and imaginatively “contested” spaces, and sought out resistance within the attempts of power to determine and control space.

As individuals we often view our- ago when a colleague enquired about what improvements are needed.” selves in direct relationship to our information pertaining to women in Drawing on a qualitative survey immediate surroundings, but those engineering in the Middle East. Their of some 32 female academics from relationships are often determined initial research into this query triggered Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, by someone else. Disputes over ter- a deeper interest; the pair switched Palestine, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, ritory and ideas play out in politics their focus to women in academia and Afiouni and Karam were surprised to and economics. To understand how secured a research grant which led discover that overall women in aca- we as individuals can affect that to their first paper in a body of work demia seem to have a better situation process, we have to first understand under the title “Women in Academia in Islamic countries which draw on how it occurred. in the Arab MENA Region.” state (and sharia) law. Here, they say, “We wanted to explore gender from there are more family friendly policies, —A.B. an organizational perspective,” the pair especially when it comes to maternity explains. “We were looking at national leave, childcare, and family health care. OSB policies as well as university policies, Qatar leads the field with child day but it is hard to find data in our region; care centers on campus, an area in Prerequisite: Multiskilling there is very little in the public domain which, the researchers say, AUB’s Assistant Professors Fida Afiouni and or available on websites. We wanted record is abysmal. This is also the case Charlotte Karam stumbled into gen- to see how HR policies could become with AUB’s policy for maternity leave, der research by chance two years more indigenously family friendly and which while generous for professors,

12 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate follows the Lebanese labor law for pursued their advanced degrees. their male colleagues, those women all other employees and is woefully “We also discovered that especially surveyed felt they were penalized inadequate when put into the context in the Gulf and Palestine, the women in terms of promotion, recognition of American higher education. They considered service to the commu- for service and in the allocation of also cite the fact that maternity leave nity to be of profound importance,” resources—grants—where they say was only included in HIP coverage Karam explains. “Family, community, the process lacks transparency. two years ago (thanks to President and work are all strongly interlinked Perhaps in reaction to what they Dorman) and for academic staff taking with making a contribution or having see as the deck stacked against maternity leave, it was only recently an impact. Success was defined them, the women stressed the need that the seven-year “promotion clock” in these terms which is quite differ- for solidarity, strong networks, and stopped ticking during this leave. ent and attractive compared to other good relationships with other women, Their research also indicates that cultural perspectives.” These women as a key to success. The perni- the role of the family remains central in were heavily committed to a service cious “Queen Bee” syndrome—the the MENA region. Many of the women role within their academic institutions, dominance of a successful female they interviewed cited their families as with extra curricular administrative over other females—has yet to be core to their conceptions of their suc- roles, committees, and volunteer work documented within higher education, cess; almost without exception women which, they say, falls more readily on at least by Afiouni and Karam. from the Gulf countries and Palestine female than male shoulders. —M.A. married and had children before they Comparing their lot with that of

University Libraries Many people have grown up familiar with the sights and sounds of Egyptian films. The golden era of Egyptian film and cinema was a period when the country's stages not only stood above its Arabic-speaking peers, but also held prestige in the world at large. Since the introduction of cameras in the 20th century, Egypt has been one of the leaders in the dramatic arts. Jafet Library’s Archives and Special Collections Department includes 20 photo albums of Egyptian cinema and theater from 1915 to the 1950s that include highlights from this golden era. In addition to scenes from well-known dramas, the Jafet collection also contains portraits and signatures of prominent actors and actresses as well as original press clippings from Egyptian newspapers such as Al Ahram and Rose Al-Youssef. Some of the performers featured in the collection include Layla Morad, Amina Sherif, Layla Fawzi, Naguib Al Rihani, Youssef Wahbi, Hussein Riyad, Ismail Yasmin, Tahia Karioka, Samia Gamal, Mary Munib, and Mohamed Abdel Wahab. There are also photos from various Egyptian plays and movies such as Sittat Afareet, Masna’ Al-Zougat, Ghader Wa Azab, Awdat Al-Qafila, and Hukum Qaraqosh. —A.B.

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FHS Professor and Associate Dean Rima Afifi and Dr. Samer Jabbour, senior lecturer in Renewed Trust the Department of Health Management and Policy, recently co-facilitated a regional public FHS’s Graduate Public Health Program health leadership program with Alastair Ager, PhD, and Dr. Jamie Eliades, of Columbia was reaccredited in June 2012 by University Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH). Jointly organized and delivered by the Council on Education for Public MSPH and FHS professors, the program was given at the Columbia University Middle Health (CEPH) in the United States. East Research Center (CUMERC) in Amman, Jordan, from September 21 to 26. It used The reaccreditation followed a two- a hands-on approach, regional and international case studies, and innovative delivery year self-study involving students, methods to teach tools and strategies to manage the development of public health programming in the Middle East. alumni, practitioners, faculty, and Afifi and Jabbour point to the program as a wonderful example of how international others. In 2006, the Graduate Public and regional academic institutions can work together. As for the collaboration with Health Program was the first to be Columbia’s School of Public Health, they say, “we hope that this will be the beginning of accredited by CEPH outside of North more joint work towards our common cause of promoting public health practice.” America. According to Associate Dean Rima Afifi, “The reaccreditation attests to the quality of the Graduate Public Health Program that is competitive with any such program in the US. Equally

importantly, reaccreditation provides The Global Health Initiative international recognition and allows us

to be more visibly engaged in dialogue on public health. This brings in the Tools and Strategies for Managing the Development of Arab voice and perspective, particularly Public Health Programming in the Middle East to researchers seeking international

Public Health Leadership Program experience in the Arab region.” September 21-26, 2012 | Amman, Jordan —S.J.S.

Six days of intensive learning, practical experiences and simulations, designed and tailored to equip public health leaders in the Middle East with key skills and knowledge FM/AUBMC to design, implement and evaluate public health programs addressing the emerging preventative priorities in the region. Life Savers Facilitators Looking back at the Brave Heart Fund’s Course Objectives t t Alastair AgerAger, PhD Professor of Clinical (BHF) achievements during the last 12 Use epidemiological data to identify and Population and Family Health, MSPH/CU track key health trends t Jamie EliadesEliades, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical months Joumana Ghandour Atallah, t Adopt consensus methods and other Professor of Population and Family Health, one of the charity’s cofounders, was means of participatory engagement to MSPH/CU establish shared priorities for t Rima AfifiAfifi, PhD, MPH Professor and Associate keen to emphasize the important role interventions t Dean, Department of Health Promotion and individuals play in raising lifesaving Develop and implement robust Community Health and Graduate Public Health evaluation processes to identify Program Coordinator Faculty of Health Sciences, funds for children suffering from con- outcomes and impacts of interventions AUB t Establish effective program management genital heart disease. Even though the t Samer JabbourJabbour, MD, MPH Senior Lecturer, arrangements to promote effectiveness, Department of Health Management and Policy, gala dinner in April was one of the most efficiency and equity of provision for AUB and Editor, The Public Health in the Arab targeted populations successful in the charity’s nine-year his- World (Cambridge University Press, 2012) tory—netting enough to cover 120 lifesaving operations—for Atallah it was the Course Fee: USD 1,450 Transportation to and from venue, lunch, coffee bre aks, and course material are group of fathers and sons that set out included in the fees. Participants should cover all extras and organize own travel. to conquer Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for BHF that was especially Who May Apply? Senior officers of governmental and non- To register or for more information, please governmental organizations with leadership roles in contact Jonathan Peters at public health programs, such as: t Senior Ministry of Health staff [email protected] or on t Directors of public health programs +962 6 5777 955 ext. 219 14 MainGatet UN agencies Fall and 2012donor organizations| www.aub.edu.lb/maingate poignant and inspirational. Wassef and Tarek Serhan; Naaman, Wassef, and Mohamad Atallah; and Marwan and Zeid Shehadeh braved altitude sickness and the cold to reach the 5,895-meter summit on behalf of suffering children. “I want to emphasize that we should not just rely on the big ticket events, in spite of the amazing support we receive from them,” Atallah says. “These individual initiatives, which represent personal commitment and involve the local community, also help us to highlight the plight of children in need and their families. Take the case of Shireen Dajani, who took the initiative to participate in the Triathlon de Nyon in Switzerland a few months ago along with a team of athletes from efforts paid for life-saving surgery for get, and the more funds we are able the World Economic Forum. They cre- five-year-old Maytham, whose parents to provide for lifesaving operations. ated a Facebook page entitled Forum had no funds to pay for his medical This year, with our marathon team of Triathlon and invited friends, family, and care. One hundred students, along with runners and sponsors, we covered colleagues to support BHF by spon- Chirazi, joined Lebanese desert run- the expenses of seven open-heart soring the athletes. They finished the ner Ali Wehbe in a fundraising coastal surgeries. That is seven more lives race with flying colors… and all funds run from Tripoli to Tyre, covering 220 saved,” explains Atallah. raised by the athletes were matched kilometers in less than 30 hours. AUB students also get a special by the World Economic Forum.” The BHF “family” also turned out mention. During a Trivia Night orga- Atallah also hails the enduring com- in force once again for the BLOM nized by the AUB Red Cross Club, mitment to saving young lives of stu- Beirut International Marathon when all six faculties competed in a fiercely dents from the International College (IC), an astounding 2,200 runners wore the contested general knowledge com- headed by their teacher Riad Chirazi. Brave Heart colors. “The more run- petition hosted by the talented Nemr Last year their combined fundraising ners we have, the more sponsors we Abou Nassar. All funds raised during the event were donated to BHF. This November Brave-Hearters are Their hearts are dedicated to yours! limbering up for the annual Blom Beirut BHF highlights from the last 12 months: Marathon where BHF holds a number ■ In Switzerland, a BHF team ran the Triathlon de Nyon of records including “Best Achieving with athletes from the World Economic Forum… NGO” 2010, “Best Fundraiser” 2009, ■ One hundred IC students ran from Tripoli to Tyre… and “Biggest Team” (3,000 runners). ■ 2,200 runners wore the Brave Heart colors at the The 2012 event was BHF’s tenth BLOM Beirut International Marathon, raising enough marathon. money to pay for seven open-heart surgeries… ■ The AUB Red Cross Club brought together Learn more at students from six faculties for a trivia www.braveheartfund.org night to raise money for BHF. —M.A.

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 15 During its meeting in ABCs of Care the basis for success, but you still November 2011, the Board Despite his maniacally busy sched- need someone to coordinate the of Trustees approved AUB’s ule, Dr. Khalid Yunis cannot resist effort, and this is what we do here at ninth doctoral program: a taking time out for a quick tour of AUBMC.” PhD program in biomedical the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that The network concentrated on sciences, which was approved opened in a quiet corner on the Beirut between 1998 and 2003. “We and registered in March seventh floor of AUBMC recently. chose to begin in Beirut because it this Fall 2012 by the New York State The unit and the neo-natal network of is better to start small and see how Department of Education. The 31 hospitals across Lebanon which things develop before expanding to PhD program in biomedical Yunis and his team helped to kick the rest of the country. Besides, 35 to sciences is welcoming its start truly fire his enthusiasm. 40 percent of the Lebanese popula- first cohort of three students “The members of the network tion lives in the greater Beirut area. New in fall 2012. Housed in the [the National Collaborative Perinatal After 2003 we expanded throughout Faculty of Medicine, this new Neonatal Network or NCPNN] all Lebanon,” Yunis explains. multidisciplinary program work voluntarily,” Yunis stresses. “Our aim is to improve care for emphasizes cutting edge “Our goal is to foster collaboration, pregnant mothers and newborns concepts and techniques of molecular and cellular quality care through surveillance, and leading to a better outcome for both medicine preparing students research. We need accurate data, of them. For a fair representation of for careers as independent which we can only get with a reliable newborns we need to cover at least researchers and educators. database. We did not have such a 50 percent of deliveries nationally; Although new, this PhD database in Lebanon, so in 1998 we right now we cover about 30 percent. program traces its roots started by visiting the main medical “We study issues that are preva- back to 1966 when AUB centers and university hospitals in lent in Lebanon such as consanguin- introduced a doctoral program Beirut to talk about collaborating ity and how this affects the outcome in biochemistry. It was on a database. We started with four of newborns. Another issue we are replaced six years later by a hospitals; we ran a pilot project to interested in is preterm births. There PhD program in basic medical find out what we needed and how we are 13 million preterm births glob- sciences that the University should proceed, and then we went ally, out of which one million die, so suspended in 1988 during the from there. I believe in collaboration, prematurity is a major problem in the Lebanese civil war. where [the equality of everyone] is neonatal period. If you look at deaths

Reviews

Protestant Missionaries in the Levant: Ungodly Puritans, 1820-60 [Routledge, 2012] by Samir Khalaf Professor Samir Khalaf’s most recent work, Protestant Missionaries in the Levant: Ungodly Puritans, is the culmination of years of research and study of the impact of New England Puritanism on the Levant. Published as part of the Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History series, this book is especially interesting because it is informed by previously unexplored personal narrative accounts. Remarkably, this is only one of three books by Samir Khalaf that have been published in 2012. He is also coeditor with Roseanne Saad Khalaf of Arab Youth: Social Mobilisation in Times of Risk (Saqi Books, 2012) and of Lebanon Adrift: From Battleground to Playground (Saqi Books, 2012). (See MainGate, spring 2012, page 35.)

16 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate in children under five years of age, The NCPNN database has revealed neonatal mortality represents about • Significant health disparities between 40 percent.” different areas of the country. At the national level, the net- • Much room for improvement of work collaborates with the Lebanese neonatal mortality in Lebanon. Ministry of Public Health, which has • A rise in preterm births in Lebanon designated the NCPNN to dissemi- (and throughout the world). nate timely statistics on core maternal • Increased rate of hospital-acquired and newborn indicators. The NCPNN infections in premature and also collaborates with the World hospitalized babies due to many Health Organization, the Centers vital interventions that strain their weak immune systems. for Disease Control and Prevention, • Congenital heart disease (not the March of Dimes Foundation, the peculiar to Lebanon) as the number Universities of Iowa and Pittsburgh one birth defect and muscular in the United States, the Shafallah skeletal disease the second. Medical Center in Qatar, and the Lebanese American University. In addition, the network has led an effort with the WHO to initiate a regional collaboration with health care centers across different Arab countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Palestine, and Yemen. The network has started several initiatives including training work- Yunis shrugs his shoulders and shops for physicians and nurses from admits, “There is so much going Lebanon and other Arab countries on that it is hard to keep track of and, as of last year, a school lecture everything. We are so busy. We have program for high school students an increasing number of research on preconception. Supported by the assistants, doctors, and students Ministry of Education, the March of working with us. We also have an Dimes, and the Centers for Disease arrangement with the Faculty of Control and Prevention, physicians, Health Sciences for some master’s nurses, and midwives from network students to do their practicum with centers visit high schools to educate us. The dean of medicine is very future mothers about what they need supportive, so we just hope to keep to know prior to conception and to going on and on. All this is dedi- conduct question and answer ses- cated to improving the outcome for sions for the students. “We have THEY MADE THE LIST! mothers and babies so we need to AUB Trustee and dermatologist Dr. David a very limited window to get this network, network, and network—and Bickers, of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, information across,” says Yunis, “and anybody is welcome to join in.” and endocrinologist Dr. Jack Tohme (BS have been very surprised at how ’70, MD ’74) of Valley Hospital/Endocrine successful this initiative has been.” —M.A. Associates, PA were cited in New York Surveying his small office with magazine’s 2012 “Best Doctors” issue. every surface piled high with papers,

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MEdICAL PROGRESSION All in a day’s Work Since the launch of AUBMC 2020, the Medical Center has introduced a num- For 42 years, Mary Arevian (BS '69 ber of new initiatives to bring expanded and improved services to patients. Nursing, MPH '79) has worked at Along the way, they have also racked up some impressive achievements. AUB. She has watched it struggle and ✔ Regional first: Multiple Sclerosis Center watched it grow. Just one of nine ✔ Regional first: Clinical Research Institute nursing students to graduate in 1969, ✔ Regional first: Specialized Children’s Clinic she started teaching in 1970 as a ✔ Regional first: Center in the Middle East dedicated to women’s clinical assistant instructor. Today, she breast health, Mamdouha El Sayed Bobst Breast Unit teaches community health nursing to ✔ Regional first: Arab Regional Center for Research, senior students in the bachelor of sci- Training, and Policymaking in Mental Health, established ence in nursing program. Outside the in collaboration with the World Health Organization classroom, Arevian trains and super- ✔ Regional first: Academic center focused on bioethics and vises her students at various sites: professionalism, the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program homes, primary health-care centers, schools, and work places. With a theo- With new and improved equipment and facilities, AUBMC doctors have been retical as well as a clinical/intervention able to perform a number of new state-of-the-art procedures component, the Community Health that are also regional and national firsts. Nursing Course targets individuals, ✔ First unrelated donor allogeneic bone marrow families, and larger groups in the com- transplant in Lebanon munity. Arevian regularly collabo- ✔ First Acufocus Kamara inlay procedure for rates with international organizations the treatment of presbyopia in the region such as WHO, UNICEF, the United ✔ First Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Nations Population Fund, national for treating severe depression in the region governmental organizations such ✔ First renal denervation for the treatment of as the Ministry of Public Health hypertension in Lebanon and the Ministry of Social Affairs; in addition to nongov- ernmental organizations such as Ajialouna, the Child and

Marketing Management: Arab World Edition [Pearson Middle East, 2012] by Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller, Salah S. Hassan, Imad Baalbaki (BBA ’85, MBA ’87), and Hamed M. Shamma This new volume is an adaptation of Marketing Management, which was first published in 1967 and is now in its 14th edition. Professors Hassan, Baalbaki, and Shamma, who have extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the Arab world, have developed local case studies under the guidance of lead authors Kotler and Keller to bring “the most popular marketing management text in the world to future Arab marketers.” Hailed as the “first of its kind,” Marketing Management: Arab World Edition covers a wide range of topics that are of interest not just to future Arab marketers, but to general readers as well, such as why some brands succeed in the Arab world while others do not and economic, social, and political similarities and differences within the Arab region.

18 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate Mother Welfare Society, the Armenian Relief Cross in Lebanon, and public and private schools. In addition to teaching, supervis- ing, and guiding nursing students, Arevian is researching community- based interventions that address current and salient issues in the community. With an emphasis on health education and prevention, her research interests and publications Busy Tuesday have become increasingly special-

Leading the Community Health Nursing Course

5:00 am: Up!

6:00 am: Leave home, commute by taxi from Zalka

6:45-7:45 am: Herbal tea-time, Arevian is at her desk planning the day

8:00-9:00 am: Supervise students training at AUBMC’s Family Medicine Department

ized, from working with women and 9:00-10:00 am: Touch base with adolescents to handling patients with students training at Ajialouna NGO for chronic conditions such as diabetes community service in Tallet al Khayyat and coronary artery disease. and working in public schools all over Lebanon The Community Health “Working with community agen- Nursing Course promotes cies is a very satisfying endeavor,” 10:00-11:00 am: Check on students and maintains the says Arevian. It helps me accomplish and programs at the Child and Mother health of communities the mission of AUB and the school of Welfare Society in Aisha Bakkar by working with nursing: mainly combining university 11:00-12:00 noon: Work with the clinic families, the adult education, research, and community of the Armenian Relief Cross of Lebanon in Burj Hammoud working population, and service to advance scientific knowledge, evidence-based, best practice seniors over 60; plans, 12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch break for improving and maintaining the organizes, and delivers 1:00-2:00 pm: Post-clinical conference health of our community. There are still with students at HSON school health programs; many challenges for us in Lebanon to and provides primary provide health for everyone in our 2:00-3:00 pm: Prepare for next week health-care services community but I am optimistic we will as recommended by be able to confront those challenges. the World Health Change will definitely occur.”

Organization. —S.J.S.

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Nametag: Khaled Imad Ghattass, PhD, Cell and Molecular Biology, projected 2013

Life before PhD: My childhood was split equally between my father’s village, Barga, and my mother’s city, Saida. I attended Beirut Arab University where I had my best years and made my best friends. I joined AUB in 2006. I love sports, was a member of AUB’s varsity basketball team, and was chosen AUB’s Most Valuable Player in 2010-11.

What matters most: Although there have been numerous advances in cancer therapy, most people with advanced solid tumors, such as breast cancers, will relapse and die of their disease because the hypoxic (low oxygen) regions of their tumors are resistant to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. My research aims at investigating a suitable synthetic compound with moderate toxicity and enhanced activity against human solid tumors, especially those bearing hypoxic regions.

Research: Under the direct supervision of Professor Hala Muhtasib, I am studying the effect of tumor hypoxia on the mechanism of breast cancer metastasis. Additionally, we are testing the effect of a very potent quinoxaline dioxide, which Professors Haddadin and Issidorides synthesized at AUB, via their known “Beirut Reaction,” to inhibit this detrimental step in cancer progression.

10 am Tuesday, 10 am Saturday: I spend many Tuesday mornings in the hypoxia chamber surrounded by mice, cells, and colleagues. At 10 am on Saturday I have breakfast with my mother under the trees in our garden. She spends the whole week waiting for this moment.

Most admires: I admire my coadviser, who is also practically my best friend, Professor Marwan El Sabban, who guides me through every aspect of my life, along with my mentor Professor Hala Muhtasib, who demonstrates the perfect example of seriousness, dedication, and hard work. Fourteen years ago, I was inspired by a movie called “Patch Adams.” Ever since I have dreamed of establishing a free hospital in Lebanon that provides high quality care to all its patients within a happy and friendly setting. I even named my German Shepherd “Patch” to be constantly reminded about my mad and expensive dream.

Why this topic interests me: All people are interested in research that could help improve the quality of lives of cancer patients. Maybe one day it will be used to treat patients at my free hospital.

20 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate FAFS (totipotency). Single cells (proto- plasts), pieces of leaves, or roots can Cultivating Innovation often be used to generate a new plant You may know that AUB has a cam- on culture media, given the required pus in the Beqa’a Valley. You may nutrients and plant hormone.” Center for Civic Engagement also know that experiential learning An otherwise costly procedure, tis- and Community Service (CCECS) is collecting gently is offered there in agriculture, as well sue culture is performed at AREC at used clothes to distribute to as landscape design and ecosys- a minimal cost through the services underprivileged families. tem management at the Agricultural and expertise that the Agricultural MAke dONAtiONs NOW! Research and Education Center Sciences Department offers, com- Bring them to the drop-off (AREC). What you might not know, bined with sponsorship from the box at West Hall or call however, is that on that 100 hectares department and the companies or extension 4430 to arrange of agricultural land, our very own stu- engineers they train. Students, profes- for someone to pick up your dents are now cultivating plant tissue. sors, companies, and individual engi- donation. Chairman of the Agricultural neers learn this procedure alongside For further information call Sciences (AGSC) Department local farmers who also attend. They CCECS at 01-350000, x4430 Professor Mustapha Haidar says that then use the knowledge they gained or email ccecs(at)aub.edu.lb the department is “working towards when they return to their farms in the the introduction of new ways of organic ways they think best. farming and conservation agriculture, Local farmers recently benefitted The objective of the workshop was reaching out not only to farmers in the from another AREC initiative: mush- to train farmers as well as students Beqa’a but to the whole region.” room cultivation. A two-day workshop of agriculture, nutrition, and food sci- Since AGSC established a tissue was held in May 2012 as part of the ences on the production of mushroom culture facility, AREC has worked Farmer to Farmer Project, funded by spawn and the cultivation of three closely with Ibsar and the Department USAID and implemented by ACDI/ different species of edible mushrooms. of Landscape Design and Ecosystem VOCA (Agricultural Cooperative AREC continued to produce oyster Management to promote the use of Development International/Volunteers and shiitake mushrooms throughout native flora for ornamentals and to in Overseas Cooperative Assistance) spring and summer. Mushrooms may optimize protocols for the microprop- who recruited a mushroom production be sold at AUB at a later date. agation of targeted species and their volunteer expert from the United States This mushroom cultivation process subsequent cultivation in greenhouses in response to a request by AGSC. offers easy to cultivate, fast-growing and in the field. To maintain native plants, as well as conserve biodiversity, the new tissue culture lab allows for crop production through breeding techniques using tissues, leaves, or “cuts,” not seeds. According to AREC farm and facilities manager Nicolas Haddad, “Plant tissue culture is a practice used to propagate plants under sterile conditions, often to produce clones of a plant. Plant tissue culture relies on the fact that all plant cells have the ability to generate a whole plant

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 21 crops. All farmers need to get mushrooms growing in bags is a suitable substrate, such as peat moss; the mushroom spawns, and around four weeks (for the oyster) or three months (for the shiitake) in partial darkness and cool temperatures. Harvested mushrooms can be sold for $10 to $20 a kilogram. “Fruiting” (the actual mushroom growth) can take place every two weeks for two to three suc- cessive harvests. Once the production of mushrooms inside the bags has stopped, the substrate can be used as compost. It's a productive and affordable investment for local farmers. According to Chairman Haidar, “AREC is a unique place in the Middle East that has a very powerful and fruitful research and training center in the Beqa’a valley. We are talking about 100 hectares of research and hands-on education that is equipped with all types of facilities (dormitories, labs, tractors, machinery, animals, etc.). AREC is a major strength that distinguishes our faculty from others in the region.”

—S.J.S.

Student News That plan won Bazzoun $20,000 nutrient-induced breast tissue altera- that she can spend on research in tions and cancer development.” Female Fellowship whichever way she thinks best. She Bazzoun, a second-year biology Chosen as one of just 15 women is using it to research cell behavior in PhD candidate, is concentrating on worldwide for the 2012 L’Oréal- relation to breast cancer prevention communication between cells to UNESCO International Fellowship as part of the International Breast understand their journey from normal for Women in Science, AUB PhD Cancer and Nutrition (IBCN) Project to cancerous in the breast. More student Dana Bazzoun is matter of at Purdue University. This is an “inter- specifically she is tracking the role fact about her achievement. “It was national multidisciplinary collaborative played in prevention by a particular a simple application procedure,” she program to identify the impact of protein, Connexin 43, which is found says. “The hardest part was during nutrition on breast cancer develop- at the edges of cell membranes and the Paris ceremony week, attended ment and recurrence and to elucidate helps transport molecules among cells, by VIPs, fellows, and laureates, when the cellular and molecular mecha- attracting accessory proteins that bind we had to present our research plan in nisms, including genomics (genetic themselves to it and are recruited three minutes.” and epigenetic influence), involved in as important transducers. In their

22 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate Faculty News Elena Glasberg, author of Antarctica As Cultural Critique: The Gendered CASAR Expanding, Brings Politics of Scientific Exploration and New Professors Climate Change, relocates Antarctica— In advance of its new master of arts the proverbial end of the earth—as in transnational American studies a beginning point for understanding starting in fall 2013, CASAR is the current convergence of social, hosting three visiting professors who economic, and ecological “meltdown.” are leaders in international relations, Glasberg has taught American litera- gender and sexuality studies, and ture, women's studies, liberal studies, cultural geography. and writing at institutions including Duke By bringing Professors Lisa Hajjar, University and Princeton University. She Jaspir Puar, and Elena Glasberg to is visiting for the year from her current AUB, CASAR’s director, Alex Lubin, position in the Writing Program at New hopes to make the center a base for York University. scholarly research and build on its CASAR will also focus on current successful lecture series and interna- events and contemporary politics in tional bi-annual conference. the Middle East through the work of "CASAR's new professors will help Hajjar, who has an interdisciplinary us achieve our mission to educate the approach that explores the intersec- Arab world about American culture tion of sociology, law and society, and history, as well as to demonstrate and Middle East studies. Hajjar says the range of relationships between she hopes to start a new project the United States and the Middle tentatively titled “Following the Torture East and North Africa," Lubin said. Trail through the Arab Spring,” with “We are especially eager to expand particular focus on Egypt, Libya, AUB's capacity in studies of gender Syria, and Bahrain. This will build on and sexuality in the context of the US/ her previous studies of the so-called MENA relationship." “war on terror.” A large part of the success of “The most enduring theme of my absence the mechanism for pathways research in gender and sexuality will research focuses on the relationship between cells is impaired, triggering rest on the shoulders of Puar, who between law and conflict and debates cell structure malfunction and prevent- has been appointed the Edward Said over what is legal in war. I have a ing vital cell polarization. Bazzoun is Chair in American Studies. Puar, who particular interest in torture,” says hoping to understand what triggers is recognized internationally as a trail- Hajjar. “While I am at AUB, I plan to this chain reaction and what can be blazer in the field, plans to research complete my second single-authored done to prevent it. gender and sexuality issues as they book, which is a study of US torture After four months in Purdue, she relate to Palestinians while at AUB. and the anti-torture legal campaign will be back at AUB for the sum- "Professor Puar will offer a course that was catalyzed to challenge inter- mer before returning for a further four on feminist and queer theory as well rogation and detention policies in the months in the United States, hopefully as on homonationalism and pink- ‘war on terror.’” followed by another year as a L’Oréal- washing, the Israeli practice of touting —A.B. UNESCO Fellow. its gay rights agenda in an effort to divert attention from its colonial —M.A. practices," Lubin said.

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Fuad Jubran (MD ’64) In the last 30 years, the 5,877 miles separating the Cleveland Clinic and AUBMC have only become smaller.

24 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate “When someone like him tells you to come,” remembers Dr. Fuad Jubran (MD ’64), “you don’t question it. You pack your bags.” He laughs remembering the conversation he had more than 40 years ago with his dear friend Hasib Sabbagh (1920– 2010). An AUB alumnus (BEN ’41) and honorary doctorate recipient (2003), Palestinian businessman, and generous philanthropist, Sabbagh was also Dr. Fuad Jubran’s patient at the time that conversation took place. He had come to Jubran, who was a cardiologist at the American University Hospital (the forerunner of today’s AUB Medical Center), complaining of chest pains. When Jubran determined that Sabbagh needed surgery, he asked him, Middle East Medical Assembly, 1950 “where is the best place in the world to go for this?” “The Cleveland of the Fuad Jubran Center for Middle East Medical Clinic” responded Jubran. “Then, let’s go,” said Education. Despite his formidable responsibilities, Sabbagh. And off they went. he always manages to find time to promote the Jubran picks up the story. “After his successful relationship between AUB and the Cleveland Clinic. surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, Hasib said he needed In 1998, he traveled to AUB with Dr. Conrad two things from me. He wanted to know what it Simpfendorfer, the chairman of the Cleveland Clinic would cost to set up a catheterization lab at AUB Foundation’s International Center, to meet with similar to the one at the Cleveland Clinic—and also then AUB President John Waterbury and sign a what he needed to do to foster a relationship between memorandum of understanding for visitor, student, the two institutions.” When Jubran reported back, resident, and physician exchanges. In some sense, the Sabbagh responded— with a check for $250,000 agreement merely formalized a relationship that had to set up a catheterization lab at AUB—the first in already started. Many AUB students (including AUB’s the Middle East—and another one for $1 million to current Medical VP and Raja N. Khuri Dean of the establish a fund at the Cleveland Clinic. Jubran was Faculty of Medicine Mohamed Sayegh) had traveled appointed director of the fund. That was the beginning to the Cleveland Clinic to do internships, residencies, of an almost 30-year relationship that has grown and observations. Dean Sayegh completed his and expanded over the ensuing decades under the internship and residency in internal medicine at the guidance of Dr. Jubran and others and with generous Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1987. financial support from the endowed fund that Hasib More than 60 AUB alumni are now working at the Sabbagh established in 1984. Cleveland Clinic as doctors and scientists, including In 1986, Jubran was recruited from AUBMC by Jihad Kaouk (BS ’89, MD ’93), who helped develop the the Cleveland Clinic, where he currently occupies robotic surgery program and the stereotactic kidney the Fuad Jubran Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular ablation program at the Cleveland Clinic. He credits Medicine, Physician Director of Development for Jubran for the fact that he is at the Cleveland Clinic the Middle East International Affairs, and director today. So, too, does Loutfi Aboussouan (BS ’81, MD

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 25 ’85), who still remembers working as an intern for Dr. Jubran at the Coronary Care Unit at AUB more than The first medical conference, held in April 1911, marked the 27 years ago. “I see him often now as a colleague and official birth of the Medical Alumni Association with Dr. Salim we share several patients.” Jalkh as president, Dr. Ni’ma Nucho as secretary-treasurer, and Dr. Harry Dorman as secretary of medical literature. The Also at the Cleveland Clinic since January 2012 medical conference was held annually except during World is Dr. Fadi Abdul-Karim (BS ’75, MD ’79), who travels Wars I and II. In November 1951, the medical conference back and forth between the two institutions almost as underwent a major change when the Faculty of Medicine, in often as Dr. Jubran does. With a master’s in medical conjunction with the Medical Alumni Association, organized education in addition to his MD degree, it is not the first medical symposium. Alumni from all over the world, surprising that Abdul-Karim has been particularly together with international authorities in various fields of medicine, were invited to attend and participate in the active in that area. He spent 2010-11 at AUB as vice symposium at West Hall. In 1954, the symposium became the chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Middle East Medical Assembly (MEMA). associate dean of medical education and was very involved in efforts to restructure MEMA (Middle East More on-line: Medical Assembly), the annual gathering that has staff.aub.edu.lb/~webaubmd/history.htm its roots as the medical conference, which was first started in 1911. He served as co-director of MEMA in May 2012. suggestion seriously, and are making dramatic improvements. On their latest visit to the Cleveland Clinic, they impressed everyone with their capabilities, "More than 60 AUB achievements, and professionalism.” Although Jubran’s role in fostering the alumni are now working relationship between the two institutions is at the Cleveland Clinic as instrumental, Jubran credits the Cleveland Clinic for its enthusiastic and long-term commitment to doctors and scientists." reach beyond its borders. “Our current CEO, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, believes strongly that medicine is a universal profession. It belongs to no one place or Jubran points out that several people have institution or country. It belongs instead to the world. recently returned to AUB from the Cleveland Clinic The Cleveland Clinic has always been very supportive including Dr. Yusuf Comair (neurosurgery), attracted of my efforts to build this partnership.” Abdul- by the opportunity to join VP Sayegh and his team as Karim agrees. “I’ve only been here [at the Cleveland they move forward with plans to implement AUBMC Clinic] for six months and am totally amazed at the 2020. One of the components of this multi-year commitment to international outreach.” initiative is to position AUBMC at the forefront of AUB is also enthusiastic about its relationship with medical education through the Faculty of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic—and with other academic and the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing, and the recently medical institutions as well. Associate Dean for External created Office of Continuing Medical Education Medical Affairs Fadi Bitar explains that these strategic (CME). Thanks to an historic partnership between the partnerships are critical to the AUBMC 2020 vision. Cleveland Clinic and AUB, the CME office at AUBMC “AUBMC is excited and delighted to have been able to can now certify educational activities in Lebanon and establish a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic—a the region. world renowned institution that shares its values Abdul-Karim, who continues to work closely and vision: a commitment to integrity, innovation, with the CME Office, says that the office is making excellence, and diversity—and accountability to significant strides. “They take every remark, every our communities and to the public.”

26 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate Treating Lebanon

To breathe is to live, but any medical practitioner will tell you that in Lebanon and other developing countries, it is also the most effective way to get sick whether with cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or osteoporosis. Lebanese, divided by Cancer remains both invisible and “taboo” the bulk of tobacco geography or sect, across the region, and breast cancer cases are products in the Arab economic status or more likely to appear in an advanced stage of world are western. The political preference, are diagnosis than their counterparts in, say, the rapid invasion of global more likely than not to United States, where a growing number of AUB goods and practices share a predilection for medical faculty have trained and worked. from the west has smoking or, at the least, also generated a less a blithe lack of concern active lifestyle that is for its presence. quietly devastating vulnerable populations and driving According to statistics gathered in 2010 by AUB medical faculty at AUB to step up their prevention medical faculty, more than a third of Lebanese adults and treatment efforts. They are buoyed by recent are smokers, and they consume a staggering 7.8 billion accomplishments. cigarettes per year. Lebanese women, on average, smoke A ban on smoking in all enclosed public places in more than women in any other country in the region. Lebanon went into effect this fall and it owes its success, And those are just the numbers for adults. in part, to the work of AUB’s Tobacco Control Research More than 75 percent of Lebanese children are Group, featured in the fall 2011 issue of this magazine. exposed to smoking at home─compared to 53 percent It’s a long anticipated win that will safeguard non- in the United States (as of 2007–08), according to the smokers. But forcing smokers to change location is not Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among the same as persuading them to quit. youth aged 13 to 15, more than 60 percent of boys Spreading awareness, physicians agree, is just the and more than 50 percent of girls smoke shisha on a beginning. People need to be prevailed upon to change regular basis. Common attitudes toward the water pipe their minds and their behavior. exemplify the misconceptions that challenge health-care practitioners, not to mention state coffers. On streets plied by motorcyclists bearing nara, Catch Cancer Early the lit charcoal that vaporizes tobacco, it has become “All the data indicates that we have a rise in the almost a mantra that the water in water pipes filters incidence of cancer cases in Lebanon,” says Dr. Fady away the “impurities.” It’s a mantra dismissed as worse Geara, chairman of AUBMC’s Department of Radiation than myth by AUB cardiologist Ziyad Ghazzal (MD ’82) Oncology and director of the Naef K. Basile Cancer among others: “The purpose of the water is to humidify Institute. The most common cancer among Lebanese the smoke . . . making it easier to inhale, and therefore women is breast cancer, Geara says. Among men, it’s more harmful.” prostate cancer with lung cancer a close second. Serious harm generally takes years to manifest itself. Cancer remains both invisible and “taboo” across In the meantime, due to the lack of regulations and the region, and breast cancer cases are more likely to general awareness, Lebanese youth hear far less about appear in an advanced stage of diagnosis than their these consequences than their peers in other nations. counterparts in, say, the United States, where a growing They may not know that four major diseases number of AUB medical faculty have trained and worked. ravaging their grandparents and parents all claim smoking “More than 60 percent of breast cancer cases as a leading─though not the only─contributor. Smoking [among Arabs] are locally advanced or metastatic at poses particular health challenges as it can take the guise presentation,” compared with only 10 percent in the of self-medication for other health problems: Obese United States and Europe, says Dr. Nagi El Saghir, smokers may believe it will help them slim down, whereas professor of clinical medicine and director of the Breast the anxious and depressed may light up to lighten up. Center of Excellence at the Basile Cancer Institute. Smoking enjoys a unique local cachet as even There’s more to it than smoking. Thanks to a Arabic language textbooks portray it as an authentic $250,000 grant from the GlaxoSmithKline Oncology expression of Arab culture. Yet, the companies peddling International Ethnic Research Initiative, El Saghir and

28 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate colleagues are conducting a major study to assess the among Lebanese youth, says Dr. Muhieddine Seoud role of family history in soaring breast cancer cases. (BS ’73, MD ’82), a professor of gynecology oncology. Data-supported conclusions, however, remain the Human papillomavirus (HPV), essentially the exception in the Arab world. sole cause of cervical cancer, can spread even during El Saghir and Geara are fairly typical among medical protected sex, and any campaign to combat it requires faculty in dividing their time between treating patients, mass vaccination of adolescent girls. researching what causes trends in disease incidence, and “There is less than 17 percent uptake of the vaccine organizing or taking part in awareness campaigns. in the United States, which is very bad,” says Dr. Seoud, That’s what it means to treat cancer in comparing it with Australia where 88 percent of the Lebanon─whether your patients are Lebanese or Iraqi, target population has been vaccinated. who form on average 20 to 25 percent of the overall In order to have any chance of success, the vaccine group. Geara says that Iraqis, along with Syrians, are (as currently priced) will have to prove cost-effective increasingly likely to seek help beyond the borders of for Lebanon. The Amsterdam-based journal Vaccine, their own troubled medical systems. which Seoud edits, will publish an analysis of the cost Even as a massive investment in cancer treatment effectiveness of the vaccine in its November issue. and research facilities forms a central part of the 2020 vision transforming medicine at AUB, cancer and its kin, formidable opponents even in much wealthier countries, Your Heart require devilishly inventive opponents. “This is the real For whatever reason, heart disease, as it’s commonly challenge,” Geara says. “To always provide the best care as known, doesn’t terrorize its potential victims as cancer efficiently as possible. You have to be creative and you have does, but it kills more people. “The first misconception is to have a lean and efficient operation.” that women are more vulnerable to breast cancer [than to Even the most sophisticated equipment─and the heart disease],” says Dr. Samir Alam (MD ’72), professor medical center operates, wherever possible, on the and head of cardiology. The numbers tell a different story: cutting edge,─rarely exposes lung cancer before it has “Across the world, one out of every two women above 40 become serious. When dies of heart diseases, it comes to prostate and whereas one in 25 dies breast cancer, however, of breast cancer.” El Saghir and Geara For whatever reason, heart disease, as it’s The same risk emphasize that early commonly known, doesn’t terrorize its potential factors cause or detection can make victims as cancer does, but it kills more people. reinforce heart disease: all the difference. smoking, family history, Women should seek diabetes, hypertension, yearly mammography sedentary lifestyle, screenings starting at age 40. obesity, and elevated cholesterol levels. “And to some “Cancer does not mean death anymore,” El Saghir degree stress and type A personality,” adds Dr. Ghazzal, says. “It’s important to keep repeating that information. professor of cardiology and associate dean for clinical If a woman has breast cancer, if we discover it early, she affairs. can live, [and] she does not have to lose her breast.” Not to mention age itself, Ghazzal says: “As When it comes to cervical cancer, doctors have we grow older, our risk of heart attacks and stroke to contend with something more complicated than increases.” To that end, he points to two exciting new ignorance and fear: a persistent idea of innocence rooted programs that will intensify efforts to prevent and treat in a cultural exceptionalism that has been, to some cardiovascular disease. extent, grounded in fact. The Arab region has the lowest Ghazzal and his colleagues have created a incidence of cervical cancer in the world, but that’s preventive cardiology program that they plan to launch expected to change as a result of evolving sexual habits soon and are planning an educational health fair for the

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 29 fall. While the clinic will offer personalized assessment Lebanon’s numbers are low compared to some other and testing, general guidelines established by the Arab countries, but Salti cautions that they may increase American College of Cardiology and the American Heart if people are not made more aware of associated risk Association remain widely applicable: Don’t smoke; get factors such as high blood pressure, triglycerides, and screened for diabetes and hypertension; follow a healthy cholesterol, not to mention obesity─and what they can do diet low in fat and carbohydrates; and do a half hour of to counter them. exercise several times a week. The overwhelming majority of people don’t realize In addition, AUB intends to partner with Lebanese they have the disease until they experience symptoms, First Lady Wafaa Sleiman and sponsor an initiative at which point complications may already have to offer Lebanese women free heart screenings. The commenced, Salti says. “Everybody above 30 should initiative, which could start as soon as December, have at least an annual checkup for diabetes.” Pregnant combines opportunities for service and research in what women are routinely screened. Alam calls a “tremendous platform” for AUB to fulfill its Under the umbrella of the Lebanese Order of mission in the larger community. Physicians and the Lebanese Society for Diabetes and “AUB will provide Endocrinology, Salti academic counseling… and his colleagues and be able to gather observe the World data to establish a In addition, AUB intends to partner with Health Organization’s database, the first Lebanese First Lady Wafaa Sleiman and (WHO) Diabetes Day on of its kind, which sponsor an initiative to offer Lebanese November 14 each year. will include a lot of women free heart screenings. The initiative “For many years, information on risk could start as soon as December. we have had our own factors, genomic factors, diabetes program lifestyle issues─and this at AUB. It’s a mini- will open the way for program compared with intervention,” he says. what the country needs, but we are actively participating For a variety of reasons, cardiovascular disease in both national and regional campaigns to improve in women is underdiagnosed, which is a particular public awareness of this disease and its management,” concern since earlier intervention can save lives, Alam Salti says. “Of course, ultimately we would like to says. “The first manifestation of [heart] disease, for establish a major diabetes center but that’s something many women, is sudden death.” we hope to implement with the long-term plans of the The same collusion between changes in lifestyle medical center.” and family history that makes Lebanese and their neighbors vulnerable to cancer and cardiovascular disease also increases their risk of developing type two diabetes, says Dr. Ibrahim Salti, a professor of medicine Brittle Truth: Osteoporosis and head of the Division of Endocrinology. Targets Men Too Osteoporosis operates in stealth mode. “It’s a silent disease until fracture occurs,” says Dr. Ghada El-Hajj Diagnosing Diabetes Fuleihan (MD ’83, MPH ’97), professor of medicine Approximately 13 percent of Lebanese adults are living and specialist in endocrinology-metabolic bone with diabetes, meaning that their bodies fail to produce disorders and public health. or effectively use the insulin necessary to absorb glucose In other words, most people don’t realize that their from the bloodstream into their cells, causing excessive bones are becoming more fragile and brittle until they thirst and hunger, frequent urination, and other break. Post-menopausal women above age 65 are most at complications. risk, but some medical conditions and─occasionally─even

30 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate their treatments expose In Lebanon, one out of five women and one disease. Such parameters many other groups, out of eight men over age 65 have vertebral already vary across El-Hajj Fuleihan says. fractures, and the incidence of hip fractures borders, El-Hajj Fuleihan It doesn’t require is closest to that of Southern Europe. explains. In the United much of a mental leap to States, for instance, connect cancer and bone physicians are advised to loss, but the potentially test anyone who shows a debilitating effects of medications for allergies, epilepsy, risk of more than 20 percent, whereas Canadians are more and depression may be less intuitive. likely to treat someone who exhibits a lower risk. More people are seeking testing thanks to growing Thus, El-Hajj Fuleihan alludes to a more general awareness, El-Hajj Fuleihan says. Since she moved principle: Disease is universal, but the treatments need to Lebanon in 1997, she established the Calcium to be much more geographically and culturally specific. Metabolism and Osteoporosis Program, and in 2010 the WHO Collaborating Center for Metabolic Bone Disorders, programs that played an important role in leading osteoporosis research and raising awareness Teaming Up to Treat Obesity about this disabling disease. In Lebanon, one out of and Mental Health five women and one out of eight men over age 65 have Efforts to develop treatments for obesity and mental vertebral fractures, and the incidence of hip fractures is illness mirror one another in an important way. In closest to that of Southern Europe. both cases, two distinct professions emerged from Last fall, she led the first regional investigation universities—doctors and dieticians versus psychiatrists to assess osteoporosis disease burden, covering the and psychologists—and they had to learn to work with Middle East and Africa, an initiative spearheaded by the one another. International Osteoporosis Foundation. The statistics When AUB began graduating dieticians in 1984, may be bleak—hip fractures in Lebanon are expected to doctors were dismissive, says Dean Nahla Houalla, quadruple over the next 30 years—but El-Hajj Fuleihan a professor of nutrition and dean of the Faculty of believes that Lebanon can stay ahead of the curve and Agricultural and Food Sciences. “I remember they used spearhead efforts to contribute to regional well-being. to call them ‘the girls in the kitchen,’” Houalla says. Indeed, for the last decade, she has engaged AUB’s graduating dieticians, however, have “made several relevant stakeholders, officials at the ministry the profession look good,” Houalla says, and physicians of health, ministry of social affairs, WHO, concerned have begun to accept them as partners. AUB itself sits at national scientific societies, to push the osteoporosis the heart of this transformation as new leadership at the agenda forward. These include the establishment medical school has accelerated the transition to a more of a national osteoporosis task force; various patient holistic health-care approach, Houalla says. and physician educational campaigns and programs; By the time Brigitte Khoury, PhD (BA ’88), became national osteoporosis guidelines on “who should be the first clinical psychologist appointed to the Faculty tested” and “who should be treated”; scientific meetings of Medicine in 1997, psychiatry was similarly becoming sponsored by the Lebanese Society for Osteoporosis more welcoming, she says. “We see our work as and Metabolic Bone Disorders, an osteoporosis academy complementary,” she says of her colleagues. “We really course that trains physicians and residents from a range work in a biopsychosocial model where the patient is of related disciplines; and the creation of a Lebanon- treated on all levels: medically, psychologically, socially.” specific fracture risk calculator, FRAX Lebanon, Such an approach is needed because the culprit in launched on-line in September 2009. both cases is not an isolated phenomenon, but rather The composition of FRAX-based Lebanese a sea change in how to live—one that is especially osteoporosis guidelines will further aid physicians challenging for Arabs who must balance their own needs in deciding when to treat patients with or at risk for with that of their families and society at large, says

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 31 Tima El-Jamil, assistant The made-up woman, the plastic-surgery woman PTSD of the Vietnam professor of psychology is idealized here to a very great extent, throughout veteran dominates. in the Faculty of Arts “We do not have all social classes. On the one hand, the family and Sciences. higher rates of PTSD and society perpetuate unhealthy body images; Chair of Psychiatry than countries like the on the other hand, they ignore genuine signs Ziad Nahas says he United States, which of ill health in their children or in the elderly. has advised patients is very interesting,” to try psychotherapy, El-Jamil says. “That’s in addition to or not to say that we have sometimes instead of medication. “Medication will not been traumatized by the experiences [of war]. I just not teach you new skills,” he says. “It will relieve the think we express our trauma a little bit differently.” symptoms and prepare the stage for learning, but it will Khoury is part of a group effort to revise mental not teach you new skills to cope with life’s adversity.” He illness classifications in the ICD-10, an initiative by the adds: “Some patients refuse.” World Health Organization in Geneva to offer a European Houalla sees resistance to change as a major alternative to the American DSM-IV (the fourth edition of obstacle. “We didn’t change our behavior to accompany the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). the change in technology and innovation,” she observes. The new ICD (International Statistical Classification of “I see young people here waiting for the bus on lower Diseases), scheduled for release in 2015, will include data campus to take them to upper campus.” specific to the Arab world, a significant advance. These same young people are also the most likely “I think this will really put Arab mental health on to have adapted a western diet that is directly correlated the map,” Khoury says. with rising rates of obesity. “It’s not a thought, it’s a fact,” Ever since she founded the Lebanese Psychological Houalla says, pointing to research that has identified Association in 2004, she’s been working with colleagues, four dietary patterns in the country: western, traditional including El-Jamil, on a law that would regulate Lebanese, prudent, and fish and alcohol patterns. Of psychological practices in Lebanon, mandating a those patterns, only the western pattern has a “strong licensing exam, among other stipulations, and helping to association with obesity and metabolic abnormalities.” ensure that a pool of qualified psychologists will grow in On the flipside of obesity, El-Jamil says that she step with Lebanese demand. frequently sees patients with eating disorders such “Going to a psychologist is a fairly new concept for as anorexia and bulimia among her (mostly middle Arabs, and Lebanese in particular,” El-Jamil says. class) clientele. “The made-up woman, the plastic- Cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, surgery woman is idealized here to a very great extent, osteoporosis, obesity, and mental illness—they are all throughout all social classes,” she says. On the one old diseases that are successfully exploiting the way hand, the family and society perpetuate unhealthy body modern life has accelerated even as people themselves images; on the other hand, they ignore genuine signs of are slowing down or stopping altogether. ill health in their children or in the elderly. Most worrying is the way the major diseases Houalla and her colleagues have prepared a new set that turn middle age into a killing field are often of general nutrition guidelines that the government will characterized by degrees of silence: the mute terror soon distribute through health centers to inform people of cancer, the gasping anguish of heart disease, the how to maintain a healthy body weight. “We don’t call it deceptive quiet of diabetes and osteoporosis, and the ideal,” she stresses. “We call it a healthy body weight.” tormenting secrecy of obesity and mental illness. Khoury and El-Jamil say that the high degree of Whether in Lebanon or around the world, the generalized anxiety they see could be culturally specific affected population has never been larger and the stakes manifestations of post-traumatic stress disorder that have never been higher. But what is the chance that go largely unrecognized in the current American and any individual will make a different choice─not European diagnostic manuals, in which the “classic” tomorrow, but today? —S.M.

32 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate Building to Heal During more than a century of continuous development, punctuated by a few ambitious large-scale expansions, the buildings and networks of people that form AUB’s medical center have adhered to a remarkably consistent vision.

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1867 SPC establishes a 1873 SPC constructs a medical school of medicine. building currently housing AUB’s Office of Regional External Programs.

1866 The Syrian Protestant College 1871 The Medical School joins with the (SPC) is founded, renamed the American Johanniter Hospital, also known as the University of Beirut (AUB) in 1920. Prussian Hospital for clinical teaching.

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 33 On November 6, 1954, just one month before he passed “Dean and VP Mohamed Sayegh and his away, President Stephen B. L. Penrose, Jr. dedicated a team have worked tirelessly to develop a new hospital wing and seized the opportunity to remind visionary master plan charting the future of listeners to look beyond the building: “A hospital building is of no value whatsoever regardless of its the medical center. It is daring, it is daunting, beauty or its wealth of equipment unless it is manned by and it will require that every one of us devoted people, doctors, nurses and members of every commits to ensuring its ultimate realization. level of the staff.” The new 2020 plan is essential to the health Sixteen years later, in mid-June 1970, Dr. Craig Lichtenwalner, dean of the Faculties of Medical Sciences, of the University and will help ensure that told those gathered for the dedication of the then new future generations in the Arab world will medical center that “people are the heart of the medical have life and have it more abundantly!“ center” and that it was otherwise “best defined by its —Trustee Dr. David Bickers at the meeting of the functions and these are identified as medical teaching, Board of Trustees, June 18, 2010 medical care, and medical research.” In 2009, Dean Mohamed H. Sayegh echoed his predecessors when he articulated a daring vision, the 600-bed institution dedicated to education, treatment, and name of which—AUBMC 2020—aims to express not just research that aims to surpass its counterparts in the region a projected date for the completion for the new medical and distinguish itself on a world scale. complex but a decidedly contemporary desire for clarity All that ambition, however, begins and ends with and transparency in vision. people, Sayegh says. “The bottom line is teamwork.” He’s That inclination for transparency can also be seen already recruited more than 80 new faculty members in the glassy structures that make up the centerpiece from the United States and Europe, many of whom now of the planned complex, as a global proclivity for glass serve on one of the interlocking steering committees, adapts (yet again) to suit a hot climate and an urban task forces, and working groups designed to ensure that fabric that already harmonizes brazenly modern edifices the medical culture evolves in step with the construction. with their gracefully graying relations. “We’re not saying we’re going to build a building Over the coming decade of construction and cultural for you, then go and occupy it,” Sayegh makes plain. In renewal, the current 350-bed hospital will transform into a order to best serve patients—and hospitals increasingly

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1902 AUB establishes its own 1905 SPC establishes teaching hospital (later called the the School of Nursing. 1910 SPC builds the Children’s American University Hospital, AUH) on and Orthopedic Hospital. the Adham property across from the 1909 SPC builds the Eye current Medical Gate. and Ear Hospital. 1908 SPC builds a Maternity and Women’s Hospital.

34 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate Far left: Academic and Clinical Center Left: Academic Lobby

recognize that optimal values and revenues converge on (LEED-certified) green-friendly note; integrating new this point—the buildings will also need to reflect the and old buildings through sensitive design, locally working ethos of the physicians and staff migrating into sourced materials, and strategically-placed pathways; them, beginning with the new medical school café and adapting under-used public space to make the area more administration building, both under construction, and welcoming to patients, families, clinicians, and students; the academic clinical center that broke ground this fall. enabling mingling and collaboration from the courtyard A floor-by-floor renovation of the existing hospital to the exam room so that the complex itself becomes a has been underway for a few years now and is expected to “beehive of connections,” in Saba’s words; maximizing take several more years to complete, says Bassem Barhoumi, access to natural light above ground and parking below director of the Facilities Planning and Design Unit. ground; instituting repetitive design wherever it will aid A project of this scale requires the construction of orientation; and directing pedestrian and traffic flow via intermediary buildings into which people and programs multiple access points. can be decanted to allow for the real creative destruction to Saba has seen the typology of the hospital change begin. “It’s an existing, thriving, operating medical center, significantly in the past few decades to become more so you have to ensure that that all still carries on while welcoming and amenable. That said, she knows the you’re doing the construction,” says Joan Saba, partner architectural equivalent of a euphemism when she sees in the New York Office of NBBJ, a firm selected on the one: “It’s not a spa, it’s not a hotel—I mean, it’s a hospital.” merits of its work (including Stanford University Medical In contrast with, say, a community hospital, an School’s Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge academic medical center poses unique challenges, all and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Lunder Building) and the more so if it’s in an urban setting. Well before AUB Saba’s own deep experience with academic medical centers. trustees started working their way down the list of The flagship buildings remain in their “infancy,” the world’s top 100 architects, they toured a project Saba says; construction on them won’t begin until 2015 that seemed to have some similar elements, the newly at the earliest. She and her collaborators received the constructed Lunder Building at Mass General, and met go-ahead only late last year, which means that all slide Bob Foster, a project adviser with 25 years of experience shows come with a caveat—anything and everything in real estate development. could yet change. Well, perhaps not everything. Foster agreed to act as interim vice president for The overall plan calls for uniting the main and facilities to provide on-site consulting. “All [they] knew medical campuses on one sustained and sustainable is that they had an immediate need for beds and that it

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1920 SPC is renamed AUB. 1926 AUB builds Dale Home to 1929–30 AUB constructs the American 1931 AUB builds Van Dyck Hall, the house the School of Nursing. University Hospital Outpatient Clinic original medical science building. Named 1925 AUB builds the Pathology Building, Chemistry Building, and for Dr. Cornelius Van Dyck, it currently Building Medical Science Laboratories Building houses the Faculty of Health Sciences. to accommodate the expanding program for laboratory instruction.

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 35 would likely have extensive repercussions on some other organically,” Foster says. “Mass General was built back uses,” Foster says. before the [American] Civil War and each incremental As a consultant, Foster tries to break down a piece gets added onto something that came before it.” potentially overwhelming enterprise into basic questions Likewise, the former American University that can be answered: “What is it you have? What is it you Hospital began to take shape with the purchase of think you need? What kind of resources do you need? something like the current plot of land in 1902. By What’s the strategy? How do you build a team to execute the end of the decade, three linked hospital pavilions something this significant? Do you have enough land area?” had materialized and the School of Nursing had been “You don’t get into any kind of detail at that level,” functioning for five years. he adds. “It’s just about: How big is it? How big can you The Rockefeller Foundation funded additions to the build it? What can we afford to do? Does any of this pavilions in 1923 and, in 1931, the construction of Van make sense in regard to where we are?” Dyck Hall, then the medical sciences building now home And the demands of the present are only the to the Faculty of Health Sciences. beginning. “Remember you’re trying to design something The next major renovation ushered in Lebanon’s that doesn’t really come on-line for 10 years,” Foster war years and in 1987, the war came home when a bomb says. “You’re trying to imagine what this is going to be exploded in the lobby of the medical center, killing in the face of changing agendas and changing clinical seven people and wounding 31. practices, knowing that whatever you start with today In the event of a war or another catastrophe, Saba is very likely going to be different at the end of the says, the access points will be easy to control, by design. day”—in part because so many additional people will “We’re required to have a war shelter on the lower levels have a say in the proceedings, including politicians and of the hospital.” government bureaucrats. “There has also been discussion about what Barhoumi and his colleagues are drawing on happens in mass casualty events,” adds Domenico Lio, what they learned about working with the Lebanese a senior associate with NBBJ. “The whole courtyard government during the last decade of overhauling the could… accommodate a greater amount of ambulances University’s master plan. and entries.” Even when the last stone slides into place, the The medical complex serves as a reminder of hospital is going to continue to develop, albeit at how many different trends can proceed at one time in a slower pace. “Medical centers, especially, grow parallel—destructive, constructive, or both.

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1949 AUB builds the 1954 AUB opens a new hospital wing, Building Gulbenkian Infirmary. 56; then AUB President Stephen B. L. Penrose, Jr. rededicates the entire hospital to “the care of the sick and the improvement of the health of men, women, and children throughout the Middle East.”

36 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate “Looking at those programs that are going to need to grow and are going to enable more growth . . . All of this planning work that we“re doing? It“s important to get it right.“

Top left: Lobby “The facilities are so stressed right now because of the Above: Site plan demands on them,” Saba points out. “The workarounds that people have created—it’s phenomenal.” “Looking at those programs that are going to need to grow and are going to enable more growth…” She concludes with understated simplicity: “All of this planning work that we’re doing? It’s important to get it right.” —S.M.

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1970 AUH is renamed 1975 AUB completes the Diana Tamari 2009 AUB constructs 2010 AUB Board of Trustees approves AUBMC the AUB Medical Center; Sabbagh Basic Science Building to and names the Rafic 2020 vision to be the leading academic major new facilities open. house the Faculty of Medicine. Hariri School of Nursing. medical center in Lebanon and the region by delivering excellence in patient-centered care, outstanding education, and innovative research. AUB breaks ground for new facilities.

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 37 38 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingateArtistic Legacy When Samir Saleeby attended the inauguration of the President Dorman expressed his gratitude concerning Khalil Saleeby (1870-1928) exhibition showcasing works the donation, affirming that the University shares Samir from the exceptional art collection that he has generously Saleeby’s vision of making the paintings available to the donated to AUB, he felt his hopes and ambitions for people of Lebanon and to all who have an interest in art the collection had been fulfilled. “When I went to the in the region. That suits Samir Saleeby perfectly. “Lebanon opening on June 8,” he said, “I knew that I had done the needs a museum but the nation did not provide it, so AUB right thing. I had been thinking of a museum of fine arts is the right place for the Saleeby collection.” for the collection since the seventies. Now I am already Pending the opening of the Saleeby museum, a dreaming of the future, when the collection becomes the new two-story gallery has been created on the ground nucleus of an art museum at AUB to be named after my and lower floors of the Mayfair student residence just off father and mother.” His father, Shaheen Saleeby, received campus in Hamra. The current exhibition will be followed his MD from the University, and Samir Saleeby and his by a series of exhibitions that will draw upon other works five children all studied at AUB. Both father and son had in the Saleeby collection. The newly appointed curator, distinguished careers as ophthalmologists. Octavian Esanu will oversee the gallery as well as a new The story of Samir Saleeby’s unique bequest to contemporary art space that is being created on campus. AUB has already stimulated interest from the art world He will also manage the University’s art collection that throughout the region and beyond. It has also prompted features other important works of art belonging to AUB. academics and collectors alike to consider the potential AUB recruited a top international art restorer, Lucia for future donations to AUB. Scalisi who spent months in Beirut restoring the Saleeby A distant relative of Khalil Saleeby, one of Lebanon’s collection prior to exhibition. Seeing the paintings so preeminent early painters (he is considered to be one meticulously renovated, Samir Saleeby declared Scalisi’s of the founders of contemporary art in Lebanon), work to be “fantastic.” A seasoned professional formerly Samir Saleeby dedicated the collection to the memory with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Scalisi of his parents, Rose and Shaheen Saleeby. It comprises was amazed by the collection. “It is such a rare thing to 57 paintings and eight works on paper. Thirty- get this many paintings by one artist in a single collection three paintings are by Khalil Saleeby; the rest are by and as a bequest to an institution,” she says. “Khalil contemporaries including Saliba Douaihy, Cesar Gemayal, Saleeby was a very good artist; he had formal training, and Omar Onsi. Initially started by Shaheen Saleeby was competent with his materials and techniques, and upon the sudden tragic death of his artist-relative, once he was definitely talented. This collection of his works Samir took over the collection it became his passion. resonates at all levels, and it has been a huge privilege to Augmented over decades, it graced the walls of his work with such paintings in near original condition.” family’s home in Beirut for over 80 years. Khalil Saleeby’s life story reads like a novel: Born Samir Saleeby staunchly resisted all pressure in the village of Btalloun, an only son, his parents to divide or sell the collection. Concerned for its were disconcerted by his propensity as a youngster for safety during the Lebanese civil war, he shipped it to scratching out designs on the ground with matchsticks. London for safekeeping. In between he considered the Later he attended the Syrian Protestant College (now possibility of building his own museum but finally AUB) and eventually he traveled to Edinburgh to study rejected the idea as being less safe than a public painting. There he met leading American painter John institution. “I wanted the collection to remain in Singer Sargent, who encouraged Saleeby to study in Lebanon and I wanted people to see it. I have made the Philadelphia. In the United States he met Carrie Aude, correct decision. AUB is well equipped to look after who later became his wife and muse, whom he painted the paintings and the new Rose and Shaheen Saleeby many times. Museum planned by AUB for 2020 is a dream come The couple lived in Edinburgh, London, and Paris, true.” At 87 years of age Samir Saleeby is not sure he where Saleeby became acquainted with other important will attend its inauguration, but the thought of it gives painters including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Pierre him enormous pleasure. Puvis de Chavannes. He exhibited in the impressionist

Artistic Legacy www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 39 gallery Durand-Ruel and at the Salon in Paris. In 1900, he and Carrie returned to Lebanon where Saleeby opened a studio on Bliss Street opposite the Main Gate of AUB and became an accomplished and respected portrait artist. Tragically, he and Carrie were murdered in 1928 over a long-standing dispute over access to water in his village. Saleeby’s glowing portraits dominate the collection. In addition to the lovingly crafted ones of Carrie, they include two arresting self-portraits, imposing renditions of local personalities like Amin Rihani and Dr. Simon Khoury, portraits of villagers and tradesmen, and several of young women, including a compelling portrait of his cousin that stands out from the rest. Four challenging nudes were painted between 1901 and 1922, and were recently loaned by AUB to the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. They clearly defy the local conventions of the time but represent an important chapter in the artist’s oeuvre. Lucia Scalisi found the works to be in remarkable condition given their age and the fact that they had been hanging in a private residence for so long. Most had been varnished with natural resin, which over time interacts with paint to cause surface discoloration. Stripping away the old varnish and replacing it with a new inert one, Scalisi was able to coax the original colors gently back to life. She was especially delighted by Saleeby’s passion for opalescent violets and turquoises impressionistically applied. Two thickly encrusted paintings of the Heliopolis Palace in Cairo provide sharp contrast with the rest of the collection. They were part of a series of four painted by Saleeby that were exhibited in the 1921 Beirut Industrial Fair. They still have their original frames and can be spotted in a photograph taken during the fair. Art historians have already begun to scrutinize the collection to decipher the different influences that were brought to bear on Saleeby’s work over the years and throughout his travels. This is the kind of academic study AUB hopes to encourage among its art students. Rico Frances, associate professor of art history at AUB, has called the donation “an extraordinary gift for Lebanon” and in particular for his students, many of whom have not had the opportunity to really study an oil painting closely. Asked if he missed the collection after spending all these years with it, Samir Saleeby replied philosophically, “After 80 years on the walls they lost

40 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate their brilliance. Now I am pleased that they look so good. I don’t miss them. My dream was to share them with others. I have made prints of a few of them to remind me. I still have some other paintings, and I will keep adding to them. All the rest will go to AUB in my will. I hope other people will donate and have their collections exhibited like mine.”

—M.A.

Page 39 Khalil Saleeby, Self portrait, 1895 Oil on canvas Page 40 Khalil Saleeby, Nude-Carrie, 1922 Oil on canvas Page 41 Top left: Khalil Saleeby, College Hall, 1920 Oil on canvas Top right: Khalil Saleeby, The Artist’s Cousin, 1920 Oil on artist board Bottom: Khalil Saleeby, Heliopolis Palace, Cairo, 1914 Oil on canvas

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 41 Beyond Bliss Street leading conversations Lodestar One family—originally from Khiyam I had the opportunity of joining at the very south of Lebanon—has some of the best Ivy League medical graduated four generations of AUB schools, but in the early 1970s, the medical students. Dr. Karam Karam AUB medical school was even better (BS ’62, MD ’67), the grandchild, son, than all of them at all levels: education, and father of AUB alumni, has served qualification, and services. Four dec- as chairman of the Department of ades ago, at AUB, I conducted the first Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) minimal invasive surgery in the Middle as well as Lebanon’s minister of East. Unparalleled in the region, AUB health, minister of tourism, minis- shared its knowledge and expertise ter of state, and minister of cul- of the newest techniques by sending ture between 1998 and 2006. Today, physicians as trainers throughout the Dr. Karam is a clinical professor of Middle East, myself included. in science. It can keep instilling in its OB-GYN at AUBMC. AUB’s medical school (and cent- students the sense of civic responsibil- er) is the star of AUB. It has taught ity and objectivity. Furthermore, AUB I am asked to write about AUB. To generations of physicians, many can strengthen and build upon its me, Lebanon is AUB, and AUB means of whom have gone on to become relationship with its alumni. Its alumni more to me than my hometown. Over pioneers in medicine throughout the return to give back to AUB with all the the past 55 years at AUB, the institu- world, and has offered its medical values and goals it instilled in them. tion has gone through a lot. During services to many who sought them My message to faculty and staff the civil war I did not spend a single from the Arab region. is to keep holding the torch. It has lit AUB has many dark alleys over the past century been challenged and a half and it always will continue by difficult cir- As you have risen on the to do so. To students, your presence cumstances, shoulders of your mentors at this great institution, though short, but remains is rich with learning and education. and teachers, the future a leading pio- Make the best of it. It was the best neer despite generations will rise on yours. part of my life. the growing Benefit from the beautiful cam- competition. pus and classroom experience. The More can be diversity you meet is unparalleled and hour away from its campus and vicini- done today: AUB can harness more the free discourse is illuminating. Be ties. I taught and worked and slept of its resources to address the region’s humble. As you have risen on the at the hospital at night. People grow pressing needs in education, medical shoulders of your mentors and teach- attached to objects as well as to care, and environmental health. It can ers, the future generations will humans. I grew attached to AUB’s further emphasize diversity in thought rise on yours. trees, stone, campus, and all that the and opinion and productivity in teach- University stands for. ing and in service, both in the arts and —as told to Safa Jafari Safa

42 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate Beyond Bliss Street legends and legacies LiteraryNassif al-Yaziji Light

Although he was only a member of the American Mission. Many of these author, al-Yaziji is also remembered the faculty of the Syrian Protestant books were later “adopted by a far as one of the founders of the Society College for three years, he was one larger circle of teachers and students of Arts and Sciences that he helped of the more prominent individuals and continued, long after his death to establish with Bustani in 1847. to be associated with the College Although the society, which has been in those early days. When he joined described as “the Arab world’s first SPC in 1866 as an Arabic teacher, literary society,”3 dissolved after Nassif al-Yaziji was widely recog- five years, it paved the way for the nized, along with Boutrus Bustani formation in 1857 of the Syrian (see MainGate, “Legends and Scientific Society (al-jamiya al- Legacies,” fall 2010, page 47), ilmiya al-suriya). Unlike the earlier as one of the “two great figures society that was restricted to who dominate the intellectual Christians, the Syrian Scientific life of the period.”1 Society included Druze and A Greek Catholic, al- Muslims and was, according Yaziji was born in Kfarchima to Antonius, “the first outward (Baabda) in 1800 and wrote manifestation of a collective his first poems at the age national consciousness”4 that of 10. He would go on to would come to be known as become one of the important the Nahda or Arab Awakening. court poets—if not the most One of his 12 children, important court poet—of Prince Ibrahim al-Yaziji, also went on Bashir Shihab II, who ruled from to make a name for himself in 1788 until 1840. According to AUB the Arab world. He is especially Arabic Professor Nadeem Naimy, remembered for a poem he recited al-Yaziji is noted especially for his during one of the meetings of the contribution to the translation of the Syrian Scientific Society calling for Bible into Arabic (1848-65), which he Arab unity and also for developing describes as one of the greatest liter- a simplified Arab font that led to the ary achievements of the nineteenth in 1871, to govern the teaching of creation of the Arabic typewriter. century. As a skilled linguist who the science of Arabic.”2 His most Nassif al-Yaziji died in knew only Arabic, it was al-Yaziji who famous work was Majma’ al-Bahrain, February 1871. checked the Arabic text that Bustani which is a collection of 60 short translated from Hebrew, Greek, and narratives that is still, according to 1 George Antonius, The Arab Awakening: the Syriac. Naimy, “considered to be a landmark Story of the Arab National Movement, Simon Publications, 2001, page 45. Al-Yaziji also authored many in the renaissance of the glorious 2 Antonius, page 46. 3 www.aljazeera.com/focus/arabunity/ books including some texts that were Arabic literature of the past.“ 2008/01/2008525173546578323.html intended originally for the schools of In addition to being a prodigious 4 Antonius, page 54.

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The Moore Collection

Dr. Franklin T. Moore, a graduate of Princeton University who came to Lebanon in 1891 at the age of 23 to teach at the Syrian Protestant College (now AUB), left an important historical archive in the form of glass plates, which were taken between 1892 and 1902. Painstakingly restored, the images have been digitized and are now part of the AUB archives. Above: Eye Clinic. Patients sometimes brought food (Zawwadeh) in baskets to pay for their fees. November 1897.

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52 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate FOURTH ANNUAL

AUB alumni achievements took center stage at the WAAAUB fourth annual convention WAAAUB Awards September 21-23, during which WAAAUB distributed awards to distinguished alumni, WAAAUB members, and chapters. “Our mission is to strengthen the ties between AUB and 2012 its alumni,” said Dr. Nabil Kronfol (BS ’65, MD ’69), secretary of the WAAAUB board, in WAAAUB Distinguished Board his welcoming speech. “The objective of our annual event is to have our elected leadership Members Award: meet in person, establish our yearly program, and discuss subjects of concern for both AUB WAAAUB Founding Board and the alumni.” “Our annual convention is a great occasion to review and celebrate what WAAAUB Distinguished Committee we have accomplished and how to continue moving forward,” said WAAAUB President Member Award: Mahmoud Abdul Nabil Dajani (BA ’57, MA ’60). “We want to reach all our alumni, those separated by great Baki (BE ’60, ME ’66), Maha Zabaneh distance but also those who are in Lebanon.” (BA ’84), Talal Farah (BA ’62, MA ’70), Convention keynote speaker Paul Salem, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Genane Maalouf (BBA ’98), Mohammad Beirut, gave an address entitled “Between Arab Spring and Winter: The Promise of Progress, Shatila (BE ’95), Ayman Kichly (BE ’03), the Risk of Regression and the Role of Universities.” “We are living in the best and worst of and Elie Moussali (BS ’69, MS ’72), times, where the mettle of men and the fortitude of women are tested… We are seeing histori- awarded posthumously cal drama unfolding in front of us in a multitude of layers and outcomes, with some succeed- WAAAUB Outstanding Chapter ing more or less peacefully, while others sink into brutality and chaos,” he added. Award: Salem stressed the need to propagate quality education as the key to advancing Abu Dhabi, Jordan, and Ottawa Chapters change and democracy. Sadly, he said, the moneys spent in the past 10 years in Middle East conflicts would have established 1,000 AUBs all over the region. “The future will be WAAAUB Distinguished Alumni won in classrooms and not in war theaters,” he noted. Award: Hagop M. Kantarjian (BS ’75, The convention weekend continued with panel discussions, a visit to the AUB Art MD ’79) and Samih Darwazah (BS ’54) Gallery, a gala dinner at Eau De Vie, Phoenicia Hotel, a family excursion with wine tasting at Chateau St. Thomas, and lunch hosted by Dr. Fadlo Touma (BE ’66, ME ’69) at his farm Read the full list of 2012 in Kab-Elias, in the Beqa’a Valley. awardees on-line.

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1960s Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and of College Hall a few years William A. T. Haddad (BEN the Gulf Corporation Council ago. [ronaldbeylerian(at) ’60) writes: “I have cherished countries. In spite of all the gmail.com] memories upheavals, MACE grew stead- of AUB as ily and is now 44 years old. It Iskandar Karam (BEN ’70) the years has been cited as the 50th is a structural consultant. that pre- most influential company in the He owns Iskandar Karam Aramco Oil Company in pared me MENA and Gulf areas. The Consulting Engineers, which Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for 35 to meet company motto is, ‘Service to designs steel and concrete years. In 2010, he retired as the challenges of life. Soon Humanity.’” structures for residential and chief geologist in charge of oil after graduation, I went back commercial buildings, tow- and gas exploration and field to Syria and worked on two 1970s ers, bridges, and other struc- assessment for many giant major projects before joining Ronald Beylerian (BBA ’70) tures. He is also the chair- onshore and offshore fields another great learning institu- man and general manager in Saudi Arabia. He is pic- tion, Consolidated Contractors of STEN, SARL Contracting tured with his wife Diala and Group (CCC) in Aden. CCC and Trading. Karam is mar- youngest son Rami, who did then transferred me to Libya ried to Dolly E. Wakim. They some pre-med studies at AUB where I worked in the field— live in Ashrafieh, Beirut. and received his MD from the the desert—in the gas and oil [iskandarkrm(at)yahoo.com] Royal College of Surgeons industry. In 1968, I founded writes that he really enjoyed in Ireland. [adnanalsharif(at) Mechanical and Civil his college years at AUB and Adnan Alsharif (BS ’73, MS hotmail.com] Engineering Contractors still has warm feelings for ’75) received his master’s Company (MACE), Ltd, which AUB after all these years. He degree in geology at AUB Tony Haddad (BEN ’75) After allowed me to expand into submitted this photo he took and worked with the Saudi earning his degree in electrical

Ibrahim Salti (BS ’59, MD ’63) SIBLINGS SPOUSES Nuha Nuwayri (BS ’63, MD ’67)

After graduating with distinction, Salti did post-graduate training in internal medicine and specialty training in endocrinology at the University of Toronto before earning his PhD there in medical sciences. He returned to AUB in 1970 and is currently professor of medicine and head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Nuwayri is a former professor at the Department of Human Morphology. She completed her post-graduate training in pediatrics and immunology at the Hospital for Sick Children and Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. They have three children and two grandchildren. Two of their children are faculty members at AUB: Haytham Salti (MD ’96) in ophthalmology and Nisreen Salti (BA ’97) in economics.

How did you meet? Do you think you’ve influenced one another In the sixties, unlike now, there was much more in terms of your work? communication between students on the main It is only natural when a couple are academi- campus and medical students. We actually met cians and in the medical profession that there on campus when Nuha was still a premedical would be a mutual interaction and sharing of student in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In ideas, experiences, and teaching philosophy. fact, we were introduced to each other by fellow students who were in fields other than medicine. Who or what were your main influences as students at AUB? How did you know she was the one? There is no doubt that traditionally, AUB has Intellectual compatibility and common social been privileged to have a number of outstand- values were decisive factors. ing and stimulating teachers who were role models for us as students. They were giants in their fields and their impact on the careers of our generation remains evident until the present.

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engineering, Haddad estab- the Centers for Disease lished Technica International Control and Prevention (CDC) SIBLINGS SPOUSES SAL where he currently serves as an epidemic intelligence as general manager. Technica officer in 1995. In September Rita S. Balian (BA ’61) has a factory in Bickfaya and 2008, Balluz became the Annie Simonian Totah (BBA ’66, MBA ’69) branches in seven countries program throughout the MENA region director According to older sister Rita, and Africa. It manufactures for the their mother’s commitment to conveyors and automation Behavior education for women sowed the equipment. The company, Risk seeds for extraordinary lives of which has earned a global Factor activism for these two remark- vendor status with Proctor Surveillance System at the able sisters. Not only were the & Gamble, recently started CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. sisters educated at AUB, but a robotics division. Haddad [Lballuz(at)cdc.gov] they met their lifelong mates writes, “We welcome tal- there too. Balian was married to ented engineers to develop Antoine G. Tohmeh (BS the late Varkess Balian (BAR their expertise in this field.” ’79, MD ’83) A physician ’57) a Penrose scholar; Totah [technicaintl.com] with Northwest Orthopaedic is married to Sami Totah (BBA Specialists in Spokane, ’66, MBA ’68). Nafiz Washington, Tohmeh is the Widely recognized for their effective leadership, philan- Kabalan founder of the Spine Research thropy, and untiring commitment to political, cultural, health, (BS ’75) Institute of Spokane. He has and gender-related issues, Balian and Totah have made a worked as received the XLIF Pioneer difference on a local, national, and international level. Both a transla- Award, is a member of the women have been particularly active in Armenian causes. tor until North American Spine Society, Balian is the founder, president, and CEO of the Armenian 1979 when he became blind. and is a founding member of American Cultural Association, which sponsors health and He then worked as a switch- the Society of Lateral Access humanitarian assistance projects for the people of Armenia board operator at the Central Surgery. Tohmeh completed and promotes Armenian cultural, educational, and scientific Bank until 2010. Kabalan and his residency and a spine endeavors in the United States. In 1997, she established the his wife live on Saleem Bustani surgery fellowship at the Armenian American Wellness Center (AAWC) in Armenia for the Street in the Watwat district of University of Maryland Hospital early detection of breast and cervical cancer—the two most Beirut. [nafizroy(at)hotmail.com] in Baltimore. deadly cancers among women in Armenia. In addition to health care, Balian is deeply committed to education and has been Issam Ahmad Hamed Mousa 1990s recognized with three honorary doctorates from prominent (BS ’78, MPH ’80) received his Lina Shebaro Germann Armenian universities. MPH in hospital administra- (BS ’90) Totah has a long and tion. In 1996, he shifted to the has been impressive record of insurance industry where he living in fundraising for Armenia now heads Special Projects the United and women’s health at Corporate Life & Medical States for issues in addition to Insurance, a leading Jordanian 22 years. high level political activ- Insurance company. He has She has been married to Tim ism in Washington, DC. been married since 1989. Germann for 15 years and has Both sisters have [issamm56(at)yahoo.com] two graduate degrees (a PhD won numerous awards in chemistry from Boston and have repeatedly 1980s College and an MBA from the been honored by the United Nations, the US and Armenian Lina Balluz (BS ’83, MPH University of New Mexico). governments, and major nonprofit organizations for their ’86) In 1989 Balluz earned She is a chemistry instructor, vision, selfless service, perseverance, philanthropy, and politi- her doctorate from the Tulane a freelance consultant, a com- cal effectiveness. School of Public Health and munity activist, and the moth- More On-line Tropical Medicine. She joined er of two boys, Carl and Will.

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William A. Zoghbi (BS '76) SIBLINGS SPOUSES Huda El-Hibri Zoghbi (BS '76)

William A. Zoghbi (BS ’76) was honored to be a torchbearer for the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Representing the American College of Cardiology, Zoghbi com- mented, "Every four years, Olympic athletes inspire us with their physical abilities and their dedication to health, sport, and country. I was thrilled to carry the Olympic torch in the name of health—body and mind." A leader in the field of echocardiog- raphy and Doppler ultrasound for heart disease, Zoghbi is the William L. Winters Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Imaging at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, the director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Institute at the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Weill Cornell Medical College professor of medicine, and the standing president of the American College of Cardiology. He met his wife, AUB trustee Huda El-Hibri Zoghbi (BS ’76), when they were medical students at AUB. She is a pioneer in the study of Rett Syndrome and related autism spectrum disorders. At Baylor College of Medicine, Huda is professor of pediatrics, molecular and human genetics, neurology, and neuroscience, an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital.

How did you meet? We met as first-year students in the medical school.

How did you know s/he was the one? Huda: I knew William was special when I first saw his smile and then learned how genuine he is.

William: Well it was love at first sight. As we got to know each other better it was clear we were compatible in thinking and philosophy and shared similar values.

Do you think you’ve influenced one another in terms of your work? Absolutely. We approach work and family life as a team. Neither of us would have been successful without the support we passed back and forth. When our children were young, there was always one of us taking care of them when the other was in the midst of preparing a grant or taking a work-related trip. We also took deep interest in each other’s work and exchanged ideas, supported each other during challenging times, and cheered each other’s success.

Who or what were your main influences as students at AUB? The Zoghbis are pictured here with world champion figure skater Michelle Kwan. Huda: I loved my undergraduate education and the depth of the courses, especially “Cultural Studies.” In medical school I was William: I have fond memories of my chemistry professor, Dr. most inspired by Dr. Suhail Jabbour (BA ’52, MD ’56) and my Costas Issidorides; during medical school, I thoroughly enjoyed two neuronatomy professors: Drs. Adel Afifi (BA '51, MD '57) the teachings of Drs. Adel Berbari and George Fawaz (BA and Ronald Bergman. These three individuals have left an indel- '33, MS '35). These inspiring professors enforced my interest in ible mark on me and nurtured my love for neuroscience. physiology and the academic pursuit of medicine.

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Wassim Mazraany (BS Institute of Environmental Wazzeh joined the Radiology the Middle East and Africa ’91, MD ’95) is a surgeon Health, UK, and a holder of an Department at AUBMC where at MasterCard. Previously, at Saints Medical Center in advanced he is a picture archiving and Lahoud worked for Barclays Lowell, Massachusetts. His diploma in commu- where he established the wife, Monica Nelson, PhD, food safe- nications corporate affairs function for teaches clinical nutrition at ty man- systems the emerging markets region Northern Essex Community agement coordina- and for leading communica- College. Along with their chil- from the tor. He tions consultancies such as dren Ameera (9), Aayah (5), Royal Society of Public Health, and his Weber Shandwick and Hill & and Moussa (2), they enjoy UK. Kobrosly is currently the wife Suzanne Harb live in Knowlton. He was also the a fabulous vacation in Houla, president of the Rotary Club Beirut and have three chil- business editor of Al Iktissad Lebanon every June and July. of Saida where she and her dren Louna, Jouanna, and Wal Aamal magazine, a lead- husband Mahmoud Kobrosly Abdallah-Omar. [rw03(at)aub. ing pan Arab business publi- Bana Kalash Kobrosly (BS reside with their two children. edu.lb] cation. He is based in Dubai. ’95) is the country manager [Banakk(at)hotmail.com] of Boecker Public Health, Sami Lahoud (MMB ’96) has (Continued on p. 60) Lebanon. She is a certified Ramez Wazzeh (DIPLM ’95) been appointed vice presi- trainer from the Chartered After earning his diploma, dent of communications for

Ghaleb Hasan Daouk (MD '84) SIBLINGSSIBLINGS SPOUSES Rima Kaddurah-Daouk (BS '78, MS '80, PhD '83)

Daouk is director of Extramural Clinical Services at the Childrens Hospital of Boston and assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He earned his BS magna cum laude at Syracuse University and an MS in management of technology at MIT Sloan School of Management. Formerly a clinical director of pediatric nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Daouk served on the AANA Board of Directors in the 1990s and currently serves on the Board of Visitors of his alma mater, Syracuse University. Kaddurah-Daouk is an associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences and an adjunct associate professor in molecular psychology at Duke University School of Medicine. She is a pioneer in the field of metabolomics and has founded several biotechnology startups, the latest of which is Metabolon, Inc., one of the field's leading biotechnology companies. Kaddurah-Daouk is the founder and immediate past president of the International Society of Metabolomics. She is the former president of the AUB New England Alumni Chapter. The couple has a son and a daughter and live in the Boston area.

How did you meet? we think of as our third child. Work was really our nourishment Rima was a biochemistry graduate student at AUBFM working in and special treat often discussed at the dinner table and among the same department where Ghaleb was conducting research as friends. a medical student. Fate brought us to share scarce resources, and conflicts led to friendship and the rest is history. Who or what were your main influences as students at AUB? How did you know s/he was the one? Our professors, mostly Rima's mentor, the late Professor Initially I knew that she was not the one, but Rima knew other- Usama Al-Khalidi (BA ’51, MS ’54); Ibrahim Salti (BS ’59, MD wise. We each went our separate ways for post-doctoral training ’63), Adel Afifi (BA ’51, MD ’57), Adnan Mroueh (BS ’57, MD in the United States. A brief encounter at JFK [airport in New ’61), Jean Rebeiz (BS ’58, MD ’62); residents, some of whom York] made me realize that Rima really was the one. It was a are Kamal Badr (BS ’76, MD ’80), Nakhle Tarazi (BS '73, MD meeting of the minds and the hearts. '79); our friends whom we shared in common, such as Drs. Talal Chatila (BS ’79, MS ’81, MD ’84), Iman Nuwayhid (BS ’80, Do you think you've influenced one another in terms of MD ’84), Salah Shorbaji (BS ’79, MS ’81, MD ’84), Ghassan your work? Baasiri (BS ’73, MD ’79), and many other friends and teachers Absolutely. That was the basis of our lifelong collaboration lead- at AUB—too numerous to count. ing to the formation of our first biotechnology startup, which

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Mohamed H. Sayegh (BS ’80, MD ’84) SIBLINGS SPOUSES Samia J. Khoury (BS ’80, MD ’84)

Mohamed H. Sayegh (BS criticizing each other's grants and manuscripts. ’80, MD ’84) and his wife I think we have synergy at work. I am sure that I Samia J. Khoury (BS ’80, would not have been able to achieve what I have MD ’84) are back on the cam- achieved professionally without Mo's support. pus where they met more than At AUB, we had several wonderful teach- 25 years ago. In 2009, Sayegh ers and clinicians. The ones who influenced me was appointed vice president the most were Dr. Adel Afifi (BA ’51, MD ’57) for medical affairs and Raja N. and the late Dr. Khalil Abou Faisal. Khuri dean of the Faculty of How did you meet? Mohamed: I can definitely say she has had Medicine. Khoury has recently Samia: We met in pre-med but started interact- a huge influence on my career starting when joined her husband in Beirut to ing after the first year of medical school when we were medical students. This has continued head AUB’s Multiple Sclerosis we worked together with two other students on throughout my career. We, in fact, were collab- Center and the Abu-Haidar a summer research project in public health. We orators on various research projects, published Neuroscience Institute. Both had very intense intellectual discussions at the together, and even had NIH grants together. come from Harvard Medical time and developed a great respect for each She is the smart one in the family for sure. School, where he was profes- other's intellect. sor of medicine and pediatrics Mohamed: We met in 1980 at AUB Medical How does it feel to be back? Do you have and director of the Schuster School when we were first-year students. a sense of renewal both personally and Family Transplantation professionally? Research Center; she was How did you know s/he was the one? Samia: Being back at AUB feels like coming professor of neurology and Samia: We faced a lot of family pressure home… in some ways it feels as if we never left. codirector of the Partner's because of our different religious backgrounds It is wonderful to be able to share in this special Multiple Sclerosis Center. They yet in spite of everything we felt that we time of revival for the medical center, where both held endowed chairs at belonged together. I feel that everything is possible and where I Harvard Medical School. Mohamed: I knew she was the one after I saw can contribute to the positive changes that are her eyes. happening. Mohamed: Absolutely. We were both very Do you think you’ve influenced one another hesitant and skeptical for many reasons related in terms of your work? Who or what were to the institution and the country. But now we your main influences as students at AUB? know we made the right decision. AUBMC Samia: We are both competitive and we play- and the Faculty of Medicine are undergoing a fully egged one another on professionally, but transformational change and we are happy and we also helped each other by exchanging proud to be part of it. ideas, working collaboratively, and reading and

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Ali Abu-Alfa (BS '85, MD '85)* SIBLINGS SPOUSES Amer Abu Alfa (BS '85, MD '89) Ghassan Abou-Alfa (BS '88, MD '92) What prompted all three of you to become wondering what went wrong and how to get medical doctors? Were your parents or better. He completed his fellowship in gastro- other close relatives in the health care intestinal pathology at Yale University where profession? he subsequently served as a faculty member Our mother’s dream was that the three of us before joining Dianon Systems. would follow in her late father’s footsteps. He Ghassan’s interest in genetics and molec- was a successful physician who died rela- ular biology led him to a career in medical tively young and she never got to know him. oncology and hematology with a specialized Ali Abu-Alfa (BS ’85, MD She hoped to uphold his legacy through her interest in gastrointestinal malignancies. He ’85) is a professor of medicine children. Our grandfather’s dedication to medi- was mentored by Dr. Ziad Salem (BS ’69, MD and head of the Division of cine, our parents’ determination, and our own ’73), a great teacher whom Ghassan describes Nephrology and Hypertension scientific curiosity combined to make choosing as a careful listener allowing students to discov- at AUB. Ali also holds an the medical profession a fait accompli for all er things for themselves. After completing his adjunct faculty position at Yale three of us. training at Yale, Ghassan joined MSKCC where University. he focuses his research on gastrointestinal can- How did each of you decide on your cer and primary liver and biliary cancers. With specialization? Who were your AUB a gift from Mamdouha Bobst and the Bobst mentors? Foundation, he helped establish a generously Ali was encouraged by the late Dean Raja endowed fund to support an array of shared Khuri (BS ’55, MD ’59), a renal physiolo- educational activities in oncology between AUB gist and nephrologist who had spent time and MSKCC. at Yale, and his wife Dr. Sumayya Makdisi Khuri (BS ’60), a mathematician, to pursue Do you have any special memories of your his love of mathematics as an undergradu- time together at AUB? Amer Abu Alfa (BS ’85, MD ate major and enter medical school later. This Actually, the three of us never studied together ’89) is the executive medi- was a first for AUB students back in 1979. on campus, but we all have shared memories cal director of Gastrointestinal He decided on nephrology upon meeting Dr. of our life on campus, which was and remains Pathology at Dianon Systems Edmond Shuwayri (BA ’42, MD ’46), a true a peaceful island that provided much reprieve in Shelton, Connecticut. role model, a mentor to many and for whom from outside strife. We were, however, all Ali holds immense admiration and gratitude. together at Yale during our postgraduate train- Dr. Shuwayri recognized Ali’s analytical mind ing. This created a short-lived confusion until it and unequivocal attention to details. Thus, Ali’s was clear that there were actually three Abu- career started at Yale and came back full circle Alfas on campus. Amer may have been called to AUB as division head, and as director for to dialyze a patient, Ghassan to review slides, the Human Research Protection Program; and and Ali to write chemotherapy orders. the Clinical Research Institute at the FM. Today Wherever we are, and whatever we do, he continues Dr. Shuwayri’s mission, striving we always feel grateful for our parents’ dedica-

for humanism and excellence in patient care, tion and love, for our rich heritage, and for our Ghassan Abou-Alfa (BS education, and innovation. alma mater. ’88, MD ’92) is an associ- Amer was influenced by the late Dr. It may have been confusing at times for ate professor of medicine, Amjad Mufarrij (BS ’72, MD ’76) who once professors to figure out who among the Abu-Alfas Section of Gastrointestinal told him that the pathologist is the patient’s they were dealing with, but we all managed to Oncology at Memorial Sloan- advocate. He finds pathology a fascinating carve out our own professional identity thanks to Kettering Cancer Center field that in essence tries to answer why and AUB mentors. (MSKCC) and the Weill how a disease affects a particular patient at the Medical College at Cornell cellular and molecular levels. For Amer, tissue * In the 1980s AUB had a program that allowed students University in New York City. on a glass slide belongs to an anxious patient to simultaneously earn a BS and an MD.

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Silva Dakessian Sailian (BS analyst at AUBMC. In 2005 dinator while pursuing a mas- ’96, MPH ’00) writes, “I am she earned her MPH with a ter’s degree. In August 2012, concentration in health man- she was promoted to the post agement and policy. Yazbek of stewardship coordinator in and her spouse Ali El Hage Advancement. She writes, (MEN ’12) have two children “Through the Work Study Yara (4) and Ahmad (1). They Program I became a student live in Beirut. [ry03(at)aub.edu.lb) assistant in Human Resources.

After graduating, I became a currently an instructor teach- Mohammad Baydoun (MUD full-time employee. AUB is ing nursing theory and practi- ’05) is a project manager at such a wonderful and unique cum in the Nursing Program of Millennium Development experience. It has provided me Mohamed Ali Hodeib the Faculty of Health Sciences International. In 2009 he with a strong foundation for my (BS ’97) at [the] University of Balamand. earned an academic, personal, and pro- Riham Sanjakdar I strive to uphold the image of EMBA fessional growth… I will always (BS ’96, MPH ’98) nursing and plant the seeds of from the be AUB and PROUD TO BE!” Mohamed Ali Hodeib (BS professionalism in my stu- Lebanese [mmd_pa(at)hotmail.com] ’97) is the managing direc- dents. I am married to Johnny American tor of Sukleen/Sukomi in Sailian and I have beautiful University Elias Ghanem (BBA ’10) is a Beirut. He earned an MBA twin girls. AUB gave me high and, in 2012, he earned a doc- mergers and acquisitions ana- from Ecole Supérieure des standards for excellence in torate in business administra- lyst at GulfMerger. Upon gradu- Affaires in 2005 and attended education and service.” tion from Grenoble Ecole de ation, he joined Ernst & Young, the International Executive Management. Baydoun and his where he provided Programme at INSEAD in 2000s wife Ghinwa Bawwab have two auditing ser- 2008. Hodeib believes that Wissam Abbas (BEN ’00) is a children and live in Beirut. vices for FHS provided him with three general manager at Future Pipe [mbaydoun1(at)gmail.com] financial insti- essentials for a good start Industries in Houston, Texas. tutions to any career in health or Mireille Daoud (BA ’07, including one environmental sciences: an Rihaf Yazbek (BS ’02, MPH MA ’10) of Lebanon's excellent educational foun- ’05) is a certified quality review graduated top banks. Ghanem is currently dation, exposure, and com- with a BA a member of the WAAAUB munity involvement. His wife, in public Council and the Lebanon Riham Sanjakdar (BS ’96, adminis- Chapter. He has successfully MPH ’98), agrees. She now tration in completed the Level I examina- heads the President’s Office February 2007 and then joined tion of the CFA® Program and at Hôtel-Dieu de France the Office of University is currently a Level II candidate. Hospital. Hodeib’s four sisters Advancement as a gifts coor- He lives in Beirut. also attended AUB: Zeinab Sami Houdeib (BS ’90, TD ’06), Amal Sami Houdeib Layal Mohtar (BS ’08, MPH ’10) (BBA ’92), Aya Sami Hodeib Tarek Abou Hamdan (BS ’02, MD ’06) (BBA ’98), and Heba Sami Hodeib (BA ’02, MA ’10). Layal Mohtar (BS ’08, MPH ’10) is a quality review analyst at Hodeib and Sanjakdar have AUBMC. In 2010, she earned her MPH in health management and two children: Sami (7) and policy. Mohtar met her husband, Tarek Abou Hamdan (BS ’02, Maher (4). They live in Beirut. MD ’06), at College Hall on October 10, 2007. They live with their [mohamedali(at)hodeib.com] six-month old baby, Imad Abou Hamdan, in Khaldeh, Lebanon.

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RECENTLY that capacity until 2006 when an award that recognizes Armenian values and HONORED he became AUB’s only dean immigrants who have made Lebanese traditions, Nuhad Daghir (BS ’57), emeritus. outstanding contributions to Karajerjian is married to Sato FAFS dean emeritus, has Daghir’s eminence in his the United States. Since the Yerevanian, a renowned artist been inducted into the field made him an inevitable 1960s, Karajerjian has been and a certified interior design- International Poultry Hall of choice for membership in sev- involved in the building and er. The couple has three Fame, which is the highest eral important committees. He restoration of landmark build- grown children. honor that the World Poultry served for many years as the ings and community centers Science Association (WPSA) sole Middle East representa- in Lebanon and Los Angeles, George Kyrala (BS ’67) of Los bestows. The induction cere- tive for the Animal Nutrition California where he cur- mony was held in Salvador, Committee of the International rently resides. Shortly after Brazil during the 24th World Union of Nutrition Sciences his graduation from AUB, Poultry Congress last August. and chairman of its subcom- Karajerjian helped build the Daghir is the first Arab to mittee on Poultry Nutrition. He Shell Building, the first high- receive this distinction. The was also the only Middle East rise to be constructed on the WPSA has branches in 90 representative on the Standing Mediterranean coast in Beirut. countries on five continents Committee on Nutrient For his renovation of the with a total membership of Requirements of the World Catholicosate of Cilicia in 8,000. In 1963, Daghir helped Poultry Science Association. Antelias, Lebanon in the 1960s, establish the Lebanese He helped establish the he was given the honorary title branch of the WPSA and Lebanese Nutrition Society in of “National Architect” by His 1970 and served as its presi- Holiness Catholicos Khoren I. Alamos National Laboratory is dent until 1975 when the civil Rebuilding Los Angeles among a team of researchers war broke out in Lebanon. honored with the 2012 John Daghir has published Dawson Award for Excellence extensively and his scientific in Plasma Physics Research texts are classics in the field. for its work on a far-reaching He has led seminal projects in discovery about laser-matter poultry production and animal interaction. Established by the nutrition from Saudi Arabia to American Physical Society Canada. He was selected by (APS), the Dawson Award

the International Biographical was bestowed officially at the served as its president from Center in Cambridge, England annual meeting of the APS 1963 to 1984. The plaque as one of the 2,000 outstand- Division of Plasma Physics in that Daghir received from the ing people of the 20th cen- Providence, Rhode Island last president of the association, tury and by the American after the 1994 earthquake October. The citation reads Robert Pym, PhD, reads, “In Biographical Institute as and providing extraordinary “For predicting and demon- recognition of dedicated con- an honorary member of its leadership in other large scale strating the technique of laser tributions to Poultry Sciences, research board of advisers. development projects brought scatter on self-generated and the world-wide poultry Daghir’s resume has appeared Karajerjian commendations plasma-optics gratings that industries, above and beyond in Who’s Who in Lebanon, from the mayor of Los enables generation and redi- the call of duty.” Who’s Who in the Arab World, Angeles, the governor of rection of high-energy laser After earning an MS and Who’s Who in the World. California, and the president beams important for indirect and a PhD from Iowa State For more on Dean of the United States, as well drive inertial confinement University in 1959 and 1962 Daghir, see MainGate’s as a US Congressional Medal fusion and high-power laser- respectively, Daghir returned “Reflections” interview, Spring of Honor. Throughout his life matter interactions.” to AUB and became a full 2008 Vol. VI, No. 3. he has served on the boards professor in 1975. In 1996, of cultural, architectural, edu- Leila Fawaz (BA ’67, MA he was appointed dean of Kevork Karajerjian (BAR cational, and social institu- ’68) has been named a chev- the Faculty of Agricultural and ’58) has received the 2012 tions. A devoted family man alier in the French National Food Sciences and served in Ellis Island Medal of Honor, dedicated to preserving Order of the Legion of Honor

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in recognition of her “exem- tions with the American Usability, the Multi- PUBLISHED plary personal commitment Historical Review, IJMES, the Dimensional DSP, and the AND PRODUCED to French-American rela- British Middle East Studies Real-Time Embedded Signal Salah D. Salman (BS ’57, MD tions.” She is the Issam M. Association Review, and Processing Labs. She was ’61) Scrubbed Out: Reviving Fares Professor of Lebanese other publications. the technical program chair the Doctor's Role in Patient and Eastern Mediterranean of the 2009 Institute of Care. He writes, "When I com- Studies and was the founding Zaha Hadid (former student Electrical and Electronics pare modern medicine with the director of the Fares Center 1968-69), the architect of the Engineers (IEEE) International traditional Hippocratic medicine for Eastern Mediterranean Conference on Image practiced not too long ago, I Studies at Tufts University. Processing, an associate edi- feel a consuming anguish that Fawaz served on the gov- tor of the IEEE Transactions drives me to speak for patients erning boards of Harvard on Image Processing, and and the medical profession University as an overseer the lead guest editor for the itself. The patient and the doc- between 1996 and 2012 special issue,"Visual Quality tor have both become side- and was elected president Assessment" of the IEEE lined. The sacred trust of caring of the Board of Overseers for Journal on Selected Topics in for health has fallen into ruin, 2011-12. A Carnegie Scholar Signal Processing. Karam replaced by corporations and (2008-10), she also served serves on the technical com- bureaucracies that are blind to on the Advisory Board of the mittees of IEEE conferences, all but profit. Instead of resisting, Council for the International including International the medical profession and its Issam Fares Institute’s new Exchange of Scholars Conference on Acoustics, leaderships have unfortunately building, was recently award- (CIES) and chaired the CIES Speech and Signal Processing accepted their new fate pas- ed the title Dame Commander Fulbright Review Committee. (ICASSP), International sively. I have written Scrubbed of the Order of the British She spent time in France as Conference on Image Out with the fervent hope of Empire (DBE). a visiting professor at the Processing (ICIP), International motivating the medical profes- Université de Provence and at Symposium on Circuits and sion to re-assume the health Lina J. Karam (BEN ’89) has l’École des Hautes Études en Systems (ISCAS), and care driver's seat and put care received the 2012 Intel Science Politiques et Sociales Asilomar. She is the recipient for patients and respect for the Outstanding Researcher in Paris. She also served of a National Science practice of medicine in their on the steering committee Foundation CAREER Award. rightful place." of the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg, This comes to us from proud France for the Individual and father Zaki Marashli (BEN Society in the Mediterranean ’74): Wael El Maraachli (BS Muslim World program (1994- ’98, MD ’02) received an 99) and was a member of that organization’s planning committee (1993) and publications committee (1996- 99). Currently she serves on the Comité Scientifique de la Award in High Volume Maison Méditerranéenne des Manufacturing. She earned After graduating from Sciences de l’Homme at the MS and PhD degrees in elec- AUB as a Penrose Scholar, Université d’Aix-Marseille in trical engineering from the Salman completed his training France. A former president Georgia Institute of award for outstanding overall in otolaryngology at AUBMC of the Middle East Studies Technology in 1992 and 1995 performance and dedication and Johns Hopkins. In 1968, Association of North America, respectively. Karam is cur- to patient care and the prac- he returned to AUB to start she has served as editor of rently a professor at Arizona tice of medicine during his his chosen career in academ- the International Journal of State University where she fellowship at the University of ic medicine. He climbed the Middle East Studies (IJMES) also serves as the director of California, San Diego. academic ladder to become and in editorial board posi- their Image, Video, and the professor and chair-

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man of AUB’s Department of Omega Alpha Honor Medical suburbs of Constantinople, his Nidal Mawas (BA ’09, MA Otolaryngology. Society. In 2010, he retired and family’s eventual deportation to ’12) is AUB’s web editor. In 1986, the Lebanese returned to live in Beirut. [http:// Aleppo, Syria, and his life in war drove him and his family to scrubbedoutdoctors.com/] Palestine from 1919 until 1940. move to Boston, Massachusetts Ekmekji is dean of arts to continue an academic career. Arda Arsenian Ekmekji (BA and sciences at Haigazian He became a surgeon at the ’71, MA ’74) has annotated University. After earning her prestigious Massachusetts Eye and translated from Armenian master’s in ancient history at and Ear Infirmary, the found- to English the memoirs of her AUB, she received her doc- ing director of its Sinus Center, grandfather, Hagop Arsenian, torate in archaeology from the and a lecturer at the Harvard University of Paris. Ekmekji Medical School. is the daughter of Noubar Salman has published Arsenian (PhC ’35), the wife two textbooks, An Atlas of the of Jacques Ekmekji (BEN His first book, Israel and Nasopharynx and An Atlas of ’71), and mother of Karma the United Nations: 1949- Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy, Ekmekji (BS ’04). 1955 has just been pub- chapters in textbooks, and Towards Golgotha, published by Lambert Academic numerous articles. lished by Haigazian University Publishing. Mawas argues In 1972, he was the Press, is available in bookstores that since its inception as Lebanese minister of public throughout Lebanon, at ama- a state, Israel has been health, and from 1976-79 zon.com, and the Armenian noncompliant with United he served as minister of the who was a pharmacist and Missionary Association, Nations resolutions and interior and minister of hous- survivor of the Armenian geno- [[email protected]] A descrip- demands. The book can be ing and cooperatives. He cide of 1915. Arsenian docu- tion of the book can be found purchased at https://www. is a member of the Alpha mented his early life in the at [amaa(at)amaa.org] morebooks.de.

Partnerships for AUB The Samir Zaabri Endocrinology Laboratory at the AUB Medical Center “I promised Dr. Salti that I would donate a laboratory for diabetes in his honor. Please make sure you transfer the funds this week.” This was my father’s last wish on March 21, 2011, just hours before he went into a deep coma. My father, the late Samir Ahmad Zaabri (BAA ’70), always believed that the success he had achieved in life was due to the skills and experiences he acquired at AUB. He always said that it is only after we grow up that we begin to realize the important role our education plays in our day-to-day life. He valued not only the education he acquired, but also the opportunity to participate in student activities—and even more the lifelong friendships he forged during those years. My father established the Samir Ahmad Zaabri Current and Endowed Scholarship in 1991 because he was always happy to support students at AUB. One of his proudest moments was the inauguration of the Samir Zaabri Science Lecture Hall that we celebrated together in February 2011. During his speech at the ceremony he said, “What we give to our university is not a contribution, but a duty and an expression of gratitude.” The Science Lecture Hall was the duty and expression of gratitude that my father felt to AUB. The Samir Zaabri Endocrinology Laboratory is the greatest gift I could give to my late father and to AUB. Ahmad Zaabri (BA ’00) Abu Dhabi

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Is there an oversupply of physi- cardiothoracic surgeon and cians in Lebanon? According trustee emeritus of AUB, to the latest Kaiser Family “Medical practice is very com- Foundation global health data, petitive in Lebanon. In addi- Lebanon has 35 doctors for tion to our Lebanese medical every 10,000 people; the schools, many people also United States has 24. study in Eastern Europe, so Lebanon also has more there are a large number of hospital beds per capita than people with medical degrees. the United States. It has The oversupply of physicians favorable rates of childhood requires young doctors to be immunization and much lower truly outstanding in order to rates of obesity. Yet it appears succeed. Some of our best that having more doctors graduates look at this situation and hospitals may not lead and decide to leave the coun- to better health outcomes. try to pursue further training. Lebanese infant mortality is Many do not return.” more than twice that in the Dr. Geha’s long and suc- United States, and life expec- cessful career in the United tancy is more on a par with States is a case in point. After Turkey’s than with America’s. receiving an MD in 1959, he Lebanon does not lack remained in Beirut as a surgical high quality medical education. resident at the AUB Medical The small nation has seven Center (AUBMC), becom- accredited medical schools— ing chief resident in surgery the oldest and largest being in 1962. At that time—and the Faculty of Medicine at as they do today—AUB stu- AUB, which has graduated dents received an American- more than 4,200 doctors since style medical education, with its founding in 1867, short- many members of the faculty ly after the founding of the having close ties with leading University itself. American institutions. Yet, according to Dr. In the 1960s, young Dr. Alexander Geha (BS ’55, MD Geha enjoyed international ’59), a Lebanese-American mobility within the medical profession largely because, from 1957 until 1988, the AUB Medical School was a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges. It was also accredited for nearly 20 years by the US-based Joint Commission on Accreditation Medically of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)—a rare privilege for a medical school outside the United States—one that that ended in 1983, when the Lebanese civil war prevented Speakingregular site visits by members of the commission.

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Dr. Geha continued for Harvard Medical School American Alumni Association those pulsating networks of the his education at the famed and Boston Children's Hospital on the Board’s Academic Affairs diaspora are still doing the job: Mayo Clinic in Rochester, in 1976. Today he is the and Health and Hospital com- “We try to help AUB students Minnesota, where he served James L. Gamble Professor of mittees, becoming a full mem- find further training or residen- as a resident and research Pediatrics at Harvard Medical ber of the Board in 2005, and cies in academic medical cent- fellow from 1963 to 1967. He School and chief of the Division emeritus in 2012. Among his ers in the United States.” went on to teach at medical of Immunology at Boston family’s philanthropic contribu- In 2007, AUBMC gained schools in Vermont, Missouri, Children's Hospital. tions are an endowed lecture- accreditation by the Joint and Connecticut, where he The Lebanese diaspora ship fund in Dr. Geha’s name Commission International—an rose to chief of section in car- is also referred to as “Greater and support for the education arm of the US commission. diothoracic surgery at the Yale Lebanon.” According to the of children in the Palestinian Geha is not optimistic that the University School of Medicine. United States Committee for a refugee camps in Beirut. school’s clinical programs will Leaving Yale in 1986, Free Lebanon, there are more Medical education—and regain their former direct pipe- Geha served for more than than 12 million Lebanese and especially surgical proce- line to American hospital resi- a decade as the Ankeney their descendants living out- dures—has changed radically dencies. International compe- Professor and director of the side the country—including since Geha attended medical tition for such accreditation division of cardiothoracic sur- two and a half million in North school more than 50 years ago, is very fierce, and the US gery at Case Western Reserve America and eight and a half yet as a teacher as well as a cli- Joint Commission occupies University School of Medicine in million in Latin America and the nician, he has seen generations itself largely with US-based Cleveland, capping his career Caribbean—all from a nation of students and doctors adapt programs. with eight more years as chief with a current population of a to each advance. “The great- With the country and of cardiothoracic surgery at the little over four million. Greater est change,” he observes, “has AUBMC looking forward again, University of Illinois–Chicago Lebanon is a formidable engine been the decline in highly inva- the medical school and hospi- School of Medicine, where he of influence and economic sive surgeries and the resulting tal complex are being remade is now professor emeritus. support for the home coun- reduction in surgical trauma. under the 2020 vision, which Married in 1967, he and try—largely through remit- Instead of surgeons looking articulates—and has already his wife, Diane, have three tances, variously estimated at down into an open surgical implemented—parts of six daughters—two of them phy- between $500 and $1,500 per field, they are now operating paths toward becoming “the sicians and the third a lawyer. Lebanese citizen each year, looking up at monitors while leading academic medical Dr. and Mrs. Geha now live in plus other forms of financial, specialized instruments do their center in Lebanon and the Rancho Santa Fe, California, political, social, cultural, and work through small incisions. region by delivering excellence where he teaches part-time religious involvement. Even some heart and lung in patient-centered care, out- at the University of California– “Lebanese migrants have surgeries are being conducted standing education, and inno- San Diego Medical Center. maintained pulsating networks using these ‘scopes.’” vative research.” In addition to Dr. Geha reached the pin- with each other and with their Geha says that AUB’s expansion and improvement of nacle of professional success in homeland,” writes scholar Guita medical educators are keep- facilities and technology, one the United States. He became Hourani. “Their memory and ing up with their American of these paths is to reverse the an American citizen and raised vision of the homeland, further counterparts. When Geha “brain drain” of highly talented an American family, yet like mil- stirred by visits or news, and attended, he was taught physicians and teachers. lions in the Lebanese Diaspora, their commitment to restoring largely by American-born pro- Dr. Geha puts it this way: he also retained close ties to his Lebanon to its old glory, has fessors; now, he says, more “The country needs talent and homeland. His parents never driven them to maintain and members of the faculty are these young people have tre- left Lebanon, and both his sis- nurture a continuing relation- native-born Lebanese. Most mendous potential. We need ter Samia and her husband, Dr. ship with the homeland.” of them have received some to harness that to further their Usama Khalidi, taught at AUB Except at the height of training in the United States. educational standard. Superb until the civil war prompted the war, Geha visited Beirut at With the end of the talent needs to be nurtured— them to move to Bahrain. The least twice a year, sometimes US-based Joint Commission and there needs to be a politi- war also caused his brother, lecturing on cardiothoracic sur- Accreditation, the path to cal and economic climate to Raif S. Geha (BS '65, MD gery at the medical school. He advanced training in American come back to, to serve the '69), who joined the AUB fac- deepened his ties to AUB as teaching hospitals became less country in return.” ulty in January 1974, to leave a representative of the North automatic. But, Geha says, —J.L.

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 65 ALUMNI student ’54); and two broth- Peace, secretary general of try industries. In 1962, Munir T. Jabbur (BS ’48, MD ers, Samir Jabbur (BBP the Druze Council for Nasrallah was instrumental ’52) Born in Yabroud, Syria in ’60) and Munther Jabbur Research and Development, in founding the Lebanese 1925, Jabbur passed away (BS ’68). and head of the Department branch of the World Poultry of Scientific Studies and Sciences Association and Sami Makarem (BA ’54, MA Research at the Druze served as its president in ’57) Born in Aitat (Aley) in Heritage Foundation. During l964. He also founded the 1931, Makarem passed his career, he received Syndicate of Chemists in awards and honors from the Lebanon. Returning to city of Houston, Texas; the Beirut after his studies in the Lion’s Club; the Union of Arab United States, Nasrallah Historians; the Lebanese joined Imperial Chemical Ministry of Culture; and the Industries (ICI) where he Antelias Cultural Movement, was the technical source among others. He is survived engineer for Lebanon, Syria, by his wife, Leila Adel and Jordan. Makarem; daughters Sahar Throughout this period, and Rand Sami Makarem he maintained a small poultry Kaedbey (BA ’86); and farm in the Beqa’a, which sons, Nassib (former stu- helped him realize that poul- at his residence in Albany, away on August 21 following dent) and Samir. try was his first love. He New York last May. He a sudden illness. In 1963, he then resigned from ICI and served his orthopedic resi- earned his doctorate at the Philip Nasrallah (BA ’46) with two partners from his dency at the Albany Medical University of Michigan in passed away on June 8. birthplace of Zahleh, started Center and at the Children’s Middle Eastern studies with a After graduating from AUB, a poultry business called Medical Center in Boston. specialization in Islamic Batini United Foods (Unifood) with From 1959 to 1962 he ran studies. A renowned Arabic the produce brand name the Danish Mission Hospital and Islamic scholar, a callig- of Lipoul. During Lebanon’s in Nebek, Syria. He then raphy expert, and a longtime civil war the business was returned to Albany to start a professor at AUB, Makarem destroyed, rebuilt, and private orthopedic practice taught part-time until his destroyed again, along with and retired in 2004. A true death. The son of Sheikh his family home in Ras Beirut. pioneer in his field, Jabbur Nassib Makarem, the most Undaunted by these was the first orthopedic sur- celebrated Arab calligrapher setbacks, Nasrallah joined geon in upstate New York to of his generation, Makarem with his lifelong friend from successfully perform total was a respected scholar of Zahleh, Moussa Freiji (BS joint replacement. In 2002, mysticism. During his years at ’57), and established Wadi he was honored by the AUB, he twice held the posi- Poultry in Egypt. Nasrallah Medical Society of New York tion of chair of the Department managed the new company State for 50 years of devot- of Arabic Literature and Near for ten years assisted by his ed service to the public in Eastern Languages (1975-78 son Ramzi and Tony Freiji the practice of medicine. He and 1993-96) and also he joined the California (BS ’81), Moussa’s younger is survived by his wife Ellen served as director of the Polytechnic Institute to brother. This new venture Mouritsen Jabbur, his University’s Center for Arab study poultry sciences grew to become one of daughters Norma and Rima, and Middle Eastern Studies before entering Stanford Egypt’s biggest enterpris- and Rima’s husband Wadih (1975-78). Makarem was a University, where he special- es, expanding into a wide Macksoud (MD ’80); two member of the Board of ized in chemistry. He had array of agricultural produce sisters, Munira Jabbour and Regents of the Lebanese distinguished careers in and products. In retirement Huda Jabbur Baird (former Foundation for Permanent both the chemical and poul- Nasrallah published vol-

66 MainGate Fall 2012 | www.aub.edu.lb/maingate umes of Zajaliyat (popular tate cancer and myeloma, he by his wife, the late Arpiné began his career at the Arabic poetry) about his life, undertook on-site projects in Yenovkian Hanna from Acre, Bank of England in 1966. his family, and his friends. Yemen and Egypt. Palestine. Widely credited with glo- He is survived by his wife An active member of Hanna was a gradu- balizing central banking Emily Nasrallah, a renowned WAAAUB’s Ottawa Chapter, ate of Miami University through senior posts held novelist and writer, and four Moussalli served as its sec- in Ohio and held graduate at the Bank of England, children: Ramzi; Khalil (BS retary and president in the degrees from the Louisville the International Monetary ’86); Maha (BAR ’83), an early 2000s. He also served Presbyterian Seminary and Fund, and the Bank for architect at FEA; and Mona on AANA’s board of direc- the University of Kentucky. International Settlements, (MD ’95), an endocrinologist tors and as founding editor He was also a student at where he served for ten at AUBMC. of the WAAAUB e-newsletter Berea College under the years as general manager, Al Jame’a. US Navy’s V-12 program. he was known as a mon- Elie Ibrahim Moussalli (BS Moussalli leaves behind Survivors include his three etary diplomat who brought ’69, MS ’72) was born in many close friends in the AUB sons: C. Philip Hanna, Edwin emerging markets to the community who remember A. Hanna, and Rev. Richard attention of the west long him as a true citizen of the B. Hanna; his brother Charlie before the age of financial world and as a gentle soul Hanna; his sister Bette Sikes; globalization. with a talent for explaining four grandchildren, and four Of his service as a any subject no matter how great-grandchildren. A class dedicated AUB trustee, serious, funny, sad, scien- note appeared in the fall 2011 2004-08, Board of Trustees tific, simple, or complicated. issue of MainGate. Chair Philip S. Khoury com- He was known as someone mented, “Andrew was a who pursued his passions, FORMER FACULTY wonderful friend to AUB supported worthy causes, AND FRIENDS and its Board of Trustees and wholeheartedly loved his AUB Trustee Emeritus Sir on which he ably served. He beautiful wife Kathleen Day Andrew Duncan Crockett cared about our institution and talented daughter Rima deeply, especially about the Elizabeth, who survive him. complex issues surrounding He will be missed. finance and audit. He made everyone he encountered Beirut in 1947 and passed Edwin Bell Hanna (MA ’81) feel very comfortable in his away on September 3 in Born in Staunton, Virginia, presence. He was genuine- Ottawa, Canada. Hanna passed away ly distinguished and yet so He taught biology at on July 26 at the age of modest about his accom- International College before 85 in a nursing home in plishments. I will remember moving to North America to Alabama. An advocate for him with great fondness.” do graduate studies at the peace and social justice, Former Board Chair Thomas University of California, San Reverend Hanna served Q. Morris remarked, “As chair Diego, and the University of the Presbyterian Church of the Audit Committee he British Columbia. An ocean- (USA) for nearly 35 years laid the groundwork for fiscal ography and fisheries expert, and worked as a mission- accountability and transpar- he worked for many pres- ary in Lebanon during the was born in 1943 in ency at AUB. His leadership tigious international organi- civil war with the National Glasgow. He passed away was outstanding.” zations including the Food Evangelical Synod of Syria after a long illness at his Crockett was honored Agricultural Organization of and Lebanon. After his home in San Francisco on by Queen Elizabeth as knight the UN, the UN Development return to the United States September 2. bachelor in 2003. He finished Programme, and the World in 1985, he served as a pas- After completing his his career at JPMorgan as an Bank. In the midst of a tor in Kentucky. Throughout studies in economics at adviser to the bank’s chair- decade long battle with pros- his ministry he was joined Cambridge and Yale, he man. He is survived by his

www.aub.edu.lb/maingate | MainGate Fall 2012 67 wife of 46 years, Marjorie, We Remember and their three children, two grandchildren, his mother, Alumni and Friends and two brothers. Suhayl Saleem Bishara Victor Michel Kashkoush BBA ’40 BA ’70 The AUB community is May Said Hamadah Zahi S. Hibri saddened by the pass- BA ’42 BS ’71 ing of Wadad Geryes Muhammad Munthir Jundi Haralambos M. Sabbagh Khoury on July BA ’45, BSCE ’46 Hadjitheodosiou 18. She was the wife of Dr. Fuad G. Ashkar MA ’74 Said T. Khoury (former stu- BA ’49, MD ’53 Walid F. Riyashi dent), who cofounded the Dr. Souheil G. Khammar BEN ’75 Consolidated Contractors BA ’52, MD ’56 Imad Ramez Jundi International Company in Wajeeh S. Kaylani BA ’79 1952 with her brother the BA ’55 Wadad M. Kibbeh late Hasib Sabbagh (BA Farid Ishak Yusuf Habib BS ’84 ’41). Survivors include her BA ’56 Dr. Abdel-Kader Zuheir daughter Salwa Said Khuri Bassam M. Khuri Mehio (BA ’82), her son-in-law and BBA '59 BS ’88, MD ’93 Salwa’s husband, Samir Roger Boutros Hashim Mireille Georges Sakr Nayif Khuri (BEN ’73), and BBA ’60 BS ’89 her niece, AUB Trustee Sana Carolyn J. Emery Jad Mohammad Said Al Hasib Sabbagh. BA ’61 Balaa BS ’02 Dr. Muhiba M. Fanus The US Presidential Medal BS ’61, MD ’65 Kamel Ahmad Kaddoura MPH ’05 of Freedom was posthu- Mulazim H. A. S. Hamdani mously awarded last May MA ’62 Ali Nayef Rammal BS ’05 to Gordon Hirabayashi Aida S Matni who boldly defied Executive BA ’62 Helen Fawzi Atieh BA ’06 Order 9066 which sent tens Dena Abigail Wood Mouhamad Jamil Bazzi of thousands of Americans of MA ’62 AUB Friend Japanese ancestry to intern- Khalid Abdul-Wahab Ali Khalil Choucair ment camps. Hirabayashi, Omari AUB Friend who taught sociology at AUB BS ’63 Gilbert Gebeily from 1951 to 1954, earned Sami Tarek Yafi BBA ’64 AUB Friend his PhD at the University of Ninette Rizk Washington and had a long Majed S. Musallam BEN ’66 AUB Friend career as a noted professor Abdel Fattah Yafi of sociology at the University Atif N. Nakhkhul BEN ’66 AUB Friend of Alberta, Canada. His obit- uary appeared in the George Hanna Jum'ah BBA ’68 spring 2012 issue of MainGate. Mohammad Aftabuddin CERT ’69 Talaat S. Dada BA ’70, MS '73

This lucky Phoenician would have lost six of his teeth without the help of a clever dentist who used a gold wire to deftly tie his teeth together. The mandible was discovered in a marble sarcophagus in Sidon in 1901 by George Ford, PhD. See this antique example of retentive dentistry at the AUB Archaeological Museum. Dr. Joseph J. MacDonald, AUB professor of surgery, with a grateful patient who traveled many miles to bring the doctor a gift of two sheep. Spring 1948.

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