So Proud of My Former Professor William Campbell!
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Dr. Campbell was instrumental in my senior I remember Congratulations Nonprofit Org. honors thesis, patiently and enthusiastically Dr Campbell.Round I am of U.S. Postage FALL 2015 | INCLUDING THE 2014–2015Dr. HONOR Campbell ROLL OF DONORS Applause PAID teaching me the fundamentals of basic Permit 571 “ “a proud DrewThe Class of 1980 Drew University Burl. VT 05401 “ has given $500,000, science. I [also] had the unique opportunity of 36 Madison Ave. showing us University graduatethe largest Drew Madison, NJ 07940 publishing my undergraduate work with him. class gift ever, to and it was helpa joy renovate to the drew.edu This was my first paper ever accepted, shortly af- UC. Flip to page 9 poetry while have takenfor more your about their ter learning that he had been inducted into The commitment. parasitology course National Academy of Sciences. I honestly never he wrote thought I would share authorship with a Nobel as part of the RISE DMAGAZINEREWabout flukes program. Congratu- Laureate!”– and parasite lations again!” CHRISTOPHER BLEWETT C’96 Such a brilliant and PARTNER AT SOUTHWEST humble man. Think of paintings.” PULMONARY ASSOCIATES ELENA TARTAGLIA C’05 My favorite part “him every time I write BIOLOGY PROFESSOR of Dr. Campbell’s “seminar was the ivermectin.” So proud of my DAVID CENNIMO C’97 in-class case studies. PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES former professor Our job, as students, He was humble was to brainstorm “William Campbell! methods for con- and incredibly “ Another reason to trolling the outbreak. eloquent as Invariably, one of he explained be a proud Drew our answers would the challenges TIM HOWES C’’08 be greeted with, ‘Good alumni.” BIOLOGY PROFESSOR answer! We tried in providing Congratulations Dr. that, it didn’t work ... With deeply engaged faculty medicine in an Campbell. I was so for- What I tunate to have done ’” mentors, with a culture of experiential “ TOM PENDERGAST C’00 underdeveloped research with you and to POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, “ remember UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA learning and the world at our door, environment.” “ have taken your parasi- most is his tology course. Drew University prepares students for the SHARON DAWSO C’94 FAMILY PRACTICE LALITA NEKKANTI C’11, GRADUATE OF real world in the real world. kindness, TUFTS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE I will always his manner remember his poems! —PRESIDENT MARYANN BAENNINGER I feel very INAUGURAL ADDRESS, OCTOBER 2, 2015 ” lucky to and his I saved a few of them Turn to pages 4 and 6 for awesome and always stop more on the Inauguration have learned of President Baenninger. > “ from him.” dry sense of to read them when I JESSICA GLICKMAN C’10 humor.” PROGRAM ANALYST, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF STEPHEN VON STATION C’96 come across them.” MEDICINE’S CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION POSTDOCTORAL STUDENT, HARVARD ANGELLA DORSEY-ORESTO C’04, VETERINARIAN I know my choice of career was directly influenced by what we learned from him— from the power of science to Dr. Emmanuel Gabriel C’02 (left), working in the lab with Dr. William Campbell in 2001, says he “strived to emulate” address unmet medical needs his RISE mentor in his own to remembering to stop and career in medicine. see the art and poetry in Nobel Prize for Medicine to “ Drew Fellow William Campbell science. We hope Dr. Campbell Longtime RISE mentor honored for discovery of life-saving drug. “ “YOU MUST BE KIDDING.” will be able to hear us cheering That was the reaction of Dr. William Campbell, Drew fellow, when he heard on October 5 that he would receive the 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work developing a drug that has nearly eradicated river blindness. A fellow in Drew’s Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE) program all the way to Stockholm! since 1990, Dr. Campbell mentored scores of undergraduate science students, many of whom are doctors, scientists and researchers today. During his time at Drew, he also taught in the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, where the Campbell Colloquium in —Heidi Smith C’95, Professor, Science and Society presents timely topics like a forthcoming symposium on health care. University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Campbell, born in Ireland in 1930, worked for decades at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Director of Clinical Affairs, MassBiologics Research. Although he stopped teaching at Drew five years ago, he still visits the campus regularly to lecture honors science students. From Hilltop House, across The Forest and far beyond campus, high praise fell upon Campbell following the announcement from the Nobel Committee. President MaryAnn Baenninger called him “a lifesaver who exemplifies the very best of Drew University.” Heidi Smith C’95, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and director of clinical affairs at MassBiologics, said she and her former Drew classmates exchanged feverish messages about Campbell after learning of his Nobel Prize: “What we all keep talking about is how much we still remember Dr. Campbell’s teaching and how grateful we all are that he decided to embark on a second career and to share his love of science with us.” Stephen Von Station C’96, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, who took two memorable classes with Campbell, said, “I am happy that so humble a man, who has done so much for so many, is being recognized for those efforts.” Bill Denison 2 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Fall 2015 1 Letters Fall 2015 I Contents TO THE EDITOR SUMMER 2015 DRMAGAZINEEW 18 This year, more than 5,000 alumni and friends made gifts from $5 to $1.6 million. DREW AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Each one counted in a record-breaking year. The Summer 2015 issue: Two years ago, Drew launched an ambitious fundraising initiative known as Drew and Entrepreneurship. One And All: The Campaign for Drew, setting a goal of $80 million. We are tickled to report that, with your help, the campaign has been a smashing success so far. In the 2014–15 fiscal year, more than 5,000 alumni and friends bestowed gifts From Thailand to Today ranging from $5 to $1.6 million. For the second consecutive year, we set a record I was happily surprised to see your for gifts to the annual fund—more than $1.33 million. Our alumni participation 5 rate continues to position Drew as a top performer among its peer schools. And, article on the activities of Emily thanks to the more than $12.6 million in overall contributions to Drew last year, the (Knox) Blitz C’96 in the outstanding One And All campaign has already reached the $74 million* mark—just $6 million 6 short of its goal. issue on entrepreneurship. I became With promise, There is, of course, much work still to be done before the campaign closes on June acquainted with Emily while travel- expectation and 30, 2016. Your continued support will ensure that Drew not only keeps pace with tradition, Drew its peer schools but also stands out in this most illustrious crowd. ing as a supernumerary on Leedom inaugurated its In the pages that follow, we present our Honor Roll79 of Donors, a celebration of the Lefferts’ international seminar to 13th president. people whose generosity will surely makeA later-in-life One And All a signature achievement Thailand in 1994. In a photograph for Drew University. Because academicof you, it already is. pursuitThank you. of the group taken in a remote rural *as of September 30, 201 yields a second temple, I see Emily as she was then. career and a lasting legacy. How wonderful it is to realize that someone I met briefly when I was on the Drew faculty has done so much since then. Bravo, Emily. Charles Wetzel, Professor Emeritus CHESTER, NEW JERSEY Entrepreneurial Postscript Thank you for including me in the timeline of Drew entrepreneurs. I’m flattered. More importantly, you missed a 1 chance to include David Audretsch Dr. William Campbell’s Nobel C’76. David is by any metric among win brings recognition the top two or three global academic to Drew’s enduring experts in the field of entrepreneur- strengths. ship and innovation. His citations alone place him among the top 50 of all economists, all time. From his 14 institute at Indiana University, his Cheers to our Hall of Famers and a perspective is regularly sought globally. look ahead to a David and I often credit our alma new challenge. Everything Else mater and, specifically, our professor Jerome Cranmer C’47 for the inspira- 4 Mead 207 tion to study and execute a lifetime of entrepreneurship. 16 Around the Drewniverse 18 Honor Roll of Donors Jack Harding C’77 DORSET, VERMONT 80 BackTalk Editor’s Note: Thank you, Mr. Harding. We will follow up with Dr. Audretsch! 2 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Fall 2015 3 Mead 207 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION DREW MAGAZINE MUST“ CONNECT THOSE THINGS THAT Volume 42, No. 3, Fall 2015 PRESIDENT MaryAnn Baenninger, PhD APPEAR SEPARATED, AND“ CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IT MUST MAKE THE PREDICTABLE Kira Poplowski, PhD VICE PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT UNPREDICTABLE. Kenneth Alexo, Jr., PhD ART DIRECTOR Margaret M. Kiernan MANAGING EDITOR Kristen Daily Williams C’98 GRAPHIC DESIGNERS During her October 2 installation ceremony, President MaryAnn The words of our own students teaching in a school with very few Peter Heineck, Melanie Shandroff illustrate how their experiences were resources and very low expectations PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT Baenninger delivered an inaugural address that recalled her path freeing, disruptive, dynamic and for student outcomes. Toward the Lynne DeLade C’12 generative. end of my student teaching experi- to The Forest, explained the role of the university president today and Chris Hardy T’16 will graduate ence, I had a conversation with my EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS shared the elements of Drew’s continued success.