Important note: Please share this digital-only edition of Almanac with your colleagues. Read more. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday July 28, 2020 Volume 67 Number 3 www.upenn.edu/almanac Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt, Geoffrey Garrett, Julia Lynch: Jennifer Pinto-Martin: Lauder Institute Appointments University Ombuds The Lauder Insti- Jennifer A. Pin- tute at the Universi- to-Martin, Viola ty of Pennsylvania re- MacInnes/Indepen- cently announced three dence Professor of new appointments that Nursing and Execu- will strengthen Laud- tive Director of the er’s ability to fulfill its Center for Public mission of develop- Health Initiatives in ing outstanding busi- the School of Nurs- ness leaders who look ing and Professor of globally, engage local- Epidemiology in the ly, and act responsibly Perelman School to have a powerful im- of Medicine, has pact in the world. agreed to serve as Melissa C. Thomas- Melissa C. Geoffrey Garrett Julia Lynch University Ombuds, Jennifer Pinto-Martin Hunt and Geoffrey Thomas-Hunt beginning on July 1, Garrett have been named Senior Global Fel- For 25 years, Dr. Thomas-Hunt has taught 2020 for a two-year term, President Amy Gut- lows. As head of global diversity and belong- MBAs and executives leadership, team dynam- mann announced. Dr. Pinto-Martin succeeds ing at Airbnb, Dr. Thomas-Hunt leads the strat- ics, and negotiations, and she has conducted re- Lynn Hollen Lees. “We are grateful to Lynn egy and execution of global internal diversity, search on the factors that unleash, leverage, and who served Penn exceedingly well as Ombuds inclusion, equity, and belonging programs. An amplify the contributions made by individuals, following her distinguished service as Vice Pro- expert on building inclusive, global teams, Dr. particularly women, underrepresented individu- vost for Faculty,” said President Gutmann. Thomas-Hunt joined Airbnb from Vanderbilt als, and numerical minorities. Her publications “Jennifer, who served as chair of the Faculty University, where she served as Vice Provost have appeared in Research in Organizational Senate from 2018 to 2019, currently serves as the for Inclusive Excellence. In that role, she was Behavior, Organization Science, Organization- Chair of its ad hoc Committee Planning for Post- responsible for helping advance equity, diver- al Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Pandemic Penn. Recently named one of two in- sity, and inclusion in Vanderbilt’s academic re- the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal augural Penn Nurse Innovation Fellows, Jennifer search and community of students, faculty, and of Experimental Social Psychology, Manage- has a record of University-wide service and expe- staff. Prior to her work at Vanderbilt, she served ment Science, Personality and Social Psychol- rience, a breadth and depth of knowledge about as global chief diversity officer at the Univer- ogy Bulletin and Research on Managing Groups Penn and higher education more broadly, and ex- sity of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and Teams. Dr. Thomas-Hunt received her mas- cellent judgement that will be invaluable during where she was focused on ensuring that the stu- ter’s and doctoral degrees from Northwest- her term as University Ombuds. I am delighted dent community was seen, heard, valued, and ern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of that she has agreed to serve in this important role.” supported. (continued on page 3) An expert on autism and developmental dis- abilities, Dr. Pinto-Martin served as the Director, Lance Freeman and Jamaal Green: Provostial Appointments in the of Penn’s Master of Public Health Program for Department of City and Regional Planning 12 years. From 2001-2018 she also served as the The Weitzman School recently announced Director of the Pennsylvania Center for Autism two new faculty appointments for Academic Year and Developmental Disabilities Research and 2020-2021 in the department of city and region- Epidemiology, which is one of six CDC-funded al planning: Lance Freeman, a professor at Co- regional centers that together are conducting the lumbia University, as the Provost’s Distinguished Study to Explore Early Development (SEED). Visiting Faculty Fellow, and planner and geog- She holds appointments as a Senior Scholar at rapher Jamaal Green as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Econom- Each year, Penn appoints a senior scholar ics (LDI), and the Center for Clinical Epidemi- of national or international prominence as the ology and Biostatistics (CCEB). Provost’s Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fel- Dr. Pinto-Martin is a member of the Scien- low based on a record of promoting civic en- tific Review Committee, National Institutes of gagement, scholarly innovation and inclusive Neurological Disorders and Stroke, American communities. Dr. Freeman’s is the first such ap- Public Health Association, Society for Epidemi- pointment at Weitzman. ological Research and the International Society “We are at a watershed moment in American Lance Freeman Jamaal Green for Autism Research. history for how we think about cities—who they Dr. Pinto-Martin earned a bachelor’s degree serve well, who they do not, and how we can to better understand the ways in which housing from Stanford University, and a master’s degree do better,” said Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett. policy supports or hinders our progress,” said in public health and a PhD in epidemiology, “Lance Freeman and Jamaal Green will provide Lisa Servon, the Kevin and Erica Penn Presi- both from the University of California. invaluable insights into this urgent work.” dential Professor and chair of city and regional “I very much look forward to Lance and Ja- planning. She also leads the Penn Planning Eq- INSIDE maal’s contributions to our School and the Uni- uity Initiative (PPEI), a wide-ranging effort at 2 Deaths; Speaking Out 4 Honors & Other Things versity,” said Fritz Steiner, dean and Paley Pro- Weitzman which aims to redefine planning re- 6 Marian Anderson Collection, Newly Digitized by the fessor at the Weitzman School. “I’m confident search and practice, promote action research and Penn Libraries: Now Accessible Online they’ll forge important connections here.” its application, and stimulate public dialogue. 7 The Role of Federal Dollars to Address Dr. Freeman is a professor in the urban plan- Unprecedented State and Local Needs; “At a time when social justice has moved to Update; CrimeStats the center of our national conversation, we need (continued on page 3) 8 Options for Penn Commuters www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 Deaths David Cottrell, II, PSOM Dr. Cottrell left Penn in 1985 to start a private Charles Heaton, PSOM Dr. David C. Cottrell II, former clinical as- practice in Bryn Mawr, which he later moved to Charles L. Heaton, former associate profes- sistant professor in PSOM, died June 5 at his Selinsgrove. He performed surgery at both the sor of dermatology at the University of Penn- home in Winfield. He Sunbury Community Hospital and Evangelical sylvania Perelman School of Medicine, died in was 86. Community Hospital in Lewisburg until his re- Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 29. He was 85. He earned a BA tirement in 2000. After acquiring a BS from Texas A&M Uni- from the University Dr. Cottrell was a fellow of the American versity in 1957, Dr. Heaton earned a doctor of of Tennessee in 1955 Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Amer- medicine degree from Baylor University Col- and his medical de- ican College of Surgeons, and the College of lege of Medicine in 1961. He completed an in- gree from the Univer- Physicians of Philadelphia. ternship at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston sity of Pennsylvania His professional memberships included the and his residency at Baylor University Col- School of Medicine. American Medical Association, the Pennsylva- lege of Medicine in dermatology. From 1965 to He then served in the nia Orthopedic Society, the Eastern Orthopedic 1967, Dr. Heaton was in the US Public Health United States Army. Association, and the Pennsylvania Medical As- Service, where he attained the rank of a lieuten- He was stationed at sociation. ant commander. Okinawa, Japan, and He is survived by his wife, Sandra L. Beaver; He joined the faculty at Penn in 1966 as an was honorably dis- son, David “Chad” Cottrell, III; daughter, Cath- associate in dermatology. He moved up to as- charged in 1962 with David Cottrell, II erine Cottrell (Jack Reilly); granddaughter, El- sistant professor and then associate professor in the rank of captain. eanor June Reilly; and two nephews and a niece. the same department. Dr. Heaton was also a se- Dr. Cottrell did his internship at HUP and nior attending physician and the chief of derma- joined the faculty at Penn as an assistant instruc- To Report A Death tology at Philadelphia General Hospital in the tor and research fellow in orthopedic surgery in Almanac appreciates being informed mid-1970s. He received an honorary MA de- 1962. The next year he became an assistant in- of the deaths of current and former facul- gree from Penn in 1973. He left Penn in 1978 structor and resident in the same department. He ty and staff members, students and other to join the faculty at the University of Cincin- went on to become an associate instructor and members of the University community. nati, where he became an emeritus professor of then an associate clinical educator. He became a Call (215) 898-5274 or email almanac@ dermatology. clinical assistant professor in 1980. upenn.edu Dr. Heaton was a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology; an elected fellow of the American College of Physicians; an honorary life member of the American Academy of Der- Speaking Out matology; and a member of: The College of Phy- sicians of Philadelphia, the American Medical Recognizing Juneteenth diation of toxic asbestos, to the educational I was so grateful to Dr.