Alumni Gazette

In the News

Paz Leads Penn State’s Medical Center

The former dean of the Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine has been named senior vice president of health affairs, dean of the college of medicine, and CEO of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Penn State. Harold Paz ’77, ’82M (MD), who has held faculty and administrative posts at Robert Wood Johnson for the past 10 years, took over at Penn State in April. He’s the second Rochester alumnus to serve as medical center CEO at Penn State. Outgoing Rochester Medical Center CEO C. McCollister Evarts ’57M (MD), ’64M (Res) led the program from 1987 until 2000.

King for More Than a Day

Former students from across the country gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday last fall of Ronold W. P. King ’27, ’29 (Mas), professor emeritus in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard. King died a few months later in April. Best known for his work in electromagnetics, King earned several honors from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his commitment to graduate education. After joining the Harvard faculty in 1938, King advised more than 100 doctoral candidates, which is believed by many in academic circles to be a record.

Grammy for Cahn

Percussionist Bill Cahn ’68E, a longtime performer with the Paul Winter Consort, was a featured musician on the ensemble’s 2005 release Summer Solstice, which won a Grammy Award last February. The album earned the Recording Academy’s award for Best New Age Album.

Group Names ‘Book of the Year’

Work by Steven Lazarus ’74S (PhD) and Margret Amatayakul has been named a “Book of the Year” by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Electronic Health Records: Transforming Your Medical Practice (MGMA, 2005) was one of two books chosen for the honor by the 17,000–member organization dedicated to improving the use of information technology and management systems in health care.