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The American Library Association has named Kenneth Crews, School of Law-Indianapolis, the first recipient of a national award recognizing significant contributions in support of the balanced application of rights under copyright laws. He will receive the L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award: In Support of Users’ Rights during the 2005 ALA annual conference in Chicago on June 26. The ALA’s Office of Information Technology Policy will present the award, a crystal trophy, during a special program. The award is named in memory of a University of Georgia law professor who advocated for fair use, public domain and users’ rights in keeping with the constitutional purpose of U.S. copyright law.

• Dr. Robert Goulet Jr. recently was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by outgoing Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan. The associate professor of surgery and medical director of the IU Breast Care and Research Center was honored for his commitment to patients, medical students and the Hoosier state. Goulet and associate Dr. Kathy Miller of the IU Breast Care and Research Center are among finalists for the annual Indianapolis Health Care Heroes Awards, to be presented March 11. Goulet and Miller are finalists in the “Advancements in Health Care” category. Dr. Javier Sevilla, family medicine, and Dr. Anna Maria Storniolo, IU Cancer Center, are finalists in the “Physician” category, and Jamie Lee, asthma coordinator for the IU Medical Group, is a finalist in the “non-physician” category.

• Dr. Stephen Jay, chair of the Department of Public Health, is the recipient of the 2004 William M. Duff Award for exemplary and long-term service to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The award was presented at the annual meeting in November.

• Dr. Alan Schmetzer, psychiatry, has been selected one of the recipients of the inaugural Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, from the American Psychiatric Association. The award recognizes outstanding and sustaining contributions Schmetzer has made as a faculty member at the School of Medicine. The certificate will be awarded at the annual APA meeting in May.

• Dr. Robin Beck, medical director of House Calls for Seniors at Wishard and assistant professor of clinical medicine, has being awarded the Achievement in Medicine Award for 2005 by the St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild. The award honors a member of the Indianapolis-area medical community who upholds the tradition of excellence in health care for women.

• Dr. Charles Clark has been appointed a Fulbright Senior Scholar for the month of June. He will consult with the medical faculty of the National University of La Plata in Argentina (UNLP) on their Masters Program in Diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors, on an educational research project to assist primary care physicians in the recognition and treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors, and on a primary care physician diabetes education program jointly sponsored by IUSM and UNLP. During his stay, he will present lectures and prepare a chapter on “Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes” for the textbook being prepared for these educational programs. Clark is associate dean of Continuing Medical Education and professor of medicine and pharmacology at IUSM.

• Dr. Mervyn Cohen, IUSM, is a recipient of the 2004 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award of Special Distinction. He was recognized by the journal’s editor for the number, quality and timeliness of his reviews.

• Dr. Margaret Gaffney, IUSM, was nominated for the prestigious 2004 Association of American Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award. She is an associate professor of clinical medicine and director of the Moral Reasoning and Ethical Judgment Competency Section for the IUSM Office of Medical Education and Curricular Affairs.

• Hugh Hendrie, IUSM, will be honored in March by the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry with its lifetime achievement award. He will be presented the 2005 Senior Investigator Award for his “vital contributions to the body of research which has advanced the field of geriatric psychiatry internationally.”