Title: Faculty, Staff Awarded for Years of Service, Donors Recognized

Each year, academic faculty and staff are honored with Vicennial Medals for their 20 years at the university – gold for full-time service and silver for part-time.

“There is no better example of those living our tradition than the Vicennial Medalists we honor today,” President John J. DeGioia told this year’s recipients. “You represent what we strive for as a university community and help us to shape that which we imagine for the future.”

The university also recognized its newest inductees to the 1789 Society of Georgetown benefactors.

“Thanks to these gifts, we are able to create faculty chairs, assure financial aid to deserving students and provide outstanding campus facilities,” said Provost James O’Donnell. “Your vision and leadership provide a beacon for Georgetown’s advancement as one of the finest and most world-renowned institutions of higher education.”

This year’s Vicennial Medals went to:

James Angel, associate professor of finance
Hope Babcock, professor of law and co-director of the Institute for Public Representation
Randall Bass, associate professor and executive director and assistant provost for teaching and learning initiatives
James Baraniuk, professor of medicine
Katherine Bellows, executive director of the Office of International Programs
Marisa Brown, research instructor and project director for D.C. Health Resources Partnership and the Center for Child and Human Development
Jeffrey Collmann, professor of microbiology and immunology
Anthony Cook, professor of law
Diana Donahoe, professor of legal research and writing
Carol Dover, associate professor of French
Svetlana Grenier, associate professor of Slavic Languages
Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, professor of oncology
Jennifer Hunt, associate dean of admissions
Wayne Hurr, staff psychologist for the Student Health Center
Donna Jasinski, associate professor of nursing
Bardia Kamrad, professor of operations and information management
Mark Lance, professor of philosophy
Catherine Langlois, associate professor of business
Ronald Leow, professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Janet Mann, professor of biology
John Marshall, professor and chief of hematology and onocology
Susan Mulroney, professor of pharmacology
Diana Owen, associate professor of communications, culture and technology
Peter Pfeiffer, professor and chair of German
Terrence Reynolds, associate professor and chair of theology
Mark Rom, associate professor of government and public policy
Dean Rosenthal, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology
Aviel Roshwald, professor and chair of history
Henry Schwarz, professor of English
Alexander Sens, Joseph Durkin, S.J., Professor of Classics and department chair
Richard Squier, associate professor of computer science
Pierre Taminiaux, associate professor of French
Robin West, Frederick J. Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy
Linda Wetzel, associate professor of philosophy

Silver Vicennial Medals went to the following part-time faculty and staff:

Douglas Charnas, adjunct professor of law
Warren Dean, adjunct professor of law
Marc Rotenberg, adjunct professor of law
Samuel Starr, adjunct professor of law
Rev. Constantine White, Orthodox Christian chaplain

This year’s 1789 inductees include:

Robert E. Fuisz (C’56, M’60) and his wife, Beverly
Peter C. Keenoy (B’79) and his wife, Elizabeth
Robert Bernard Nolan, Jr. (B’74) and his wife, Elizabeth
Aline O’Connor (C’77)
Former Ambassador L. Francis Rooney (C’75, L’78) and his wife, Kathleen (F’77).