The Washington University in St. Louis community came together Nov. 9 at its annual Founders Day celebration to honor the outstanding achievements of some of the university’s most distinguished faculty, alumni and friends. The event was held at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel.
Four faculty were among those recognized at the event, which was established in 1953 to celebrate the institution’s founding 100 years earlier.
Distinguished Faculty Award
The Distinguished Faculty Award recognizes outstanding commitment to the intellectual and personal development of students.
This year’s recipients are Robyn A. LeBoeuf, PhD, the Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Distinguished Professor in Marketing and co-vice dean of faculty and research at Olin Business School; and Robert D. Schreiber, PhD, the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology and director of the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs at the School of Medicine. He is also co-leader of the Tumor Immunology Program at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine.
Faculty Achievement Awards
Also recognized were recipients of the annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award.
The Compton Award is given to a distinguished member of the faculty from one of the seven Danforth Campus schools and the Cori Award to a faculty member from WashU Medicine. All full-time, active WashU faculty members are eligible to receive the Faculty Achievement Award.
The recipient of the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award is Fred M. Ssewamala, MSW ’99, PhD ’03, the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor and
founding director of the International Center for Child Health and Development at the Brown School and the Global Research Network faculty fellow in the Office of the Provost.
The recipient of the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award is Christina A. Gurnett, MD, PhD, the A. Ernest and Jane G. Stein Professor of Developmental Neurology and director of the Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology at WashU Medicine and chief of neurology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.