[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 46 (Friday, March 21, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4273-S4274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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              HONORING DR. JAMES R. GAVIN III, M.D., Ph.D.

 Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I rise today to honor and 
congratulate a distinguished member of the medical community in 
Georgia. Dr. James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D. has accepted the offer to 
serve as president of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.
  Dr. Gavin's experience and expertise in the medical field is 
exemplary and offers a high standard of excellence for the student of 
Morehouse School of Medicine to model.
  In 1966, Dr. Gavin graduated from Livingstone College in Salisbury, 
NC with a degree in chemistry. He earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry from 
Emory University in 1970 and his M.D. degree from Duke University 
School of Medicine in 1975.

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  On July 1, 2002, Dr. Gavin began work as President of Morehouse 
School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Prior to his presidency, Dr. Gavin 
was the senior scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical 
Institute (HHMI) and director of the HHMI--National Institutes of 
Health and Research Scholars Program.
  Prior to joining the senior staff of HHMI, he was on faculty at the 
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center as a professor and as 
chief of the Diabetes Section, acting chief of the Section on 
Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, and William K. Warren 
Professor for Diabetes Studies. He previously served as associate 
professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in 
St. Louis. He was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public Health 
Services from 1971-73 and continues to serve in that capacity as a 
reserve officer.
  Among the many honors Dr. Gavin has received are the Daniel Hale 
Williams Award, the E.E. Just Award, the Herbert Nickens Award, the 
Daniel Savage Memorial Award, the Emory University Medal for 
Distinguished Achievement, the Banting Medal for Distinguished Service 
from the American Diabetes Association, the Distinguished Alumni Award 
from the Duke University School of Medicine, and the Internist of the 
Year from the National Medical Association.
  A committed husband and father, Dr. Gavin and his wife, Annie, have 
been married for 30 years and are blessed with two sons, Hakkim and 
Lamar.
  I am pleased to have someone of Dr. Gavin's caliber leading the 
students, faculty and staff of Morehouse School of Medicine. I extend 
my heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Gavin and his family on his new 
position and wish him God's blessings in this exciting 
opportunity.

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