Mead

• Susanah Mead will take over the helm of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis as interim dean, effective in June. She will replace Anthony Tarr, who is leaving to head the University of the South Pacific. Mead will be the first woman in the law school’s 110-year history to lead the institution. In addition to her work as a professor, she has significant administrative experience, having served as associate dean for academic affairs from 1997-2004. She has been on the school’s faculty since 1978. IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz has announced that a search committee for a permanent dean will be appointed in the spring.

• Rick Van Horn, director of the Indianapolis Tennis Center, has been elected president of the Central Indiana Tennis Association (CITA). As a district of the U.S. Tennis Association/Midwest Section, the CITA is made up of tennis professionals and volunteers in an area from Muncie to Evansville. The association is the governing body for tournaments, recreational play and instruction for youth and adults of all ages and abilities. Van Horn, a 30-year tennis professional, serves as USTA/Midwest chairman of junior competition and training committee, and is ranking coordinator for the USTA’s men’s open division.

Burlingame

• The first comprehensive encyclopedia on philanthropy has been published with Dwight Burlingame, philanthropic studies, as its editor. Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia is designed to be a readable resource and reference for the general public and students as well as philanthropy professionals and scholars. The publication is intended as an accessible tool for anyone involved in or seeking to understand philanthropy. Two of the three volumes comprise articles by nearly 200 scholars and leaders in philanthropy, including biographies of notable philanthropists and social movement leaders. It provides histories of organizations and explanations of philanthropic ideas alongside contemporary concepts and practices ranging from social marketing and service learning to planned giving and women’s impact on philanthropy.

The set also incorporates many documents critical to the formation of the philanthropic sector and civil society in the U.S. Documents such as the Civil Rights Act, The Federalist Papers, the Filer Commission Report of 1975 and excerpts from The Gospel of Wealth, by Andrew Carnegie, are included, along with legislation and judicial decisions affecting the sector. A timeline of events in philanthropy stretches from 1600 to the present.

Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia is published in print and electronic formats by ABC-CLIO. It is available for purchase through the IU Center on Philanthropy Web site.

http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/books.html

• The Huntington’s disease program at the IU School of Medicine has been recognized as a Center of Excellence, one of only four such designations bestowed nationally in 2004 by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. The designation includes funding support of $50,000 a year for a multidisciplinary team of health-care professionals with expertise in Huntington’s disease. The team provides comprehensive medical and social services, education, outreach and research opportunities to patients. The Huntington’s disease clinic provides patients and their families with access to multiple services including genetic testing and counseling, psychiatry, physical and occupational therapy, caregiver and patient support, and education and community outreach programs. With the funding, the Huntington’s disease team intends to augment its social and support services for patients and families, said center director Kimberly Quaid, clinical medical and molecular genetics, clinical psychiatry and clinical medicine. Co-director of the center is Dr. Joanne Wojcieszek, neurology. Other members of the IU team are Tatiana Foroud, medical and molecular genetics; Julie Stout, psychiatry; and Patricia Wolf, clinical coordinator. Huntington’s disease is an inherited degenerative disease that progressively robs patients of their thinking, control of their emotions and their ability to perform coordinated tasks. It typically begins in mid-life, between the ages of 30 and 50.

Sullivan

• Cheryl Sullivan has returned to IUPUI as vice chancellor for external affairs. In October 2003, Gov. Joe Kernan asked Sullivan to head up the state’s largest agency, the Family and Social Services Administration. Sullivan accepted the assignment, saying she would return to IUPUI at the end of 2004.

Wilson

• Sherree Wilson has begun her new duties as special assistant to the IUPUI chancellor. She will take major responsibility for special projects, including a review of IUPUI’s efforts in diversifying faculty and administration. She was formerly field placement director and clinical assistant professor at the School of Education in Bloomington. While her duties will be new, she is returning to an IU campus where she worked for more than a decade, earning numerous awards and recognition.