Reporter Volume 25, No.9 October 28, 1993

SOCIAL WORK
WINS GOSNELL SCHOLARSHIP:
Sharon L. Jimerson, a student in the UB School of Social Work, has
been awarded a Gosnell Memorial Scholarship from the National
Association of Social Workers. The $4,000 scholarship is awarded to a
qualified student who has worked with Native American or Hispanic
populations.
	Jimerson, who is a case manager with child and family services
with the Seneca Nation in Gowanda, has worked with Seneca Nation
residents for more than a decade. A resident of the Allegany Indian
Reservation, she is pursuing a master's degree in social work from UB.

MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
WINS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Pioneering medical illustrator Melford (Mel) D. Diedrick, director of
medical illustration at the University at Buffalo from 1934 until his
retirement in 1977, has received the Association of Medical
Illustrators' prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Diedrick is a
founding member of the association, which was chartered in 1945.
	Currently a resident of Queenstown, Md., Diedrick graduated in
1932 from what is now the Rochester Institute of Technology. After two
years at The Johns Hopkins University, he came to UB, where he
provided illustrations for The Buffalo Physician, the alumni magazine
of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and for
clinicians and others in the field of medicine who needed his unique
service.
	In the 1950s, he created illustrations for a weekly television
series, "Modern Medicine" and for The Buffalo Evening News' weekly
magazine feature, "The Way to Better Health and a Longer Life." 
	Diedrick was a member of the Continuing Education Board of
Maryvale High School and an early supporter of, and violinist with,
the Cheektowaga Community Symphony Orchestra. He was also president of
the orchestra's board of directors. He served as president of the
non-profit Honeoye Lake Watershed Association, whose purpose was to
protect aquatic biology.
	The seventh medical illustrator to receive the AMI Lifetime
Achievement Award, Diedrick is remembered by colleagues and friends in
Buffalo as a talented artist and man of great wit and humor.

DENTAL MEDICINE
GOLD MEDAL WINNER: 
Robert J. Genco, distinguished professor and internattionally known
dental researcher at UB, has received the American Academy of
Periodontology's Gold Medal. The highest award given by the
6,400-member academy, the Gold Medal is presented annually to
recognize outstanding contributions in the field of periodontics. It
is funded by the John O. Butler Co.
	Genco, who has conducted pioneering research on caries and
periodontal disease for the past two decades, received the honor at
the academy's 79th annual meeting, held on Oct. 5 in Chicago.
	Genco is director of the Buffalo Periodontal Disease Research
Center, one of five national centers to evaluate clinical advances in
periodontology.
	The author of more than 200 scientific articles, Genco is
editor of the Journal of Periodontology and a member of the editorial
boards of several other journals. He received the American Dental
Association's Medal for Excellence in Dental Research two years ago.
	A UB faculty member in the School of Dental Medicine since
1974, he received a dental degree from UB and doctorate from the
University of Pennsylvania.

Architecture
Named Universal Design Faculty:
Edward Steinfeld, professor of architecture, has been awarded a $5,000
stipend as a Universal Design Education Project Faculty, one of only
14 such designations in the country. The project seeks to stimulate
innovation in design curriculum leading to buildings, environments and
products that further the aims of the Americans with Disabilities Act
and the Fair Housing Amendments Act, which together extend
accessibility into every realm of the built environment, both public
and private. 
	Steinfeld and co-leaders Gary Day, Abir Mullick and three
other UB faculty to be announced, may all use the Universal Design
Faculty designation. Steinfeld and his team will enhance a required
intermediate studio, using universal design themes to teach good
design.