Reporter Volume 26, No.1 September 1,1994

DENTAL SCHOOL
RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE: Robert E. Baier, professor of biomaterials in the UB
School of Dental Medicine and director of the Industry/University Cooperative
Research Center on Biosurfaces at UB, has been awarded an honorary
degree from Lund University in Sweden. He received the title of doctor
of odontology, honoris causa, at Lund's commencement ceremony on May
27.
	A UB faculty member since the early 1970s, Baier has made many
contributions to the understanding of material biocompatibility and
the role of surface properties.  
	A founding member and past president of the Society for
Biomaterials, he  is a founding fellow of the American Institute of
Medical and Biological Engineering.

COMMUNICATION
WINs HUMANITARIAN AWARD:
Gerald M. Goldhaber, associate professor of communication at UB, and
his wife, Marilyn, have received the 1994 Humanitarian Award from
Hineni of Florida, Inc.
	The Goldhabers were recognized for their financial support of
Hineni, an international, non-profit organization dedicated to
locating children who have been kidnapped or victimized in some way by
cults. The group works within the law to locate the children, remove
them from the cults, deprogram them and return them to their families.
	A former chair of the Department of Communication at UB,
Goldhaber has written or edited 11 books in the field of
communication. 

NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ELECTED FELLOW:
Joseph A. Prezio, clinical professor and chair of the Department of
Nuclear Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sci-been
elected a fellow of the American College of Nuclear Physicians, a
national organization of nuclear medicine physicians.
	The designation of fellow is attained through rigorous review
of a nuclear physician's scholarly and community activities,
continuing education and special certification by the American Board
of Nuclear Medicine.
	A UB faculty member since 1971, Prezio also serves as director
of the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging center.