February 9, 1995: Vol26n16: HONORS

PHYSIOLOGY
NAMED DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR:
Suk Ki Hong, professor of physiology at UB, has been named a
Distinguished Professor, the highest academic rank in the State
University of New York system.
	The title is awarded by the SUNY Board of Trustees in
recognition of an individual's reputation in his or her field and
contributions to the research literature or the arts.
	A UB faculty member since 1975, Hong also serves as director
of graduate studies in the Department of Physiology in the UB School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Before coming to UB, he was
professor and chair of physiology at the University of Hawaii.
	Hong, whose research interests lie in the areas of renal and
environmental physiology, has authored or co-authored nearly 190
articles for scholarly publications and more than 40 textbooks,
monographs and book chapters.
	He has earned numerous academic awards, including the Stockton
Kimball Award from the UB medical school for excellence in research,
education and service, and a special citation for distinguished
service from the Japanese Panel on Diving Physiology and Technology of
the  U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources.
	Hong received a medical degree from Yonsei University in Korea
and a doctorate in physiology from the University of Rochester.

SOCIOLOGY
WINS BOOK AWARD: 
Lionel Lewis, professor of sociology, has been honored by the Gustavus
Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, which has
named his book, The Cold War and Academic Governance, an outstanding
book on the subject of human rights in North America.
	The Center in Fayetteville AR., presents annual awards for the
best scholarship on the subject of intolerance in North America. The
award is named in honor of the author of the History of Bigotry in the
United States. 
	Lewis, a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis,
received his M.A. in sociology from Cornell University and his Ph.D.
in sociology from Yale University. 
(The photograph that accompanied an article about Lewis in the Feb. 2
Reporter was incorrect. The Reporter regrets the error.)