Reporter Volume 26, No.20 March 9, 1995

John Naughton has indicated that he will step down as dean of the
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and vice president for
Clinical Affairs effective July 1, 1996.
	Naughton on March 2 celebrated his 20th anniversary as dean of
the medical school.
	"John's departure from the deanship will mark the end of an
important era in our institution's history," said UB President William
R. Greiner in a memorandum to vice presidents, deans, chairs of the
medical school and the medical school Faculty Council, and executive
officers at affiliated hospitals.
	"In shaping an unprecedented set of programs to train
generalists and primary care physicians, John has led this school into
the ranks of the top 10 comprehensive medical schools. At this same
time, he has guided the school in establishing new research strengths
through several pioneering multidisciplinary centers which have
attracted major national grants and federal funding to UB," Greiner
said.
	"John has also reshaped the medical school's connections with
the Western New York medical community at large. He helped to create
extraordinary new relationships with UB's affiliated teaching
hospitals, relying on a consortial model that has garnered national
attention as a new approach to medical education. He has also refined
individual physicians' relationships with the university by developing
a UB Faculty Management Plan.
	"The UB and Western New York communities will greatly miss
John's leadership and vision as dean and vice president."
	"It is a great tribute to John Naughton that he is among the
longest serving medical school deans in the country," said UB Provost
Aaron N. Bloch. "He has shaped UB's School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences and indeed many aspects of the Western New York health care
community as we know them today. I do not believe I have ever
encountered another academic leader with his exceptional depth and
breadth of vision. We owe much to him, and we hope that this next
chapter in his career will be as successful and fulfilling as the one
he is now completing."
	An internationally-known cardiologist, Naughton joined the UB
faculty in 1975 as dean and professor of medicine. He had previously
served as professor of medicine and dean for academic affairs at the
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
	In 1984 he assumed the duties vice president for clinical
affairs and in 1985 was named professor of physiology. In addition to
overseeing the university's clinical affairs, Naughton has served
since 1987 as vice chair of the Western New York Health Sciences
consortium.
	He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American
College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians and
American College of Sports Medicine.
	Naughton is considered an expert in the field of exercise and
physical activity and the prevention of coronary heart disease. He
developed the Naughton Treadmill Protocol used in exercise testing.
	Author of two books and more than 125 scientific publications,
he has served as editor and on the editorial boards of a number of
professional journals.
	Naughton, a graduate of St. Louis University, received his
M.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He
was named Physician of the Year in Academic Medicine by the University
of Oklahoma College of Medicine Alumni Association in 1990, cited for
"outstanding contributions and leadership in furthering scholarship,
administration and research."