October 20, 1994: Vol26n7: HONORS

MEDICINE. NAMED TO HUNGARIAN ACADEMY:
Julian L. Ambrus, research professor of internal medicine in the UB
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and a native of Hungary,
has been elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences
in Hungary.
	Ambrus, a UB faculty member since 1955 and professor emeritus
at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, also has been named president of the
Catholic Physicians Guild of Buffalo.
	The author of more than 500 professional journal publications,
Ambrus is the editor-in-chief of Journal of Medicine and Reviews of
Hematology, and serves on the editorial board of Hospital Formulary. 
	While at Roswell Park, Ambrus served as chair of the
Department of Experimental Pathology and director of cancer research.


GEOLOGY. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT:
Rossman F. Giese, professor of geology, is president of the Clay
Minerals Society, an organization with 1,000 members from 49
countries, including those in Europe, Asia, South America and the
former Soviet Union. Giese served as vice president of the
organization during the past year.
	Members, who include academic researchers, geologists,
sedimentologists, agronomists, chemical engineers, environmentalists,
ceramics engineers, chemists interested in catalysts, soils
scientists, paint and ink formulators, and oil company and clay mining
employees, all are interested in the origin, processing, properties
and applications of clay minerals.


PHARMACOLOGY. LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD:
Enrico Mihich, UB research professor of pharmacology and chairman of
the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute, has received the 1994 Lifetime Service Award from the
Institute of Advanced Studies in Immunology and Aging, an
international nonprofit medical research and education organization. 
	Mihich was honored for his contributions to experimental
therapeutics, particularly for his groundbreaking work on biological
response modifiers (BRMs). His research, which enhanced scientific
understanding of the basic properties of certain chemother- a national
BRMs program.