George Bergus, associate professor of family medicine, named 2001 Educator of the Year by the Iowa Academy of Family Practice.

Stephen DesJardins, assistant professor of educational policy and leadership studies, recipient of the Association for Institutional Research’s Charles F. Elton Best Paper Award for “Artificial neural networks: A new approach for predicting college application behavior.”

Caroline Carney Doebbeling, assistant professor of psychiatry and internal medicine, named Health Services Research Scholar for 2002 by the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education.

Lon Drake, professor emeritus of geology, recipient of the 2001 Conservation Award from the Johnson County Heritage Trust.

Anne Duggan, editor, offices & awards, designer, and Susan Green, Lin Larson, and Derek Maurer, writers, Health Science Relations, recipients of the Crystal Award of Excellence at the Communicator Awards for the College of Medicine Academic Year Report 2001.

Sara Epstein, associate editor, Lesanne Fliehler, managing editor, Tom Jorgensen, photographer, Kirk Murray, photographer, Amy Roach, designer, University Relations Publications, recipients of a Gold Medal in the CASE 2002 Circle of Excellence Awards Program for Illumine, the University’s magazine on research, scholarship, and the arts.

Julie Eichenberger Gilmore, research assistant, preventive and community dentistry, recipient of the Iowa Dietetic Association's 2002 Medallion Award.

Robert Hass, visiting professor of creative writing, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Mary J.C. Hendrix, professor of anatomy and cell biology, elected to the Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research Board.

Lawrence Huber, assistant professor of prosthodontics, elected president of the American Equilibration Society.

Richard Kerber, professor of internal medicine, recipient of the Scientific Councils Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.

Lin Larson, editor, and Connie Peterson, designer, Health Science Relations, recipients of an Award of Distinction for Medicine, the College of Medicine alumni magazine, and an Honorable Mention for The Dental Link, the College of Dentistry alumni newsletter, at the Communicator Awards.

Mark Moser, director, Center for Disabilities and Development, named to the Governor’s Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Christine Pawley, assistant professor of library and information science, corecipient of the Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award from the State Historical Society of Iowa for her book, Reading on the Middle Border: The Culture of Print in Late Nineteenth-Century Osage, Iowa.

Robert Schneider, professor of prosthodontics, elected to the International Team for Implantology and elected president of the American Prosthodontic Society.

Jerald L. Schnoor, professor of civil and environmental engineering, named editor of Environmental Science and Technology.

Debra Schutte, assistant professor of nursing, elected president of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics, Inc.

Carol Scott-Conner, professor of surgery, appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Aerospace Medicine and Medicine in Extreme Environments.

Douglas York, director of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ Emergency Medical Services Resources Center, recipient of the 2001 Mary Ann Talley EMS Instructor/Coordinator of the Year Award by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.