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Riley
to address MUSC convocation
Former S.C. Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley will
deliver the keynote address at MUSC's annual Convocation on Aug.
22.
 He
will share the stage with several members of the university faculty who
are being honored for their contributions to teaching, research and patient
care.
Those faculty members and their categories are:
Distinguished Faculty Service Award:
Marcia Curtis, Ed.D., former dean of the College of Nursing, and Grady
Hendrix, M.D., professor of Medicine and radiology.
Outstanding Clinician Award: Robin
Bissinger, MSN, NNP, R.N., assistant professor, College of Nursing
and coordinator of the MUSC Neonatal Nurse. Practitioner Team; Donald Fox,
M.D., associate professor of medicine; and Bruce Elliott, M.D., professor
of surgery and head of the section of Vascular Surgery.
Teaching Excellence Awards: Educator-Lecturer,
Philip Privitera, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology; Educator-Mentor, Kathryn
Elaine Meier, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology; and Developing
Teacher, Michelle Lynne Woodbury, MA, OTR/L, BCN, assistant professor of
Occupational Therapy.
Developing Scholar Award: B. Christopher
Frueh, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences;
Donald L. (Hugh) Myrick, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral
sciences; and John Seth Markowitz, Pharm. D., clinical assistant professor
of pharmacy.
The awards are sponsored by the MUSC Health Sciences Foundation.
The Convocation, a tradition resurrected from older college days, symbolically
marks the university’s formal introduction to a new academic year. It is
a festive occasion for distinguished faculty held during the first week
of classes as a reunion of the university’s academic community.
Riley, 68, served two terms as Secretary of Education under President
Clinton. During the President’s first term, Riley helped launch historic
initiatives to raise academic standards; to improve instruction for the
poor and disadvantaged; to expand grants and loan programs to help more
Americans go to college; to prepare young people for the world of work;
and to improve teaching. He also helped to create the Partnership for Family
Involvement in Education, which today includes more than 4,000 groups.
David Broder, columnist for The Washington Post, has called him one
of the “most decent and honorable people in public life.”
He was graduated cum laude from Furman University in 1954 and served
as an officer on a U. S. Navy minesweeper. In 1959, Riley received a law
degree from the University of South Carolina. He was a state representative
and state senator from 1963 to 1977 and was elected governor in 1978 and
reelected in 1982. Riley is married to the former Ann Osteen Yarborough.
They have four children.
The event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at the Harper Student Center
gymnasium. Following the program, a reception with a luau theme will be
held in the pool area.
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