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Lefkowitz to deliver 175th commencement address Some 713 students are expected to receive degrees from MUSC’s six colleges at the university’s 175th commencement ceremony scheduled for 9 a.m., May 21, on the university’s horseshoe. Dr. Robert Lefkowitz Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., an international pioneer in biomedical research, will deliver the commencement address and be presented with a doctorate in science, honoris causa. Others to receive honorary degrees are: Rev. Dr. Jimmy S. Gallant III, a Charleston City councilman and senior chaplain with the Charleston Police Department—Doctor of Humane Letters J. Yancey McGill, a state senator from Kingstree—Doctor of Humane Letters Vincent T. Peng, M.D., an Atlanta dermatologist and graduate of both the colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine— Doctor of Medical Science, honoris causa Joseph P. Riley Jr., mayor of Charleston—Doctor of Humane Letters W. Douglas “Doug” Smith, a Spartanburg attorney and speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives—Doctor of Humane Letters Theodore S. Stern, former College of Charleston president—Doctor of Humane Letters Lefkowitz is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center.  He won every prestigious award that can be bestowed upon a scientist, short of the Nobel Prize. His research led to the development of numerous drugs, including those used to treat hypertension, heart disease, and psychiatric disorders. Author of more than 700 papers in prestigious scientific journals, Lefkowitz served as president of the country’s more prestigious learned societies, such as the Association of American Physicians. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and the Institute of Medicine.  He trained a cadre of outstanding scientists and leaders in academic medicine. His former trainees have become provosts, deans, chairs, and CEOs of pharmaceutical companies.    Friday, May 7, 2004 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.