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Three faculty members recently have been named to endowed professorships:
Amelia F. Drake, associate professor of surgery at the School of Medicine,
Newton D. Fischer distinguished professor in otolaryngology/head and neck
surgery; Robert Losee, associate professor in the School of Information and
Library Science, Frances Carroll McColl professor for 1998-2000; and Kenneth G.
Reeb, professor and chair of the department of family medicine at the School of
Medicine, William B. Aycock distinguished professor of family medicine.
Drake
Drake joined the University faculty in 1988 as an assistant professor of
surgery. Since 1989 she has held joint appointments as an assistant professor,
then as an associate professor of surgery and pediatrics.
Her research, which includes a grant from the American Lung Association of
North Carolina, has focused on airway problems in children. In recognition of
her work, she was elected to the American Laryngological, Rhinological and
Otological (Triological) Society, the most elite specialty society in
otolaryngology/head and neck surgery.
Newton Fischer was the first chief of otolaryngology at UNC, from 1952 to
1981. During his tenure, the division attained national recognition for
clinical excellence, training and research. To honor his service to the
University, his former residents organized the Newton D. Fischer
Otolaryngologic Society in 1986. Members of the Society contributed to an
endowed professorship, which was established last year.
Drake's selection had special meaning to Fischer because Drake, in addition to
being the first person honored with the professorship bearing his name, is also
his daughter.
Losee
Losee joined the School of Information and Library Science faculty in 1986.
His teaching and research focus on information retrieval and filtering,
reasoning systems, organizing information and decision making. His new book,
Text Retrieval and Filtering: Analytical Models of Performance (Kluwer Academic
Publishers), addresses the problem of analytically computing the performance of
retrieval and filtering systems.
A $250,000 endowment from Hugh L. McColl Jr., chairman of the board of
Charlotte-based NationsBank Corporation, funds the Frances Carroll McColl
professorship. The gift honors the memory of McColl's late mother, Frances
Carroll McColl, and late sister, Frances McColl Covington.
An interdisciplinary committee chose Losee for his research, teaching and
service in the school, the University and the information profession.
"I am very honored to receive the professorship," Losee said. "It continues to
support substantial research activities led by faculty in the school."
The McColl professorship is granted biennially. Part of the award supplements
the faculty member's salary; the balance supports research, teaching and
service.
Reeb
Reeb has served as professor and chair of the department of family medicine
since 1987. His special interests are primary care education, improving access
to health care, family aspects of child health and managed care.
Reeb is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and serves as
president of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. He is
a member of the American Academy of Physicians, the North American Primary Care
Research Group (president 1993-95), the Academic Family Medicine Organization's
Legislative Committee, the North Carolina Medical Society's Health Care Access
Committee, the Association of the Departments of Family Medicine and the
Society for Teachers of Family Medicine.
The William B. Aycock distinguished professor of family medicine endowment
recognizes the distinguished career and service of William B. Aycock,
chancellor emeritus and retired Kenan professor of law.
Aycock served the University for nearly 40 years from his first faculty
appointment in the School of Law in 1948 to his retirement as Kenan professor
in 1985. He was named chancellor in 1957 and led the University in that
capacity until 1964.
A 1948 graduate of the School of Law, Aycock was first in his class and
editor-in-chief of the North Carolina Law Review. He also holds a master's
degree in history from Carolina.
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