Alumna Gerberding to receive Case President's Award
She was first woman named director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
October 25, 2004 | For more information: George Stamatis 216-368-3635
 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1981 alumna Julie Gerberding will receive the Case Western Reserve University President’s Award for Distinguished Alumni at a university event in Atlanta Oct. 28.
The award was established in 1993 by the university’s Alumni Council and is given annually to alumni in recognition of outstanding community service, professional achievement or commitment to the university. An ad hoc committee suggests recipients to the president of the university, who makes the final decision.
Gerberding has been director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta since July 2002 and was the first woman to be named to this position. Earlier this month, she was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine. Gerberding, who also earned her undergraduate degree at the university, in 1977, received the Case Medical Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus/a Award in 2003.
She is the fifth medical school graduate to receive the President’s Award for Distinguished Alumni. William S. Haubrich, M.D. ‘47, received the award in January 2000; Nancy Kurfess Johnson, M.D. ‘54, in August 2000; M. Scott Peck, M.D. ‘63, in January 2002; and Phillip Resnick, M.D. ‘63, in December 2003.
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