For Immediate Release
Contact: John
M. Martino
Phone Number: (215) 895-1186
Date: 05/12/00
University
of the Sciences in Philadelphia to Honor Two Health Leaders
During its 179th Commencement
As part of its Commencement ceremonies,
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia will bestow honorary
degrees to two health leaders, Raymond V. Gilmartin and
M. Carolyn Baum, who will both speak before USP’s 179th
graduating class on May 15, 2 p.m., at the Academy of Music,
Broad and Locust Streets.
Raymond V. Gilmartin
Gilmartin, chairman,
president and CEO of Merck & Co., Inc.,
will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree "in
recognition of a distinguished career in the global pharmaceutical
community, and for providing a vision for humanitarian leadership
in health care, drug development and the life sciences."
Gilmartin joined Merck & Co., Inc., in June 1994 as
president and Chief Executive Officer. He was named to the
additional post of chairman of the board in November 1994.
Prior to joining Merck, he was chairman, president and CEO
of Becton Dickinson and Company. He joined the company in
1976 as vice president, strategic planning, taking on positions
of increasing responsibility over the next 18 years. An
active participant in health industry affairs, Gilmartin
is immediate past chairman of Pharmaceutical Research &
Manufacturers of America, now serving on its executive committee.
He is vice chairman of the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey.
He is a trustee of the Healthcare Leadership Council, a
group dedicated to excellence in America’s health care
system, and he is chairman of Valley Health System, Inc.
Gilmartin is a director of The College Fund/UNCF and also
serves on the boards of General Mills, Inc., and the Public
Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
Dr. Carolyn Baum
Baum, associate professor for
occupational therapy and neurology at Washington University
School of Medicine, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science
degree "in recognition of distinguished leadership
in the profession of occupational therapy and a long-standing
commitment to developing innovative methods for improving
the quality of life for people with disabilities."
Dr. Baum is also the Elias Michael at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. She has served
as president of the American Occupational Therapy Association
and president of the American Occupational Therapy Certification
Board. She served on the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation
Research at the National Institute of Health and the Institute
of Medicine’s Committee on Assessing Rehabilitation
Science and Engineering, in that capacity helping to prepare
a report for Congress. Dr. Baum’s research is on the
relationship of activity and function in persons with cognitive
impairment and chronic disease. Dr. Baum chairs the OT Clinical
Council for the Rehabilitation Service at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital and heads an interdisciplinary faculty that is
contributing knowledge and training clinicians and rehabilitation
scientists to understand the person and environmental factors
that contribute to the performance of every day life.
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