2009 Service to the Organization Awards

November 10, 2009

Three Award Recipients stand with Board Leadership: (from left) AUCD President Michael Gamel-McCormick, Royal Walker, Jr., Marion Taylor Baer, Arnold Birenbaum, and President-Elect Tamar Heller

Service to the Organization Awards

Four outgoing Members of AUCD's Board of Directors were honored for their service today at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Annual Meeting and Conference. The AUCD Service to the Organization Award was presented to:

Arnold Birenbaum, PhD, Rose F. Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine  (service from 2006-2009)

Kathleen Braden, MD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School (service from 2006-2009)

Marion Taylor-Baer, PhD, University of Southern California Children's Hospital Los Angeles (service from 2006-2009)

Royal Walker, JD, Institute for Disability Studies, University of Southern Mississippi (service from 2003-2009)

 President's Award

AUCD outgoing-President Michael Gamel McCormick (center) stands with AUCD President-Elect Tamar Heller (left) and AUCD Past-President Bill Kiernan (right)

Michael Gamel-McCormick, PhD, of the Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, the outgoing President of the AUCD Board of Directors, was honored for his service.  

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Established in 1971, AUCD is a membership organization comprised of three national networks of interdisciplinary, university-based Centers dedicated to research, education, leadership training, policy development, and direct service for people with disabilities.