Appointments

Out of nearly 800 applicants, Heather Clayton Terry, associate director for Women in Science & Engineering, has been selected to receive an all-expense-paid trip to Chicago to attend the PhD Project Conference, Nov. 14–16. The PhD Project is a clearinghouse for the knowledge potential students…

Matthew Willard, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Case School of Engineering, has been selected to take part in the 13th Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium. The symposium will be held Nov. 30–Dec. 2 at the Arnold and Mabel…

Weatherhead School of Management faculty member Mark Taylor recently was elected vice president of academics for the auditing section of the American Accounting Association. The AAA is a premier organization for accounting professionals and scholars. Taylor, who joined the faculty in 2009, is a…

The American Dental Association House of Delegates elected Ronald Lemmo, senior clinical instructor in the School of Dental Medicine, as its new treasurer. Lemmo (DEN ’84) is a past president of the Ohio Dental Association and has also served as chair of the ODA Finance Committee and chair of ODA…

Eric Baer, Distinguished University Professor and Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering, recently was named an honorary professor of Beijing University for Chemical Technology (BUCT), a distinction considered the university’s highest academic honor. The university recognized Baer…

Jack Kleinhenz was elected vice president of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Kleinhenz, who is an adjunct professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, is principal and chief economist of Kleinhenz & Associates, an economic, financial consulting and wealth…

Gov. John R. Kasich recently announced he will accept applications from attorneys who would like to be considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of Ohio. Along with that announcement, Kasich named seven legal professionals who will help him and his staff evaluate applicants. Law professor…

Case Western Reserve University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed Sara Moll and Dominic Ozanne as new members and elected Charles D. “Chuck” Fowler as its new chair. Moll, an experienced clinical psychologist, earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Case Western Reserve.…

School of Medicine professor Mukesh K. Jain has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. In the subsequent two years he will serve as president elect and ultimately president for one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious physician-scientist…

A Case Western Reserve University professor this month joined the federal office charged with advising the nation’s president on economic policy. Susan Helper will serve for a year as a senior economist on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers. A member of the Weatherhead School of…