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Robert Diegelmann, Ph.D., C'65
ROBERT DIEGELMANN, PH.D., C'65 Robert Diegelmann, Ph.D., C'65, was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors in April of 2018. He is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He recently celebrated 47 years of working full-time at the university. DR. FRANCIS “FRANK” DELMONICO, C'66 Senior Surgeon Dr. Francis “Frank” Delmonico, C’66, who joined the MGH Transplant Service in 1974, was recently appointed to the World Health Organization Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation.
Dr. Francis “Frank” Delmonico, C’66
"We Are Starving" by Danny McDermott, Ed.D., C'80
Delmonico is one of two individuals appointed from the United States to the WHO Task Force with the other 30 members derived from the six WHO regions throughout the world. Delmonico was invited to address the 3,000 attendees of 27th Annual International Congress of the Transplant Society in Madrid, Spain. Delmonico’s dedication to the cause of justice and human rights in the context of donation and transplant is known worldwide. DANNY MCDERMOTT, ED.D., C'80 Danny McDermott, Ed.D., C'80, has written “We Are Starving,” his first nonfiction novel based on his experience teaching at Harriet Tubman School in Chicago, Illinois. In his novel, McDermott discusses how he created the Peaceful Warrior chess program despite being ridiculed by other staff members of the school. “We Are Starving” is an inspirational, real-life story about how one teacher transformed Harriet Tubman Elementary School from an inner-city school into the home of a champion chess program.
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