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Public Affairs Discussion Group
"The Interim Period: Tasks for Today and Ideas for the Future"
September 22, 2006
Adlebert Hall, Toepfer Room
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Gregory Eastwood
Case Western Reserve University
Interim President
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Dear Colleagues:
This Friday’s (September
22) Friday Public Affairs Lunch will feature
a speaker whom I am sure we will all be glad to see –
Interim President
of Case Western
Reserve University
Greg Eastwood.
Dr. Eastwood will share
his thoughts on “The
Interim Period: Tasks for Today and Ideas for the
Future.” I imagine he will ask for some of
the audience’s thoughts also, as he has proven a very
good listener in the forums in which I have seen him.
The Friday lunch will
meet, in Adelbert Hall, in the Toepfer Room from
12:30 – 1:30 p.m..
We may have to move some chairs around a bit to
accommodate the crowd. While people bring their own
sandwiches, beverages (mostly coffee and tea) are kindly
provided by the Office of University Communications, and
cookies by kind supporters of the lunch.
I very much look forward
to the discussion.
All the best,
Joe White
More About Our Guest
Dr. Eastwood is the interim president of Case Western
Reserve University, having taken the helm June 2, 2006,
following the resignation this past spring of Edward M.
Hundert, M.D.
Before accepting the interim post, the Case alumnus
and former board of trustees member, served as president
of SUNY Upstate
Medical University in Syracuse, NY, since January
1993. Upstate Medical University is comprised of the
University Hospital, four professional colleges
(medicine, nursing, health professions, and graduate
studies), and a clinical campus in Binghamton, NY. With
an annual budget of nearly $800 million and a workforce
of over 6,300 people, Upstate is Central New York’s
largest employer.
Dr. Eastwood received his B.A. in 1962 from
Albion College (Phi
Beta Kappa) and his M.D. in 1966 from Case Western
Reserve University School of Medicine (Alpha Omega
Alpha). He completed a residency in internal medicine at
the Hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in
gastroenterology at the
Boston University Medical Center sponsored by the
National Institutes of Health.
He then served two years on the Clinical
Investigation Service at the Philadelphia Naval
Hospital. Subsequently, he held faculty appointments at
Harvard
Medical School and the
University of
Massachusetts Medical School, where he was director
of the gastroenterology section and associate dean for
admissions. Before coming to Syracuse, Dr. Eastwood was
dean of the Medical
College of Georgia in Augusta.
Over the past 15 years, Dr. Eastwood’s professional
interests have included the responsibilities of academic
health centers to the health of the community, the role
of leadership in academic health centers, bioethics, and
ethics of academic health organizations. His research
interests have been in gastrointestinal epithelial
renewal, neoplastic disorders, mechanisms of mucosal
injury and protection, and peptic ulcer disease. He has
authored 125 articles and book chapters and has written
or edited several books.
Dr. Eastwood is married to Lynn Marshall Eastwood
(CIT ’66). They have three daughters, Kristen A.
Eastwood Bowers, Lauren E. Eastwood, Ph.D., Kara L.
Eastwood Grace, M.D., and four grandchildren, Caitlin
Eastwood Bowers, Nicholas Eastwood Bowers, Hunter
William Grace, and Adelaide Lee Grace.
Fall Semester Schedule
Sept 1: Ken Ledford,
Associate Professor of History and Law, hosts Jon Entin,
Professor of Law and Political Science, to discuss the
first year of the Supreme Court with John Roberts as
Chief Justice.
Sept 8: Leonard Lynn, Professor and Chair of the
Department of Policy and Management at the Weatherhead
School of Management, on what U.S. leadership in
engineering could mean with the rise of India and China.
Sept 15: Mark Naymik, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, on
this year’s statewide elections in Ohio.
Sept 22: Greg Eastwood, Interim President of Case
Western Reserve University, on “The Interim Period:
Tasks for Today and Ideas for the Future.”
Sept 29: Alan Weinstein, Professor and Director, Law and
Public Policy Program, Cleveland-Marshall College of the
Law, eminent domain: “State Legislative Responses to Kelo vs. New London: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”
Oct 6: Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, PolicyMatters
Ohio, on raising the minimum wage
Oct 13: Marty Kress, Executive Director of the National
Space Science and Technology Center, University of
Alabama at Huntsville, on Organizing NASA for Space
Exploration. NOTE: Tentative room change to Mather House
100.
Oct 20: Michael Wager, Vice Chair and Chair Elect of the
Port Authority, on its role in local economic
development issues.
Oct 27: Pete Moore, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, on whatever is happening in the Middle East at
the time.
Nov 3: Justin Buchler, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, and Andrew Lucker, Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Political Science: Midterm Election forecast.
Nov 10: Eric J. Topol MD, Professor of Genetics, on
concerns about conflicts of interest in medical
research.
Nov 17: Norman Robbins, Emeritus Professor of
Neurosciences, on class bias in who gets to vote.
Nov 24: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec 1: Jerome Liebman MD, Emeritus Professor of
Pediatrics, on National Health Insurance
Dec 8: Terry Wolpaw MD, Associate Dean for Curricular
Affairs, School of Medicine, on the new demands on or
expectations of medical education.
Parking: For
those people who seek to make special arrangements about
parking, the contact person now will be Fay Alexander.
Her phone number is 368-4440, and her e-mail is
fabrienne.alexander@case.edu.
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