Laboratory Employees
Chancellor News
Jim Watson, Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, spent a great deal
of time this year traveling to raise funds for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
research. In addition, Jim edited and wrote the foreword to Darwin: The Indelible
Stamp; The Evolution of an Idea, a seminal volume on the famous biologist.
Jim appeared on The Charlie Rose Show with Edward O. Wilson, the author of
another recently-released book about Darwin titled From So Simple a Beginning:
The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin, to discuss creationism, Darwinism,
and science education. It was a riveting and very well-received program.
New Staff
Sydney Gary, a neuroscientist who worked with Susan Hockfield at Yale, joined
the Laboratory as Assistant Director of Banbury Center. Sydney is working on
developing the neuroscience and mental health meetings and courses programs,
at Banbury and on the main campus.
Promotions
A number of faculty members were promoted in 2005, including Leemor Joshua-Tor,
William Tansey, and Rui-Ming Xu, to Professor; Carlos Brody, Josh Huang, Alea
Mills, and Marja Timmermans to Associate Professor; and Jonathan Sebat to Assistant
Professor. Uwe Hilgert was also named Assistant Director of the Dolan DNA Learning
Center.
Departures
As was announced last year, Professors Nouria Hernandez and Winship Herr moved
to Switzerland to become professors at a new institute in Lausanne. During
the year, Nouria was named director of the Center for Integrative Genomics.
Assistant Professor Masaaki Hamaguchi left the Laboratory to assume a position
at Fordham University.
This year saw the departure of Katya Davies, the long-term hostess at Robertson
House at our Banbury Center. Katya was at the laboratory for 26 years and was
known to many scientists who visited Banbury to attend meetings and courses.
Katya created her own style of welcome for the numerous visitors that will
long be remembered. We wish her well in retirement in Maine.
Long-term Service
The following employees celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2005:
35 years
Madeline Wisnewski
25 years
Bruce Fahlbusch,
Michael Riggs,
Linda Rodgers,
Marlene Rubino,
Andrea Stephenson
20 years
Frank Carberry,
Lisa Manche,
David Spector,
Wanda Stolen,
Harry Wozniak
15 years
June Blanchford,
Clare Clark,
Edward Campodonico,
Karen Mc Keon,
Dora Merlino,
George Newell,
Natalia Peunova,
Barbara Purcell,
Ronald Romani,
Danuta Slodkowska,
Yew Yeo,
Nicholas Tonks
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Board of Trustees
As is customary, there were a number of new additions and departures to our Board
of Trustees this year. We were pleased to appoint Dr. Robert Tjian, Howard Hughes
Medical Institute Investigator and Professor in the Department of Molecular and
Cellular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, to our Scientific
Trustees and Henry Wendt as our newest Honorary Trustee. Stephen Lessing, Managing
Director, Lehman Brothers; David M. Rubenstein, Managing Director, The Carlyle
Group; Alan Seligson, NAK International; and Andrew Solomon also began their
terms as Individual Trustees this year.
Sadly, we said good-bye to Honorary Trustee H. Bentley Glass who passed away
in January 2005 at the age of 98. Dr. Glass, one of the Nation’s leading
biologists, served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees in the 1960s, during
a period of great expansion at Cold Spring Harbor, and actually convinced Jim
Watson to join the Laboratory as its then new Director.
This year, Trudy Calabrese concluded her term as President of Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Association, and therefore, her term as a member of the Board of Trustees.
During her term, we saw the Annual Fund reach – and surpass – the
$1 million mark and we will always be grateful for her dedication and commitment
to our organization. Stepping in to assume the role as President of the CSHLA,
we welcomed Joseph Donohue, Managing Director of Gleacher Partners, LLC, to the
Board of Trustees. |
