The Anna M. Baetjer Lecture—Anna Baetjer, ScD '24, Professor Emerita, was a leader in establishing the field of environmental toxicology and occupational health. The Anna Baetjer lecture in environmental health sciences was established by her friends, family, and colleagues, after her death in 1983, to honor Dr. Baetjer’s contributions to occupational health. Bloomberg Leadership Series—The aim of the Bloomberg Leadership Series is to foster personal and professional leadership skills among all students at the School. The program consists of a series of Schoolwide speakers from diverse fields and backgrounds to address various aspects of leadership. The Leroy E. Burney Lecture—Leroy E. Burney, MD, MPH, was the eighth Surgeon General of the United States Commissioned Corps (1956–1961). His seminal report linking smoking to lung cancer provided the template for every Surgeon General who followed, and a legacy for all those in health promotion and disease prevention who struggle to control tobacco use. After his death in 1998, Dr. Burney’s family, friends and colleagues established an annual Schoolwide lecture to honor his contributions to public health. The J. Douglas Colman Lecture—In 1974, friends and family of the late Dr. J. Douglas Colman established a memorial fund to support a periodic lecture by an outstanding individual on the subject of medical care evaluation, quality of care, and modes of financing
medical care. The Edward and Nancy Dodge Lectureship—Established to honor Dr. Edward Dodge, MPH '67, and his late wife Nancy for their generous support of the Center for a Livable Future, this annual lecture given by a distinguished visiting scholar addresses the public health implications of ecosystem change resulting from our personal and policy choices. The Dean’s Lectures—These lectures provide a forum to encourage and promote the interchange of information and ideas among professionals in the fields of public health practice and research, while celebrating the recent appointment or promotion of professors in the School. Delta Omega Lectureship—The Alpha Chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society sponsors a guest lectureship at their annual induction dinner. The Larry Ewing Lectureship—Larry Ewing was professor of population dynamics at the School and associate director of the Johns Hopkins Population Center. When he died in 1990, friends, faculty, colleagues and former students of Dr. Ewing established a memorial fund to support an annual lecture by an outstanding visiting scientist in the field of reproductive biology. The Dr. Lawrence Grossman Lectureship—Larry Grossman served as chair of the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1975 to 1989. In 1991, Dr. Grossman’s friends, colleagues, former students and family established this endowed fund to honor him and support an annual
lecture in Biochemistry. The John H. Hanks Lectureship in Immunology and Microbiology—In 1990 family, friends, faculty, colleagues and former students established an endowed fund to honor Dr. Hanks’ memory as an eminent scientist with a periodic lectureship on the topics of immunology and microbiology. The Roger M. Herriott Lectureship—In 1975 friends and associates honored Dr. Roger M. Herriott upon his retirement as the chairman of the Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences by establishing a fund to support a periodic lecture in biochemistry and molecular biology. The Harold and Marilyn Menkes Memorial Lectureship—Friends, faculty, colleagues and former students of Drs. Harold and Marilyn Menkes established this memorial fund in 1987 to support an annual lecture by a leading pulmonary scientist. The Cecile Pickart Lectureship in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—Cecile Pickart was a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and an early pioneer in the emerging field of study centered on the small protein, ubiquitin. The lectureship, initiated in 2007, brings together top biochemistry researchers to share their work with students, faculty and fellow scientists. | 
