Campus Notes: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
DeVita elected to top post in American Cancer Society
Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. was elected second vice-president of the American Cancer Society (ACS), the nation’s largest voluntary health organization.
DeVita is the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine, and professor of epidemiology and public health at the School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center. He spent the early part of his career at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health, and in 1980 was appointed director of NCI and the National Cancer Program. As second vice president, DeVita will succeed to national president of the ACS during its 100th anniversary year in 2012.
LaPalombara book is reviewed by Italy’s parliament
On Nov. 25 Joseph LaPalombara’s co-authored book, “Stati uniti? Italia e USA a confronto,” was discussed in the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, the lower house of the Italian Parliament.
LaPalombara is the Arnold Wolfers Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Management.
The reviewers of the book were Gianfranco Fini, president of the Chamber, and Lamberto Dini, a former Italian prime minister and currently the chair of the Italian Senate’s committee on foreign affairs. They commended the contrasts the authors draw between the political, economic and social aspects of each country.
