Morehouse School of Medicine President to speak at Tri-College observance of MLK Celebration.

Dr. James R. Gavin, III, president of Morehouse School of Medicine, will be the guest speaker at a celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Friday, Jan. 17, at noon in the Large Auditorium of the Medical College of Georgia Auditoria Center. The ceremony is sponsored by Augusta State University, Paine College and MCG.

Dr. Gavin became president at Morehouse School of Medicine in July, having previously served as senior medical officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Washington, D.C. Dr. Gavin graduated from Livingstone College with a degree in chemistry. He earned a doctorate in biochemistry from Emory University and his medical degree from Duke University. He was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public Health Service from 1971-73 and continues as a reserve officer in the Public Health Service.

Dr. Gavin is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Diabetes Association, the American Society of Black Surgeons and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He is chairman of the National Diabetes Education Program.

He has served on many advisory boards and on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Physiology and the American Journal of Medical Sciences. He is on the board of trustees for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Duke University and the Equidyne Corporation.

He has published more than 180 articles and abstracts in such publications as Science, Journal of Applied Physiology, Diabetes and the American Journal of Physiology. The public is invited to attend the ceremony. For more information call (706) 721-4014.

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