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May 2000
Minority Groups Honor and Say Farewell to a Friend The UCSF Council of Minority Organizations (COMO) last week honored Daniel Lowenstein, a School of Medicine faculty member and champion for diversity, who is leaving the campus next month.
The special honor was in appreciation for Lowenstein’s "commitment to cultural and ethnic diversity and dedication of affirmative action/equal opportunity." COMO is made up of the following UCSF groups: Asian Pacific American System Alliance, Black Caucus, Latin American Campus Association, Native American Health Alliance, and the United Filipino Employees’ Association. Lowenstein, a professor of neurology, will become the dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School on July 1. He came to UCSF in 1983 as an intern in pediatrics, completed a residency in neurology, and after joining the faculty quickly became one the campus’ most popular and honored teachers. Lowenstein, who co-chaired the Chancellor’s Steering Committee on Diversity from 1995 to 1997, led a group of faculty, staff and students to develop an agenda for addressing affirmative action issues and improving diversity on campus. In 1998, he was named a winner of the UCSF Martin Luther King Jr. Award for his leadership of the committee. "As a distinguished faculty member, Dr. Lowenstein exemplifies the model teacher and mentor to many students from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds," stated nominators of the MLK award. Lowenstein was very moved by the latest honor, which was presented last week at a special meeting of COMO. "I have always felt a sense of equality among you," said Lowenstein, who credited individuals in the group with helping him learn to be an advocate for social justice. "I would have liked to have done more on the issues that we’ve together struggled with," he told COMO. He will take to his new job, however, the lessons he has learned here "on how to make the world a better place and to treat others with trust and respect." Links: King Award to Go to Four at UCSF Lowenstein Receives Top National Teaching Honor
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