Alumni News

Omega C. Logan Silva, MD, (Class of 1967) MACP, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, George Washington University, in August 2006 was elected to the board of The National Research Center for Women and Families, a non-profit, non-partisan organization which promotes the health and safety of women, children and families, by using objective research-based information to encourage more effective programs and policies.  In November 2006 she was elected a Fellow of the African American Institute which is a network of scientists and technologists among African Americans and internationally throughout the African Diaspora which shares experiences, contacts and knowledge to motivate more minorities to pursue careers in science and technology.  She has also been reappointed Consultant to the American Legion Veterans Planning and Coordinating Medical Advisory Committee.  In 2007 Dr. Silva becomes an Emeritus Member of the American Chemical Society with its presentation of the 50 year pin.

Dr. Albert W. Morris, Jr,'76, a diagnostic radiologist in Memphis, was recently installed as president of the National Medical Association (NMA) during the organizations annual convention in Dallas.

Morris has held several leadership positions within the NMA, including chairman and secretary of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the Council on Scientific Exhibits.  He also served as president of the Bluff City Medical Society, the Memphis NMA affiliate that selected him "Physician of the Year."

Morris received his M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine in 1976 and completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of Tennessee in Memphis.

Irving C. Williams, M.D. '64, is a recipient of the 2005 World of Children Award. He received the $100,000 Cardinal Health Children's Care Award for his lifetime contributions to the health and well-being of children. Dr. Williams has spend the last four decades providing comprehensive health services to children in Gambia, Tanzania and the United States.

In 1974, Dr. Williams moved his family to Tanzania to help establish a Pediatric Sickle Clinic at Bungando Hospital for the Ministry of Health. In 1981, he founded the non-profit organization Adventures in Health Education and Agricultural Development (AHEAD, Inc., which works to reduce and eliminate disease and premature death, cultivate and advance healthy living and to foster sustainable environmental activity. Dr. Williams and his programs have helped more than 1.5 million children.