The A.J. Ladman AAA/Wiley Exemplary Service Award

The A.J. Ladman AAA/Wiley Exemplary Service Award is jointly presented by The American Association of Anatomists and John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Publishers. This award is presented to a member who has distinguished himself or herself in the field of anatomy and who has provided exemplary service to the AAA. The recipient of this award for 2002 is Dr. Charles E. Slonecker, Professor of Anatomy and former Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and former Acting Vice President for External Affairs at The University of British Columbia (UBC). He is currently the Director of Ceremonies and University Relations at UBC. Dr. Slonecker's undergraduate years were spent at Olympic College (1957–1958) and at the University of Washington (1958–1960), where he was an undergraduate student in science and chemistry. He entered the School of Dentistry at the University of Washington in September of 1960 and received his D.D.S. degree in June of 1965. An interest in research, sparked by attending a meeting of the AAA in 1963 in Miami, precipitated Dr. Slonecker's compelling interest in graduate education in Anatomy. To satisfy this newfound desire for further training, he entered the Ph.D. program in the Department of Biological Structure at the University of Washington. His research for the Ph.D. was conducted in the laboratories of Drs. William O. Rieke and Newton B. Everett. Dr. Slonecker entered the field in an exciting and growing period in anatomical research and for the AAA. Numerous new discoveries were made in the 1960s using electron microscopy, immunology, cytochemical and histochemical techniques, and autoradiography. In addition, Dr. Slonecker had Dr. N.B. Everett as his mentor. Everett had just produced the 5th Edition of Functional Neuroanatomy, succeeding Dr. A.R. Buchanan who had produced the first four editions. Before earning his Ph.D., Dr. Slonecker received several awards. These include membership in Omicron Kappa Upsilon, The American Academy of Dental Medicine Award of Merit, The Washington State Dental Association Certificate of Merit, and The Dennis P. Duskin Memorial Award, and an Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the U.S. Public Health Service. After receipt of his D.D.S. degree in 1965, he held a USPHS Postdoctoral Fellowship while working on his Ph.D. After receiving his Ph.D. in Anatomy in 1967, Dr. Slonecker was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Pathology Institute at the University of Bern. In 1968, he became an Assistant Professor of Anatomy at The University of British Columbia (UBC). Over the years, he rose through the ranks in the Department of Anatomy at UBC: Assistant Professor from 1968–1971, Associate Professor from 1971–1976, and Professor from 1976–present. He also served as Professor and Head of the department from 1981–1992. Dr. Slonecker's research interests are concerned with the structure and function of lymphoid tissue and abnormal muscle proteins, especially as related to muscle dystrophy. He has investigated the production of proteins, nucleic acid synthesis, lymphocyte migration, and inflammatory responses under various experimental conditions. His work on muscle focused the abnormal distribution of proteins and fiber types in the muscles of dystrophic mice. His research has been published in highly respected journals, including Nature, The Anatomical Record, Experimental Neurology, and Lymphology, and in several books. Over the years, Dr. Slonecker's research has been funded by the UBC Graduate Studies Research Committee, the George and Florence Heighay Fund, the Medical Research Council of Canada, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada. In addition, Dr. Slonecker is on the Editorial Advisory Board of The New Anatomist. Dr. Slonecker's exceptional commitment to and service in the AAA has spanned many years. He attended his first AAA meeting in 1963 and became a member in 1969. Dr. Slonecker began to actively participate in the Association soon after he joined. He served on the Educational Affairs Committee (1975–1981) and served on and chaired the Overseas Committee from 1986–1996. His outstanding service as Program Secretary (1983–1990) merits special comment. Beginning in 1983 (96th Annual Meeting) and through 1990 (103rd Annual Meeting), he was responsible as Program Secretary for editing and assembling the abstracts for the Annual Meeting and ensuring that they were published in a Supplement to The Anatomical Record. Dr. Slonecker continued his service to the AAA as 2nd Vice President (1991–1992), 1st Vice President (1992–1993), President-Elect (1993–1994), and President (1994–1995). He was President-Emeritus in 1995–1996 and continued to serve on the Board of Directors in various capacities until 2001. His service to the AAA has represented many important contributions spanning a period of over 25 years. In addition to his service to the AAA, Dr. Slonecker has been President (1991–1992) of the Canadian Association of Anatomy Chairmen, on the Awards Committee (1994–1995) of the Canadian Association of Anatomists, and Secretary-Treasurer of the British Columbia Division of the American College of Dentists (1998–present). Dr. Slonecker has also served on the FASEB Program Committee for Experimental Biology (1994–2002, Co-Chair in 1995, Chair for 1996–2002). Medical education, especially in the anatomical sciences, has been a particular interest of Dr. Slonecker over the years. This is evident in his service on the Committee on Medical Education (1994–present) of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, through his extensive teaching experience over many years in gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, and histology/cell biology to graduate, medical, and dental students, and certainly though his coauthorship of the 11th Edition Grant's Method of Anatomy—A Clinical Problem-Solving Approach (Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1989). In addition to his classroom teaching, Dr. Slonecker has been extensively involved in anatomy education to a wider audience. This has included lectures to the Canadian Dental Association, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, regional and local dental societies, and surgery programs in local hospitals. He has reviewed the Department of Anatomy at the University of Nevada, served on a Special Emphasis Panel for The Visible Human Project for the National Library of Medicine and organized symposia a the AAA Annual Meeting. He has been an external examiner in anatomy at the University of Kuwait in 1990, 1992, and 1999 and was a Visiting Professor at Kochi Medical School in Japan in 1993 and at the University of Kuwait in 1994. Dr. Slonecker has also given generously of his time to public service activities such as the Boy Scouts of Canada, YMCA, Little League Baseball, and the United Way. Within his institution, Dr. Slonecker has been extensively involved in service-related activities over the years. His CV lists 66 committees (Curriculum, Admissions, Nominating, Library Space, Building, Awards, etc., many of which he has chaired), Boards, Directorships, and Chairmanships of university wide functions. He served on the Faculty Executive Committee (1981–1982) and the Faculty Senate in several capacities. Dr. Slonecker has also been an active participant in graduate education. Over the years, he has served as a member of the Graduate Committee for 10 students seeking an M.S. or Ph.D. degree. He has also mentored the undergraduate thesis of one student and supervised five summer students working in the School of Medicine. Academic awards received by Dr. Slonecker include the UBC Master Teacher Award, Honorary Dental Alumnus, Killam Teaching Prize, Honorary Medical Alumnus, and Fellowship in the American College of Dentists. However, two distinctions speak particularly to his service to anatomy. He received the AAA Centennial Gold Medal for Service to the Profession in 1987 and the J.C.B. Grant Award in 1997 from the Canadian Association of Anatomists, Neurobiologists, and Cell Biologists. The AAA has now come full circle in recognizing Dr. Charles E. Slonecker for his many years of dedicated service to the field of anatomy and to our Association. The AAA is pleased to honor Dr. Slonecker as the 2002 recipient of the A.J. Ladman AAA/Wiley Exemplary Service Award. Duane E. Haines Secretary-Treasurer, AAA Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board

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