Norman Barker named 2008 Louis Schmidt Laureate

Barker Norm Barker, M.S., M.A., R.B.P Associate Professor of Pathology and Art as Applied to Medicine has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the BioCommunications Association’s Louis Schmidt Award, the professional society’s highest award. The award will be presented in July at the association’s 78th annual international meeting in Rochester, New York. The Louis Schmidt Award is bestowed annually at the society’s meeting. It is given for outstanding contributions to the progress of biological communications. Criteria for the award are outstanding contributions to the progress of communications in the life sciences, promotion of understanding and cooperation within the field of biocommunications, maintenance of an ethical approach to professional relationships, and a willingness to freely share scientific information. The highest honor in BCA is to be selected as Louis Schmidt Laureate. It is named for one of the founders and the second president of the Association. Symbols of the Schmidt Award include the BCA key inset with a diamond and the Gold Headed Cane – a traditional symbol in medicine of high achievement and honor. A committee of the nine most recent Schmidt laureates makes the selection of the recipient subject to approval by the board of governors.