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Penn State Intercom......March 22, 2001

Founding chair steps down,
but will continue teaching

Elliot S. Vesell stepped down earlier this year as founding chair of the Department of Pharmacology in the College of Medicine at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center after 32 years as an investigator, educator and leader in the discipline of pharmacology.

He is currently at the College of Medicine full time as Evan Pugh professor of pharmacology, teaching and pursuing scholarly interests.

In 1968, the late founding dean, George T. Harrell, recruited Vesell as founding chair of pharmacology from the National Institutes of Health where he was section head of pharmacogenetics in the National Heart and Lung Institute.

He has served the College of Medicine on a number of key committees, including 25 years first as chair and then as vice chair of the Human Subject Protection Committee. He also served as the college's first assistant dean of graduate education, a position he held from 1973 to 1995.

In recognition of his scholarship and research, Vesell has received numerous national awards.

Director helped charitable
contributions grow

George Moellenbrock, director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, has retired from the University after 34 years.

He began his University career in 1967 as an assistant director for the Annual Fund, where he helped institute Lion Line. During his three decades of service, Moellenbrock saw the annual charitable contributions to the University grow from $5 million to $171 million. The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, under Moellenbrock's supervision, was responsible for raising more than $6 million.

During a recent retirement celebration, Moellenbrock was presented with several retirement gifts.

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