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Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, presented the UCSF Medal to four leaders whose work has advanced public health and education during the annual UCSF Founders Day Banquet on May 3. The University's most prestigious award, the medal is given annually to individuals who have made outstanding personal contributions in areas associated with UCSF's mission, goals, and values.
The 2007 UCSF Medal recipients:
- Brook Byers, a visionary venture capitalist, San Francisco Bay Area philanthropist and community leader, and a director of the UCSF Foundation
- Robert Derzon, a champion for health care for uninsured and low-income people and a member of the UCSF Foundation
- Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach for America, the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who teach in the nation's neediest urban and rural public schools
- Mamphela Ramphele, physician, civil rights activist, and international leader for education and human development issues
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| Left to right: Kopp, Chancellor Bishop, Ramphele, Derzon, and Byers |
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