Achievements

Harvey Wallace (HPER) was elected president of the Michigan Association for Local Public Health at the organization’s annual meeting. Wallace serves on several state and national public health workgroups, task forces and committees. He is a past-president of the National Association of Local Board s of Health.

Beverly Matherne (English) was a special guest at the launch of a Web site celebrating the bicentennial of Louisiana at the Williams Research Center in New Orleans . She wrote a poem that appears in a section of the site titled, “Louisiana Yesterday and Today.” Matherne was one of four contemporary writers whose work was chosen to show the continuing presence of French in Louisiana . The bilingual Web site is available in English at www.louisiana.culture.fr/ .