J. RHODES HAVERTY LECTURE
7:00 p.m., Georgia State University Student Center Speaker's Auditorium
2024 Speaker
Kenneth Thorpe, Ph.D., is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management in the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University and chair of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, a coalition of more than 120 national and state-based organizations seeking to raise awareness of the negative impact chronic disease has on the nation’s health and economy.
Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty, founding dean
The annual J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions commemorates the illustrious career of Dr. J. Rhodes Haverty, founding dean of the School of Allied Health, later the College of Health Sciences, the predecessor to the Lewis College. Dr. Haverty died in 2014.
Dr. Haverty served as dean from 1968 to 1991, following an 11-year medical career in pediatrics. He initially established the college with undergraduate nursing and physical
therapy programs, later adding nutrition and respiratory therapy degrees. During his tenure, the college grew into a nationally respected institution, enrolling more than 1,000 students each year and employing more than 100 faculty.
Dr. Haverty served on the college’s board of advisors and the university’s institutional review board. Dr. Haverty was also a trustee of the Georgia Health Foundation, serving as chair in 1990 and 1991.
In 1994, Dr. Haverty received the Spirit of Life Award from the City of Hope. In 1998, he was cited as the top volunteer by the American Red Cross and was given the Charles R. Drew Award for more than three decades of advocacy and community service.
Dr. Haverty received his A.B. degree from Princeton University in 1948 and graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1953. He received an honorary doctoral degree from Georgia State University in 2004 and was recognized as a “Star of the South” from Irish America magazine in 2007.
Past Speakers
2003
Richard D. Krugman, M.D.
Dean, University of Colorado School of Medicine
2004
Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2005
Karen Davis, Ph.D.
President, The Commonwealth Fund
2006
Helene D. Gayle, M.D.
President and CEO, CARE, USA
2007
William D. Novelli CEO, AARP
2008
Sudhir A. Venkatesh, Ph.D.
William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
2009
Otis W. Brawley, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer American Cancer Society
2010
Richard Gelles, Ph.D.
Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
2011
Kelly Brownell, Ph.D.
Director, Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
2012
Harvey Fineberg, Ph.D.
President, Institute of Medicine
2013
Rosalynn Carter
Former First Lady of the United States and Co-founder of The Carter Center
Mary Jo Larson, Ph.D., M.P.A.
Senior Scientist, Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Michael Schoenbaum, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
National Institute of Mental Health
2014
Ruth Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Director, The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
2015
Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Advisor
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2016
Patrick Reynolds
Executive Director, Foundation for a Smokefree America
Michael Eriksen, Sc.D.
Dean and Regents’ Professor, Georgia State University School of Public Health
Corrinne Graffunder, Dr.P.H.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office on Smoking and Health,
2017
Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management
George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
2018
Jennifer Arnold, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.A.P.
Medical Director, Simulation Center Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
2019
Joy Doll, O.T.D., O.T.R./L.
Executive Director, Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research at Creighton University
2021
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Founding Director and Senior Advisor Satcher Health Leadership Institute of the Morehouse School of Medicine
2022
Syra Madad, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Special Pathogens Program, NYC Health + Hospitals
Co-Principal Investigator, Institute for Diseases and Distaster Management
2023
Susan Frampton, Ph.D.
President, Planetree International
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P.O. Box 3995
Atlanta, GA 30302-3995