Planet Cardinal

Ria Collingwood, ’08, Emily Gerth, ’07, and Kiah Williams, ’07, received Tom Ford fellowships in philanthropy, which include a stint at a U.S. philanthropic foundation. . . . John Gardner Public Service fellowships, designed to encourage careers in public service, were awarded to Colin Burke, ’07, Elisabeth Centeno, ’07, and Cammie Lee, ’07. . . . Tracy Fitzsimmons, MA ’93, PhD ’95, was elected the first female president of Shenandoah U. in Winchester, Va. . . . Russ Davis, MS ’66, PhD ’67, a research oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, was awarded the 2007 Prince Albert I Gold Medal for his invention of scientific instruments that transformed the field. . . . The Eiffel programming language, developed by Bertrand Meyer, MS ’74, has earned an Association for Computing Machinery Software System Award in recognition of its lasting influence. . . . Psychology professor emeritus Gordon Bower and statistics professor Bradley Efron, MS ’62, PhD ’64, are two of eight selected in May to receive the 2005 National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor.