SUBJECT:

Appointment of Chair for the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

I am pleased to announce Chancellor Dynes' appointment of Dr. Marilyn
Farquhar as the first Chairperson of the recently approved Department
of Cellular and Molecular Medicine effective July 1, 1999. Dr. Farquhar
may be reached directly as follows:

Marilyn Farquhar, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Administrative Assistant: Kristy Hindle
Mail Code: 0651
E-mail: mfarquhar@ucsd.edu
Telephone: (858) 534-7711
Fax: (858) 534-8549

I am delighted that Dr. Farquhar has accepted this challenge and wish
her great success on her tenure as Chair.

John F. Alksne, M.D. Vice Chancellor-Health Sciences & Dean, School of Medicine