Notables

Peter Trowbridge, professor of landscape architecture, was honored as a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects at the group's annual meeting held in October in Los Angeles. Trowbridge was one of 29 individual practitioners and academics from around the country named a fellow, the highest award given by the society. Fellows are landscape architects of at least 10 years' standing in the ASLA and selected for their outstanding contributions to the profession. At the investiture dinner held for new fellows, Trowbridge was noted for his important contributions in the professional and academic realms where he has developed excellent models for integrating theory to practice.

Michael Latham, M.D., professor of international nutritional sciences, has been elected a fellow of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the major national nutrition research professional society and a constituent society of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

"This honor is reserved for individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field through their careers," said Cutberto Garza, director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences.

Latham was the director of Cornell's Program in International Nutrition for 25 years. He also is author of several books, including Kilimanjaro Tales: The Saga of a Medical Family in Africa, Human Nutrition in Tropical Africa and Human Nutrition in the Developing World, and more than 350 journal articles. He frequently serves as a consultant in Africa, Asia and Latin America for WHO, FAO, UNICEF, the World Bank and the White House. In 1994, he consulted with Fidel Castro on how to curb Cuba's neuropathy epidemic.

Barbara L. Bedford, a senior research associate in the Department of Natural Resources, is the 1996 recipient of the National Award for Excellence in Wetland Science from the Association of State Wetland Managers. The award recognizes "her continuing and outstanding efforts over the past 25 years to bring sound science to bear on wetland policy issues. Most of her career has been marked by ... a clear dedication to acquire, synthesize, and communicate scientific understanding of wetlands in ways and in forums that can affect how they are regulated and managed."

Among her numerous positions, Bedford, who received the Young Faculty Teaching Excellence Award from CALS in 1995, is a member of the National Research Council's Committee on Characterization of Wetlands, Chair of the Scientific Oversight Committee for the Wetland Restoration Project in the Everglades, associate editor for the journal Wetlands and former associate director of EPA's Ecosystems Research Center at Cornell.