Distinguished alumnus

Clyde Willis, dean of the College of Health and Human Services, welcomes Michael Bird, president of the American Public Health Association, to the University. Bird, an alumnus of BGSU, delivered the Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health on April 6. The event was simulcast to more than 3,200 boards of health nationwide. Bird, the first Native American to head the APHA, is now a consultant based in Albuquerque, N.M. He previously served more than 21 years with the Indian Health Service, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.