By Dan Nonte, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-4314
Posted: 10-6-08
GREENSBORO, NC – Dr. Alex Johnson, past president of the 130,000-member American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, will deliver the 2008 Lawther Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23.
The lecture – “Connecting the Dots: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Human Communication Disorders” – will be delivered in the School of Music Collins Lecture Hall and is free and open to the public. The School of Health and Human Performance and the Lloyd International Honors College are sponsoring the event.
Johnson is provost and vice president for academic affairs at the MGH Institute for Health Professions in Boston. Prior to accepting his current post this summer, he spent nine years as professor and chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Disorders at Wayne State University in Detroit. He also held a clinical appointment as director of speech-language sciences and disorders at Henry Ford Hospital.
Parking is available for $1 hour in the McIver Street Parking Deck, which is adjacent to the School of Music Building. Campus maps are available online. For more information about the lecture, call (336) 334-5744.
The Lawther Lecture honors Ethel Martus Lawther, who served the university tirelessly for 43 years. She joined the faculty in 1931; became head of the physical education department in 1947; was named dean of the newly formed School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (now Health and Human Performance) in 1971; and retired in 1974.
