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November 22, 2004 Volume 13 No. 23

Devoted to Diversity

On Nov. 1, President Richard H. Brodhead presented his first Duke University Diversity Awards to two Medical Center employees: Michelle P. Winn, M.D., and MaryAnn Black.

“Both of our Diversity Award winners have done more than a single project, more than a season’s issues: they have made inclusiveness a way of life,” said Brodhead. “These are people whose respect and value for people’s varying backgrounds and points of view has...

Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead (left) and Chancellor for Health Affairs Victor J. Dzau, M.D., (far right) congratulate the Diversity Award Winners: MaryAnn Black (second from left), associate vice president of community relations for Duke University Health System, and Michelle P. Winn, M.D., associate vice chair for diversity within the Department of Medicine.

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