The UCLA Foundation has named Peter J. Taylor as president-elect. Taylor, senior vice president in the public-finance department at Lehman Brothers Inc., will succeed Keenan Behrle as president on July 1, 2002. In addition, 11 members were elected to the foundation's Board of Governors: William Flumenbaum, Plinio J. Garcia Jr., Joseph Kearns, Alfred E. Mann, Frank W. Marshall, Rue C. Pine, Monica Salinas, Samir H. Sheth, Roger Wacker, Robert Wang and Marion L. Wilson. Among those appointed to the Board of Councillors are: Chris Arranaga, Sandy Davis, Fereshteh Diba, The Hon. Richard D. Fybel, Joan Snyder Goldwyn, Jo Ann Hankin, Nobuyuki Kawata, Alice L. Lainer, Steve C.K. Liu, Lorrine R. Lydeen, Basil W. Martinez, the Rev. William D. Naulls, Lynda Oschin, David A. Polak, Scott Roeb, The Hon. George P. Schiavelli (Ret.), Rose K. Tarlow, Toby Waldorf, Cristina Murillo Walters, Syd Whalley and Li Yu.

Mark Litwin received the 2001 Gold Cystoscope Award from the American Urological Association. The annual award honors a young urologist with outstanding contributions to the field within 10 years of completing residency training. Litwin is one of the pioneers in outcomes and health-services research in urology, particularly in prostate cancer.... Christopher Amenson, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, received the Outstanding Psychologist award from NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) for his groundbreaking involvement of family members in treatment decisions for their loved ones.... Economist Susan Ettner received the Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award from the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy. The award recognizes outstanding contributions a new investigator has made to the field of health services research. She holds a dual appointment in medicine and public health and has helped forge a better understanding of the links between socioeconomic status and health, and health and success in the workplace.

George Solomon, a pioneer in the field of psychoneuroimmunology and a professor emeritus of psychiatry, died Oct. 7 in Los Angeles following a stroke. He was 69. Solomon was among the first scientists to speculate that the relationship between the mind and the body's immune system may affect health and the course of disease. "When Dr. Solomon began his work, the idea that a healthy mind might help fight cancer was largely dismissed by the medical establishment," said Peter Whybrow, director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute and executive chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. "It took a man of unusual courage and vision to carry such an idea forward and accumulate the necessary scientific evidence that would silence the skeptics and establish this new field." Memorial donations may be made to the UCLA Foundation, Solomon Chair, c/o Director's Office, Neuropsychiatric Institute, 760 Westwood Plaza, Room C7-463, Los Angeles, CA 90024.