Pitt Chronicle

Louis M. Gomez and Kimberley Gomez

Pitt’s School of Education has announced that Louis M. Gomez, Aon Professor of Learning Sciences and Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University, will be the inaugural holder of the Dr. Helen S. Faison Chair in Urban Education at Pitt and the first director of Pitt’s Center for Urban Education.

Kimberley Gomez, associate professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Education and a researcher in its Learning Sciences Research Institute, also will join the Pitt faculty in the School of Education’s Department of Instruction and Learning and Learning Policy Center and as a research scientist in LRDC.

Pitt professor Charles Perfetti has been named director of the University’s Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor James V. Maher announced on Friday. Perfetti, University Professor of Psychology and professor of linguistics, has served as associate director of the LRDC since 2000 and has been a senior scientist with the LRDC since he joined the University in 1967.

From left, Brian Generalovich, Dawne S. Hickton, and Dan Marino

The Nominating Committee of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees on June 20 advanced three individuals as new candidates for membership on the board: Brian Generalovich (Arts and Sciences ’66, Dental Medicine ’68), a dentist in private practice in Hermitage, Pa., and immediate past president (2006-08) of the Pitt Alumni Association; Dawne S. Hickton (Law ’83), vice chair and CEO of RTI International Metals, Inc.; and College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (Arts and Sciences ’83), in-studio cohost of CBS-TV’s The NFL Today and president of the Dan Marino Foundation.