Kemper Award presented to Mark Chertoff

Sep 22, 2011

Mark Chertoff, PhD, Associate Professor in the KU department of Hearing and Speech, is presented the Kemper Award by University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - During a recent departmental meeting, Mark E. Chertoff, PhD, Associate Professor in the KU department of Hearing and Speech, was notified that he had won the prestigous William T. Kemper Award for Teaching Excellence.  A convoy comprised of KU leaders, including Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, KUMC Executive Vice Chancellor Barbara Atkinson, MD, and Senior Vice Chancellor and Dean of the KU School of Health Professions Karen L. Miller, PhD, made the presentation.  The news, as well as the visit from university leadership, came as a surprise to Chertoff.

The annual awards, supported by the William T. Kemper Foundation and KU Endowment, are given each year to outstanding teachers and advisers at KU.  Recipients also receive a $7,500 award.

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Located on the KU Medical Center campus, the School of Health Professions offers more than 25 academic programs in health care fields important to our community and region. From lab science to physical therapy, nuclear medicine to audiology, the type and nature of programs is extremely diverse.  To learn more about the school, visit our web site at http://healthprofessions.kumc.edu/

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