and has volunteered with programs like the Camillus House Homeless Initiative in Miami, the Health through Walls International Health Outreach, and the Brookside Community Health Center in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Throughout her community volunteer projects, she has been an advocate for disadvantaged individuals and minority communities. She has written several articles in the
Dr. David Van Vactor ’81
and target recognition and, ultimately, in determining how they act in concert to specify the direction of axonal outgrowth. A member of the Harvard Medical School faculty, David Van Vactor was appointed assistant professor in cell biology in 1995, after completing his postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his undergraduate degree in behavioral biology from The Johns Hopkins University in 1985 and earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991.
areas of mental health, radiology and family health, in addition to lecturing at numerous health care symposia (www.doh.state. fl.us). The Margo Johnson Lecture, named for Margo Johnson, headmistress of the Milton Academy Girls’ School from 1949–1982, brings accomplished women to the Milton campus.
Dedication of Elliott Commons Governor Charlie Crist appointed Dr. Viamonte Ros as secretary of the Florida Department of Health. Later that same year, under new legislation, she officially became Florida’s first state surgeon general—a woman and a Cuban-American in this new position. Surgeon General Viamonte Ros is committed to advancing health-care delivery systems in public health settings
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avid Elliott Place ’39 celebrated his 70th Milton reunion—with family members, classmates and friends—by dedicating a well-loved campus gathering place to his grandfather, Josiah Richardson Elliott. The West Campus dining hall, now known as Elliott Commons, serves students living in Norris and Millet houses. David chose
to name this space for his grandfather, who inspired his spirit of supporting educational opportunities for others. David is honored to have a tangible memorial to his grandfather at his beloved School and hopes the naming reinforces in his children and others the importance and joy of philanthropy.
Florida’s First State Surgeon General Is Margo Johnson Endowed Speaker Ana M. Viamonte Ros P’02 ’04, state surgeon general of the Florida Department of Health, visited Milton this spring as the 2009 Margo Johnson Endowed Speaker. In January 2007, Ana M. Viamonte Ros P’02 ’04
D. Elliott Place ’72, Alexander Place ’07, Louise Place ’04, David ’39 and Josiah Richardson Place ’80. Milton Magazine
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