The Leadership in Innovative Teaching Award was established in 2014 through an endowment. The donor’s objective in creating this award is to honor the first MSU woman President, Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon, an administrator who encouraged leadership in innovative teaching.
The donor, Salah Karim Adel, MD FACOG, moved through the ranks to Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Cairo University Faculty of Medicine from 1952-1977. In 1977, by reciprocity, he became Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University Medical Center until retirement in 2001. His wife Houria Suzy Hassouna began at MSU in 1980 teaching medical students, research and diagnostic service in thrombosis and bleeding disorders. She was a strong advocate for student leadership.
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