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Recipients of Honors Ada E. Deer Doctor of Humanities Ada E. Deer was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, in July 1993. she is the first woman to hold this office since its creation in 1977. At the time of her appointment, Ms. Deer was senior lecturer in the School of Social Work and American Indian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992-the first American Indian woman to run for Congress in Wisconsin. As assistant secretary, Ms. Deer serves as policy maker for more than 555 federally recognized tribes and nearly two million Indians served by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is chief spokesperson for federal policy concerning American Indians. A native of Wisconsin, Mrs. Deer grew up on the Menominee Reservation and was the first member of her tribe to graduate from the University of Wisconsin in Madison where she received a bachelor of arts in social work in 1957. She received a master's degree in social work from Columbus University in 1961-the first American Indian to do so-and was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1978. She returned home to Wisconsin to lead the Menominee's struggle to restore federal recognition of their tribal status after it had been terminated in the 1950s. The Menominee Restoration Act was signed into law in 1972 and has led the way for many other tribes to restore federal recognition. Ms. Deer is a founding director of Americans for Indian Opportunity and the American Indian Graduate Program. She was appointed by the U.S. Senate to the American Indian Policy Review Commission in 1974 and has been a client, staff member, board member, board chair, and finally, chair of the National Support Committee of the Native American Rights Fund. She was appointed by both Presidents Carter and Reagan to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. Her many honors include the American Indian Society's Distinguished Service Award; George Washington University's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medal for Outstanding Service in Human Rights; the National Rainbow Coalition's Achievement Award; and the Los Angeles Southwest Museum's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the recipient of four honorary degrees. Ohio State proudly adds its own recognition of the many achievements of this impressive national leader. Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. Doctor of Science Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., is professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of California at Berkeley. He served as editor of Science magazine from 1985 to 1995. His pioneering research on the catalytic molecular mechanisms of enzymes has brought Dr. Koshland international recognition within the scientific community. He has contributed more than 350 articles to the scientific literature on biochemistry and biomedical research. A native of New York City, Dr. Koshland earned his B.S. degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked as a chemist for Shell Chemical Company and as a group leader for the Manhattan Project before entering the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. in 1949. After two postdoctoral years at Harvard, he joined the staff of Brookhaven National Laboratory as senior biochemist and later held joint appointments at Rockefeller University and Brookhaven. He joined the University of California, Berkeley, faculty in 1965. He has served as an honorary named lecturer at numerous universities and institutes throughout the nation and holds honorary degrees from the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, Simon Fraser University, Weizmann Institute of Science, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dr. Koshland has served on a number of editorial boards during his career, including chairing the editorial board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He helped establish and chaired the Academy Forum, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences that develops policies on issues affecting science and society. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Koshland has served on the council of both societies. He has also served as president of the American Society of Biological Chemists. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society and an honorary member of the Japanese Biochemical Society and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Among his many honors are the National Medal of Science, the Edgar Fahs Smith and Pauling Awards of the American Chemical Society, the Waterford Prize, and the Merck Award of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Ohio State proudly recognizes the many contributions of this eminent man of science.
