America Living With AIDS

AM E R IC A Living With AI

APPENDIX E
COMMISSIONER BIOGRAPHIES
Chairman June E. Osborn, M.D., is Professor of Epidemiology and Dean of the School of Public
Health at the University of Michigan; she is also Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan Medical School. She has served on numerous federal and nonfederal committees, currently including the Global Commission on AIDS for the World Health
Organization and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee for the
AIDS Health Services Project (Chair). Dr. Osborn has published extensively in the fields of virology, public health, and public policy. She earned her M.D. at Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine and did her pediatric residency at Harvard Hospitals. She is a member of both
the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Microbiology. In 1986 she was
elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Vice Chairman David E. Rogers, M.D., completed his M.D. in 1948 at Cornell University and
served an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins. Among his important appointments are
those of Dean of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs at Johns Hopkins University and
Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Rogers was appointed the first Walsh
McDermott University Professor of Medicine at the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center in November 1986. For the 15 years preceding this appointment, Dr. Rogers was President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey, the largest philanthropy
devoting its resources to alleviating problems in the health care of Americans. Dr. Rogers has been
very involved in the problems of AIDS, holding appointments as Chairman of the Advisory Council of the AIDS Institute of New York State, member of the Citizens Commission on AIDS of New
York and New Jersey, Chair of the National Community AIDS Partnership, and Chair of the New
York City Mayoral Task Force on AIDS.
Diane Ahrens is presently serving her 17th year as Commissioner of Ramsey County, Minnesota. She chaired the Human Services Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties
(NACO) from 1986-1988 and in 1988 was appointed chair of NACO's task force on HIV/AIDS,
which formulated recommendations for all counties regarding their role in addressing the HIV epidemic. She earned her Masters degree in Religion and Higher Education at Yale University.
Scott Allen, of Dallas, Texas, serves as a consultant for Homeward, Inc., and specializes in transitional care. He has conducted extensive research on the spiritual, ethical, and psychological
dimensions of AIDS. He also provides direct pastoral care for people with AIDS, and is often called
upon to act as a liaison between people with AIDS and their religious community and/or family. In
addition, Reverend Allen is the founder and Co-Coordinator of the AIDS Interfaith Network of
Dallas, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on State Responsibility of the Special Texas Legislative
Task Force on AIDS, and Board Member of AIDS ARMS, a program to meet the special human
needs of people with AIDS. Reverend Allen earned his Masters in Divinity from the Golden Gate
Theological Seminary and served as pastor of the Pacific Baptist Church in California and as Minister of Education and Youth for the First Christian Church in Colorado Springs before joining the
Christian Life Commission in 1985.
Harlon L. Dalton is a Professor at Yale Law School and a leading authority on legal issues generated by the AIDS epidemic. His AIDS-related publications include AIDS and the Law: A Guide for
the Public, and "AIDS in Blackface." Mr. Dalton serves on the AIDS Interfaith Network in New
Haven (chairperson), the Advisory Board of the Connecticut Consortium of AIDS, the Editorial
Board of the AIDS Alert, and the New Haven Mayor's Task Force on AIDS. He earned his J.D.
from Yale Law School.