Above: Commencement speaker Kathleen E. Toomey, Director of Georgia's Division of Public Health. Right: Cynthia Gaither processes with the class.

Above: Dean James Curran congratulates one of 287 graduates. Center: Alumni association president Jim Dunn, 92 MPH. Right: Ira Schwartz's course on AIDS is one of the most popular at the school, just one reason he received an award as Professor of the Year. James Setzer, last year's winner of the Thomas F. Sellers Jr. Award, presented the honor to Ken Resnicow (left), a mentor to colleagues at the school.

Graduation is a family matter for Sara K. Sexson, shown with her parents, Sandra B. and William R. Sexson, both on the faculty of the School of Medicine, and her brother Ryan.