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Revelle College Honorary Fellows

Revelle College honor individuals who have made exceptional and sustained contributions to Revelle College, in particular its students, in the form of education, service, and/or research. Candidates who meet these high standards will be of two types: Fellows will be Revelle Faculty or Revelle Emeritus Faculty while Honorary Fellows will be members of the UCSD community more broadly.

In addition to honoring those who have already greatly contributed to the mission of Revelle College, we hope this program will also

  • foster greater interaction between Revelle faculty and the student body (which can help overcome some of the depersonalization that can occur in large institutions)
  • encourage creative ways to further education in and outside traditional academic settings
  • help produce a stronger sense of community between all members of Revelle College
  • Cheryl A.M. Anderson

    Cheryl A.M. Anderson

    Cheryl A.M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, is a Professor and Dean of the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. Dr. Anderson received her doctoral degree from the University of Washington, and her Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At UCSD, Dr. Anderson is the Director of the UCSD Center of Excellence in Health Promotion and Equity. Dr. Anderson is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, and is the Chair of the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee and Vice Chair on the council on Epidemiology and Prevention.
  • Gregory Buford

    Gregory Buford

    Recognized widely for his expertise in plastic surgery, Dr. Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS, PCEO, is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and nationally recognized MASTER Facial Injectables Trainer as well as a Trainer for Apyx Medical Renuvion Skin tightening and VASER ultrasonic liposuction. He has spoken nationally and internationally demonstrating these and other technologies. He is founder of Core Aesthetics Training Institute, a nationally recognized organization responsible for training medical professional in the safe and effective use of facial injectables.

    Dr. Buford is consistently recognized in the media for his Plastic Surgery expertise and has participated with resources such as Vogue, ABC News, EMedicine, and many others. He is a consultant and Advisory Board Member for several companies, and author of “Beauty and the Business,” among other publications. His work receives acclaim from medical professionals and his patients from around the world. 

    Dr. Buford received his medical degree from Georgetown University School and Medicine and completed residencies in both General Surgery as well as Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He obtained additional training in Cosmetic Surgery through the esteemed Baker-Stuzin-Baker Fellowship as well as an Anti-Aging/Restorative Medicine Fellowship through A4M.  He is also a proud graduate of the 2018 Physician CEO program at the Kellogg School of Management. Dr. Buford has maintained strong relationships with a number of his alma maters and in 2018 was chosen as the proud presenter of the UCSD Revelle College Commencement address and in 2022 is the keynote alumni speaker at tonight’s honors celebration. 
  • Ann Craig

    Ann Craig

    Emeritus, Department of Political Science and Provost Emeritus Eleanor Roosevelt College

    Ann Craig is an alumna of the University of Minnesota (B.A. International Relations) and M.I.T. (Ph.D. Political Science).  In the Department of Political Science at UC San Diego her research, in the field of comparative politics, focused on regional political activism in Mexico. Field research in Los Altos in Jalisco resulted in an oral history of a regional agrarian reform movement. Retaining an interest in the interface between local movements and national politics, her research continued to focus on Mexican politics and the political and policy impacts of local and national social movements. 

    From 1994 to 2009 she served as Provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College. After retiring, she was a consultant (2010-12) to the International Center on projects designed to deepen internationalization of education at UC San Diego and chaired the Senate Committee on International Education. She served as Acting and Interim Provost of Revelle College for 18 months (2012-13), and as Interim Provost at Sixth College (2017-18). She participates in the Emeriti Mentor program with Chancellor’s Scholars and at an after school tutoring program serving Latinx children in North County.
  • Nancy Groves

    Nancy Groves

    Emerita Dean of Academic Advising
  • Seth Lerer

    Seth Lerer

    Distinguished Professor of Literature, Department of Literature
  • William Arctander O'Brien

    William Arctander O'Brien

    Professor Emeritus,of German and Comparative Literature, Department of Literature
  • Michael Parrish

    Michael Parrish

    Michael Parrish joined the UCSD Department of History in 1968 and served as department chairman during the early 1990s. He received his BA degree from the University of California, Riverside in 1964 and his PhD from Yale University in 1968. He teaches courses on the history of American law and American politics and culture since the Civil War.
  • Elaine Tanaka

    Elaine Tanaka

    Elaine Tanaka received her MD from the University of California, San Diego.  She is a Board Certified general surgeon who specializes in breast care and treatment of breast cancer.  She is the Founder of a nonprofit, Compassion Breast, whose mission is to provide quality, expeditious breast care to uninsured and under-resourced communities.

    Her recent publications include: “Preoperative Breast MRI: Surgeons' Patient Selection Patterns and Potential Bias in Outcomes Analyses.”  She has conducted workshops on implicit bias in medicine, has participated in multiple panels, and has presented multiple lectures including “Health Disparities in San Diego” and a UC San Diego, School of Medicine Health Equity Curriculum Lecture:  “Cancer Screening.”  She teaches ETHN 142 which examines race, medicine, and the global politics of inequality. 

    Research interests:  Eliminating Disparities in Health Care, Breast Cancer Knowledge and Education in Immigrant Communities, Compassionate Health Care for Marginalized Communities, Delivery of Quality and Expeditious Health Care to Uninsured and Under-Resourced Communities, Health Education for Marginalized Communities.
  • In Memoriam

    In Memoriam

    Ernest Mort

    Emeritus Dean of Revelle College ~ 1932 - 2020