Heritage Award

2024 Award Recipients

David Calleo, SAIS (Posthumously)
Prof. Calleo (1934-2023) was the director of the SAIS European Studies Department from its creation in 1968 until 2012 and Dean Acheson Professor of European Studies at SAIS with the title of University Professor until his retirement in 2018. He was one of the world’s most respected scholars on European affairs and foreign policy. Prof. Calleo authored numerous books and articles on subjects ranging from the international economy to U.S. foreign policy, transatlantic relations and the history of ideas. These included America and the World Political Economy (1973, coauthored with Benjamin Rowland); The German Problem Reconsidered (1978); Beyond American Hegemony (1987). Most recently, The Follies of Power: America’s Unipolar Fantasy (2009). Prof. Calleo was a beloved and respected member of the SAIS community. This award recognizes his  enormous legacy and impact on generations of SAIS students and colleagues. 

Chaomei Chen, Engr ’88 Trustee 
Chaomei Chen is a dedicated Johns Hopkins alumnus and a retired business executive from the financial industry and lives in San Francisco. She is a leading expert in risk management and operations and held several impressive positions in her career, including Chief Risk Officer, Chief Credit Officer, and Executive Vice President at several US-based financial technology companies and banks. Chaomei earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Southwestern JiaoTong University and her master’s degree in Mathematical Sciences from Johns Hopkins University. Since graduating from Hopkins, she has been a strong volunteer leader and supporter of the school, consistently going above and beyond in a variety of roles. She has hosted numerous Alumni Association events in the Bay Area, and has agreed to host an upcoming event in 2024. She has returned to campus several times to meet with university leadership and is truly invested in strengthening the university. She currently serves on the Whiting School’s Dean’s Advisory Board, as has for almost ten years, helping to guide Dean Schlesinger and the school as it continues its rise to preeminence. Within the advisory board, she has also taken on leadership roles, previously serving as the Chair for the advisory board’s diversity committee and being the featured speaker at the school’s 2012 Convocation Ceremony. In 2016, she began her first term on the University’s Board of Trustees, serving on several committees, most recently the development committee. Despite her busy schedule, she has always found time to meet with leadership from different areas of the university and work to forge partnerships between WSE and other divisions.  In addition to generously giving her time to the university, she and her husband have also been strong philanthropic supporters of the school. Together, they established a department headship in the Applied  Mathematics and Statistics Department, they supported newly formed Department of Environmental and Health Engineering and championed the effort to combine the departments, which were rooted both in the Engineering and Public Health Schools, they set-up the Yu Wu and Chaomei Chen Impact Fund which supports collaborative research projects within the department and have made unrestricted gifts to the  Department of History.

Martha Hill, Nurs ’64, '66, BSPH '86, Former Dean of Nursing
Martha Hill served as dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing from 2001 until early 2014 and has been a member of the faculty since the school was established in 1983. As an educator, she is known for her mentorship of students and faculty members; as a researcher, for her investigations in preventing and treating hypertension and its complications, particularly among young, urban African-American men and the effectiveness of nurse-run clinics. Her expertise in community-based participatory research focuses on the integration of multi-professional health care to improve treatment and outcomes for vulnerable and underserved populations. She has been an active investigator, mentor, and consultant on numerous National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trials and is recognized around the globe for her research projects including “Comprehensive HBP Care for Young Urban Black Men,” “Barriers to HBP Care and Control in Black South Africans,” and “Research Training in Health Disparities in Underserved Populations.”  Dr. Hill is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) and serves on its health sciences policy board. Dr. Hill previously served on the IOM Council and the Board of Directors of Research! America. From 1997-1998, Dr. Hill served as president of the American Heart Association, the first non-physician to be named to that position. She is a professor of nursing, medicine, and public health.

Will Linder, A&S ’72
Since graduating from JHU in 1972, Will Linder has remained as committed and active as ever with his alma mater. He’s been involved through regional events in Chicago and served on numerous reunion committees. Will currently serves on the KSAS Humanities Advisory Council and is a past member of the Alumni Council. Will has also supported Hopkins philanthropically, taking great pride in both The Linder Family Scholarship and The Robert Forster and Vernon Like Scholarship, as well as his contributions to the University Writing Program. In 2020, Will participated in one of the early Hopkins at Home offerings which featured Dr. Ralph Hruban. This course sparked a connection between Will and Dr. Hruban, which led them to co-author and publish the book A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine. This book  recounts the stories of the early Johns Hopkins luminaries John Shaw Billings,  Max Brödel, Mary Elizabeth Garrett, William Halsted, Jesse Lazear, Dorothy Reed  Mendenhall, William Osler, Helen Taussig, Vivien Thomas, and William Welch. This chorus of lives tells a compelling tale not just of their individual struggles, but how  personal and societal issues went hand-in-hand with the advancement of medicine. It is clear that Will’s dedication to Hopkins has only grown stronger through the years and he has shown this by continually contributing to the success of the school for many years.