Roland E. Baron, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor of orthopaedics and cell biology, received the Louis V. Avioli Founders Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research at its 24th annual meeting in San Antonio in September 2002. This award is given for “fundamental contributions to bone and mineral basic research.” Baron also received a Docteur Honoris Causa from the Université René Descartes in Paris in December 2002.