MSU Distinguished Alumni continue

career accomplishments

Dr. Edward McFarland

Dr. Walter Bumphus

Edward McFarland , M.D . ’78 has been promoted to full professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The 1998 Distinguished Alumnus recipient earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1982 and completed his residency and training in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Roc hester , Minn. , in 1987.

McFarland joined Johns Hopkins in 1992, where he created and directed The Johns Hopkins Division of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery before taking on responsibilities in 2002 as director of the Division of Adult Orthopedics. He also is vice chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery.

McFarland, a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and of the American College of Sports Medicine, and consulting orthopedic surgeon for the Baltimore Orioles, recently published “Examination of the Shoulder: The Complete Guide.”

Assisting McFarland with the book was Richard Blalock II, a 2006 Murray State graduate. Blalock served as a normal model for shoulder examinations and movement for the book’s photographs and also reviewed chapters for accuracy of citations. He is attending Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

 

Dr. Walter Bumphus ’71 ’74 president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, has announced his resignation effective January 15, 2007 , to become a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Administration, with an Endowed Chair in the community college leadership program at the University of Texas-Austin . Bumphus, a native of Princeton , Ky. , received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1992.

Bumphus has had a long and distinguished career in two-year postsecondary education. He has served as a college chancellor, a college president and as a vice president and dean of students. He was originally recruited to Louisiana to serve as chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College . As a result of his strong leadership abilities, he was tapped to provide vision and guidance for the entire Louisiana Community and Technical College system, which consists of 10 colleges.

He has received numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness from North Carolina State University in 1998, the Distinguished Graduate Award from the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1992, and most recently, the Association of Community College Trustees 2005 Southern Region Chief Executive Officer Award.