The convocation address will be delivered by Duke President Richard H. Brodhead. Robert Steel, chair of the Duke Board of Trustees, will preside over the service.

Farmer, a physician who has pioneered community-based AIDS and tuberculosis treatment for poor people in Haiti, Russia, Rwanda and Peru, will receive Duke’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He is co-founder of Partners in Health, an international charity organization that provides direct health care services, undertakes research and advocates for those who are sick and living in poverty. He maintains a practice at Clinique Bon Saveur, a charity hospital he helped found in Haiti. In addition, Farmer is assisting Duke with a university-wide global health initiative.

Chandler Duke, the widow of Angier Biddle Duke and ambassador to Norway during the Clinton administration, will receive an honorary degree. Angier Biddle Duke, who also served as a U.S. ambassador, was the great-grandson of university namesake Washington Duke.

An international activist in causes connected with family planning and women’s rights, Chandler Duke served as national co-chair of Population Action International, president of the National Abortion Rights Action League and director of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She has worked on the boards of numerous social action and education organizations, including the Worldwatch Institute, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the United Nations Association. She chaired the U.S. delegation for the UNESCO conference in Belgrade and was vice chair of the Institute on International Education.

The Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award will go to Connel R. Fullenkamp, a visiting associate professor in the economics department, where he developed for undergraduates a one-semester introduction to the essentials of finance. One student wrote in his nomination of Fullenkamp, “Instead of merely treating us as go-getters who want to learn the tricks of what it takes to be successful on Wall Street, he inspires the students to think critically about issues of integrity, corporate social responsibility, equity and social justice.”

The University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award, given by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the UnitedMethodistChurch, will be presented to Philip Costanzo, professor of psychology and associate director of the Center for Child and Family Policy in the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. His research focuses on the development of children’s ideas and beliefs about the social environment, how social-cognitive biases develop in the family context and the social and psychological concomitants of eating disorders.

Other faculty awards will be delivered to:

-- George L. Maddox Jr., professor emeritus, Department of Sociology, and program director, Duke Center for Aging: Humanitarian Service Award.

-- Sherryl Broverman, assistant professor of the practice, Department of Biology: David and Janet Brooks Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award.

-- Suzanne Shanahan, assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies, Department of Sociology: Robert B. Cox Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award.

-- Edward Balleisen, associate professor, Department of History: Howard Johnson Distinguished Teaching Award.

-- Peter McIsaac, professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literature: Richard K. Lublin Distinguished Award for Teaching Excellence.

-- Donald Bliss, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering: Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award at the Pratt School of Engineering.

-- Laurence Bohs, assistant research professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering: Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award.

-- Ashutosh Chilkoti, associate professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering: Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award.

-- Leslie Collins, associate professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering: Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research.

-- Michael Gustafson, lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering: Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising.

-- Linda George, professor, Department of Sociology; William Reichert, professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering; Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy: Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Those to be honored during the Founders’ Day service include Angier B. Duke Scholars, Benjamin N. Duke Scholars, James B. Duke Graduate Fellows, Reginaldo Howard Scholars, University Scholars, Robertson Scholars, Faculty Scholars, The Duke Endowment Fellows and many other undergraduate and graduate scholars.

In addition to the awards, campus officials will unveil the statue of university benefactor James B. Duke on Founders’ Day. The rejuvenated likeness of Duke, which stands on a stone pedestal in front of Duke Chapel, was removed in May and sent to Karkadoulias Bronze Art Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio, for cleaning.

Founders’ Day celebrates the founding of the university and provides an opportunity each year for the university to reflect on its history and heritage and to recognize major contributions by students, faculty, administrators, employees and alumni.

The occasion will mark the 104th anniversary of the first event honoring the Duke family at this institution. In 1901, when the school was TrinityCollege, the school held a Benefactors’ Day to pay tribute to Washington Duke.

The university Board of Trustees will hold its annual fall meetings on Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1.