ITHACA, N.Y. -- Each year, CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, singles out universities for awards in several areas of communications, alumni relations and fund-raising. In this year's CASE Circle of Excellence competition, Cornell Alumni Magazine received a gold medal in the Best Articles of the Year category for the feature story "Dr. Eponymous" by Brad Herzog '90, published in the March/April 2004 issue. 

Herzog is a regular contributor to the magazine and the author of several books. The article is a profile of Henry Heimlich '41, MD '43, the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver.

"We're very gratified to receive this award," said the magazine's editor and publisher, Jim Roberts. "I would like to give some recognition to associate editor David Dudley... The story turned out to be more complex than we originally thought it would be, and David worked very closely with Brad, doing a lot of behind-the-scenes research and collaborating with Brad on the final version."