Silas Norman Jr., M.D., assistant dean of Admissions for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been appointed president of the Paine College National Alumni Association.

The college is located in Augusta, Ga., and Dr. Norman, a 1962 graduate, is a native of Augusta. He received his bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences from Paine, and while there served as freshman class president and student chairman for two years. He also served as chairman of the college’s Steering Committee, a student organization that oversaw civil rights activities.

Dr. Norman, a 1976 graduate of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, also attended Atlanta University and the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is an assistant professor of Medicine at WSU in addition to assistant dean for Admissions.

A member of the American College of Physicians, the American and National Medical Associations and the Wayne County, Detroit and Michigan State Medical Societies, Dr. Norman has received the United Negro College Fund’s Year 2000 Alumni Achievement Award, the Wayne State University Organization of Black Alumni Award, and the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Vision Award.