David G. Welch, MD, of Lake Placid, was elected to a two year term as treasurer of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) at the organization's annual assembly.

Dr. Welch has been a member of the AAPMR for more than 35 years and for the past two years has served as a member-at-large on the board of directors. As treasurer he will continue his role on the board of directors and now also on the executive committee. He will be responsible for overseeing the finances of the academy which will have a budget in excess of $10 million in 2012.

Dr. Welch practiced in Glens Falls from 1975-2005 and then relocated his practice to Saranac Lake where he is part of Adirondack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He has been a member of the medical staff of Adirondack Health since 2005, and is also the chair of the Trudeau Health System. Dr. Welch is a part-time employee of the State of New York Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, and is the medical director of the Hamilton County Public Health Service and medical director at Clifton Fine Hospital in Star Lake.

Vice President for Student Affairs William D. Laundry is the latest recipient of Omicron Delta Kappa's Dr. Eldgridge W. Roark Jr. Award for Faculty/Professional Leadership.

Named after Dr. Eldridge W. Roark Jr., a vice president for student affairs at Plattsburgh State who was once the national president of Omicron Delta Kappa, this award is given to faculty or staff members who have displayed a consistent pattern of leadership on the Plattsburgh campus for at least five years. To qualify, faculty and staff must also be involved directly with students and have exhibited leadership outside of the classroom.

In addition to his many contributions to Plattsburgh State, Laundry has served ODK locally and at the national level. He was the chief of the Convention Resolutions Committee at the 1996 national convention, the faculty director of Province I 1998-2000, a member of the Resolutions Committee at the 1998 convention, a member of the National Committee on Extension from 1998-2000, the faculty secretary of the local circle and the recipient of the Meritorious Service Award at 2002 national convention.

The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) Board of Trustees, Albany, has named Stephens Mundy, president and chief executive officer at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center, Plattsburgh, as treasurer of its 2012 board.

Rodney C. Boula, administrator and chief executive officer, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Elizabethtown, is on the board in the Class of 2014.

The Lake Placid CVB/Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (LPCVB/ROOST) has awarded Fort Ticonderoga the 2011 Tourism Marketing Award. The award was presented Jan. 12 in Lake Placid at a gathering of tourism industry peers and elected officials.

The Tourism Marketing Award is given to a group or individual who has produced or launched an innovative tourism marketing product or initiative. Fort Ticonderoga was named the 2011 winner for its America's Fort branding and expanded audience targeting through the creation of family activities, special events, re-enactments and the internationally acclaimed Art of War exhibit.

Mark Tisdale, formerly of Chazy, a teacher at Chote in Connecticut, was picked to sing in an international selected chorus of 250 individuals. The group was accompanied by the new England Symphony Orchestra conducted by the famed British composer conductor John Rutter, who wrote the music for the royal wedding. His new piece "What Sweeter Music" was premiered that night and the concert ended by the entire audience singing an arrangement of "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing."