{"id":29849,"date":"2014-09-14T10:32:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=29849"},"modified":"2024-10-11T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:43:10","slug":"about-arrel-toews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/about-arrel-toews\/","title":{"rendered":"About Arrel Toews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Arrel Toews bio<\/h2>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Early Life and Education<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:116}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arrel Toews was born on July 22, 1948 in Enid, OK to David and Rosa Toews.\u00a0 His forebears (great-grandparents and some grandparents) emigrated from South Russia (currently Ukraine) to the US in the 1870s, settling on farmland in NE, KS, and OK.\u00a0 He grew up on a wheat and cattle farm near Kremlin, OK and early on learned the value of hard work.\u00a0 Along with his older brother Galen and younger brother Myron, Arrel raised sheep (a flock of about 100 ewes and 5 rams, with about 150 lambs each year) and sold the lambs and wool to help finance their college educations. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/ARRELTCGRADUATION1970-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Graduation, 1970<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He attended Kremlin Public Schools, then Tabor College (a very small college in Hillsboro, KS affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren Church) and subsequently graduated in 1970 with a BA in Chemistry and a minor in Math.\u00a0 Arrel then completed his graduate studies (1970-1974) in the Department of Physiological Chemistry at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, working with Dr. Lloyd Horrocks studying lipid and myelin metabolism.\u00a0 His dissertation examined the effects of spinal cord injury on myelin.\u00a0 He also worked on various aspects of myelin lipid and protein metabolism, including enzyme markers for myelin.\u00a0 Following graduation, he supervised Dr. Horrocks\u2019 lab for 18 months while he was on sabbatical leave in Strasbourg, France.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Family<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:116}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the summer of 1971, Arrel married his wife Kathy, who is from the Oklahoma Panhandle \u2013 they recently celebrated their 43<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">rd<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\"> wedding anniversary.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/ARRELKATHYERIN1981-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arrel, Kathy, and baby Erin, 1981<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kathy worked for many years at the UNC Management Company, which manages the UNC-Chapel Hill endowment funds, as well as endowments for other UNC campuses.\u00a0 She retired in 2012. Arrel and Kathy have two grown daughters, Erin and Laura.\u00a0 Erin is a pediatric nurse at UVA Children\u2019s Hospital in Charlottesville, VA and Laura is an adult oncology nurse at Georgetown Hospitals in Washington, DC.\u00a0 Laura is currently also in graduate school at the <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/ARRELFAMILYWHITEHEAD2009-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arrel with Family, 2009<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">University of Maryland-Baltimore, working on her MSN in Nurse Education.\u00a0 Erin is married to David Lemon and they have two sons, Austin Jacob (4) and Benjamin Arrel (1).\u00a0 Now that Arrel and Kathy are both retired, they are looking forward to spending more time with their family, including those two grandsons.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arrel\u2019s older brother Galen was, until his untimely death in 2011, the Head of the Pulmonary Division and Chief of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, MI.\u00a0 Myron is currently a Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Research<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:116}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arrel came to UNC in 1977 as an Environmental Pathology Fellow, working under the direction of Pierre Morell (Biochemistry) and Martin Krigman (Pathology), and has been at UNC ever since.\u00a0 His initial research involved examining the effects of heavy metal exposure on myelin integrity and most all of his work has been in the area of neurochemistry.\u00a0 Among other projects, he examined the axonal transport of proteins and lipids in both CNS and PNS and various aspects of the biochemistry, molecular and cell biology and pathology of demyelination and remyelination in both CNS and PNS.\u00a0 Virtually all of his research at UNC was in collaboration with Pierre Morell until his untimely death in 2003, as well as Glenn Matsushima in the later years. Arrel has 62 publications in refereed journals and 16 chapters in books. As an example of his collegiality and generous spirit, he would be the first to note that none of his research could have been carried out without the advice, assistance, support, and mentoring of his valued colleagues.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Teaching and Service<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:116}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arrel has always enjoyed teaching and has worked hard to do as much of it as possible throughout his professional career, which at UNC spanned 37 years. His formal teaching began as a sophomore in college when he was a teaching assistant for an earth science class.\u00a0 He subsequently served as a TA each remaining semester in various biology and chemistry courses.\u00a0 During graduate school, he served for two years as a tutor in the &#8220;Personalized System of Instruction&#8221; Biochemistry program for first-year medical students.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He began his teaching activities in the department at UNC in 1980 with teaching Biochem 100L, a biochemistry lab techniques course.\u00a0 Shortly after, he became involved in medical student teaching, initially by helping with lab and small group exercises, but soon as a lecturer also (1997-2014).\u00a0 He has been the course director for \u201cIntroduction to Biochemistry\u201d &#8211; Biochem 107 (1995-2013) and Biochem 108 (1992-2014), and given almost all of the lectures.\u00a0 He has also been heavily involved in medical student education, giving lectures, managing small group sessions, and helping develop new curricula.\u00a0 He also lectured to first-year dental students and has been the course director for the Biochemistry course in the summer Medical Education Development (M.E.D.) Program since 2001.\u00a0 He was a Medical School Teaching Scholar during the 2005-2006 academic year and was an inaugural Medical School Teaching Champion from 2011 until his retirement.\u00a0 Arrel also served 2 terms on the UNC Faculty Council and on the UNC Medical School Admissions Committee (2009-2013) and Student Promotions Committee (2011-2014).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/ARRELWHITEHEADLECTURE2009-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arrel gives the Whitehead Lecture, 2009<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Most notably, Arrel has been awarded all of the university-wide teaching excellence awards he has been eligible for, and graciously shares credit for much of those achievements to the guidance and mentoring of his fellow faculty colleagues.\u00a0 These teaching awards include the James M. Johnston Teaching Excellence Award (1996), the William C. Friday\/Class of 1986 Teaching Excellence Award (2003), and the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2009).\u00a0 He was also selected for the \u201cFaculty of the Year\u201d Award by the UNC Student National Medicine Association in 2008.\u00a0 In 2009, he was selected by the UNC medical students to present the Richard H. Whitehead Lecture, one of the highest honors bestowed by UNC medical students.\u00a0 He has enjoyed all of his teaching duties and worked hard to do well by them. Not being able to teach students and help change their lives is what he will miss most during his retirement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrel Toews was born on July 22, 1948 in Enid, OK to David and Rosa Toews.\u00a0 His forebears (great-grandparents and some grandparents) emigrated from South Russia (currently Ukraine) to the US in the 1870s, settling on farmland in NE, KS, and OK.\u00a0 He grew up on a wheat and cattle farm near Kremlin, 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