• Mendel:
  National Honor Society
  Honor’s List 4 years
  All Catholic League-Golf
  Member of 1966-68 Catholic League Championship Teams
  Westinghouse Scholar
• Creighton University
• The Deborah R. and Edgar D. Janotta Presidential Professor;
• Professor and Dean, Rush Graduate College; Associate Dean, Basic Sciences, Rush Medical College; Chairman, Department of Pharmacology
• Primary research is Parkinson’s Disease (PD) focusing on the blood brain barrier in PD. 
• Author of Drug Action in the Central Nervous System and over 100 scientific articles.
• Past President of American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair.

 “Mendel was responsible for fostering my interest in science that eventually led to my career. Mendel humbled me by first showing me that I had to work extremely hard to compete with brighter students. Mendel helped mold my motivation to excel.”