Dr. John F. Dooley III, PT,DPT,MS,ECS has been certified as a clinical specialist in clinical electrophysiology by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.

Dr. Dooley is one of only three physical therapists to be certified in the United States. He specializes in nerve conduction studies and electromyography as well as his physical therapy/rehabilitation practice in Chattanooga.

Dr. Dooley is a graduate of Daemen College in New York and the doctoral program of Rocky Mountain University in Utah.

He is licensed in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and New York. He is a member of the American Congress of Electroneuromyography, American Physical Therapy Association and the Tennessee and Georgia physical therapy associations.

Farrow appointed to Georgia board

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced the appointments of Steve Farrow of Dalton, Ga., to the State Board of Workers' Compensation and Judge Rick Thompson of Gainesville, Ga., as chairman of the board.

The State Board of Workers' Compensation is composed of three members who are appointed by the governor for a term of four years. The members serve as the three-judge appellate panel hearing the initial appeals from the orders of the administrative law judges. Judge Warren Massey is the third member of the board.

Mr. Farrow, 52, is an attorney with the law firm of Minor, Bell & Neal. He is a member of the Dalton State College Foundation board of trustees and the Rotary Club of Dalton.

He served in the State Senate, representing the 54th District, and as a member of State Board of Transportation and the State Ethics Commission.

Notre Dame students honored

Twenty-five students at Notre Dame High School earned Advanced Placement Scholar Awards in recognition of their achievement on AP exams.

Seven students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students were Victoria DiStefano, Christopher Freye, Natalie McGirl, Joanna Poinsatte, David Sapala, Kevin Spellman and Daniel Starry.

Five students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These were Christopher DeBarge, Anna Flynn, Victoria Godwin, Alexander Jordan, and Mary McGuire.

Other students recognized were Alexander Blanton, Ashley Boaz, Zach Boyette, John-David Bruce, Michael Cleary, Conor Delaney, Robert Ellington, Ethan McCurdy, Lauren Miller, Robert Snider, Patrick Wagner, Katherine West and Nancy Willis.

Eight join GPS board

Girls Preparatory School announces the appointments of eight new members to the school's board of trustees.

New board members are Sheila Boyington, Brad Cobb, Linda Robinson Graydon, Jody Jackson, Jane Kline, Chris Benz Smith, Dr. John Spann and Judy Finley Stone.

Mrs. Boyington is co-owner, with her husband Dane, of Thinking Media Inc.

Mr. Cobb oversees the operations of four automobile dealerships and three body shops in the Chattanooga area, including Honda, Audi, Toyota and Volkswagen.

Ms. Graydon is a former major gifts director for the United Way and will chair the GPS Annual Fund in 2009-10. Ms. Jackson has twice been a co-chair of GPS' Visions auction.

Ms. Kline is a past chairman of the Parent Council of GPS. She has taught piano at Cadek Conservatory of Music and at Lookout Mountain School, and she has directed choirs for the Church of the Good Shepherd.

Ms. Smith is an associate professor and coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner program at UTC's School of Nursing.

Dr. Spann is an oral surgeon with the Center for Oral and Facial Surgery.

Ms. Stone, retired CPA from Joseph Decosimo & Co., received the GPS Distinguished Alumnae Award in 2002.

Bahner chairing task force

Max Bahner, a shareholder at the law firm of Chambliss, Bahner and Stophel, P.C., has been named chairman of the Task Force on Judicial Conduct Rules. He was appointed by Tennessee Bar Association President Gail Vaughn Ashworth.

The 15-member task force will study Tennessee's judicial ethics rules, last amended in 1997, to consider whether revisions are needed.

A senior member of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel's litigation section, Mr. Bahner concentrates his practice in complex litigation. He is an AAA arbitrator and also a Rule 31 certified mediator.

He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Defense Research Institute, and chairman of the American Bar Association's Senior Lawyers Division.