Detective Paul Westlund, of the University Police Department, has been chosen by the New England chapter of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators to receive its annual "Law Enforcement Officer of the Year" award.

Westlund has a wealth of knowledge on many of the individuals who commit credit card fraud in the Greater Boston area. Police agencies throughout the area contact him to inquire about suspects or to make identifications from video surveillance photos and tapes.

The International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators is a nonprofit organization comprised primarily of investigators in law enforcement, banking and retail security. There are currently 40 chapters throughout the world and more than 4,000 members. The organization's primary focus is the detection and prevention of financial crimes. Each year, the New England chapter gives awards to local individuals for their achievements in either investigating or prosecuting these matters.

Anne-Marie Slaughter, J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign and Comparative Law at the Law School, was elected trustee of the World Peace Foundation. The Foundation is an 88-year-old Boston organization now housed at the Harvard Institute for International Development.

Slaughter joins Abram Chayes, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Emeritus; M.I.T. professors Lincoln Bloomfield and Kenneth Oye; Princeton professor Richard Ullman; CARE Inc. president Peter Bell; Catherine Henn of The Boston Globe; Stephanie Bell-Rose of the Mellon Foundation; Thomas O'Reilly of State Street Bank; Frederick Thorne of Harbor Capital Management; and Robert I. Rotberg, Research Associate in the Institute for International Development and lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School. Rotberg is the Foundation's president.