Helmut Schnqidlt Speaks at Com Eence Ent
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Continuous MITT MITi News Service Cambridge Slae 863 F I ~ eB ~ I~ ~~s a ~s~i Massachusetts Volume 103, Number 27 Tuesday, June 14, 1 983 I ~, I ,,.IIB a Helmut Schnqidlt speaks at com eence ent .I By John J. Ying actively cultivated in citizens of and Diana ben-Aaron all countries, would greatly con- Helmut Schmidt, former chan- tribuie to remedying the inability cellor of the Federal Republic of of opposing nations to reach in- Germany, cited "the lessons of ternational accords. history,' especially Germany's Germany's change in "atti- change of perspective, in his tude towalrds the rest of Europe speech on awareness in interna- and her willingness to learn from tional affairs May 27 in Killian the example of her "western Court at the Institute's 117th neighbors" following her defeat commencement exercises. in World War 11 mnade it possible Schmidt is the second speaker for her to withstand the "centri- from outside the Institute to de- fugal thrust" within her pushing liver the commencement address for expansion, Schmidt said. So- viet imperialism, by contrast, is Tech photo by Tim Huie since 1963. MIT awvarded degrees to 837 undergraduates and 779 still unchecked and poses serious in the Afro-American Art Exhibition at Copley Square on June 5. Students participating graduate students: the total num- problems for the world, he con- n 1 _ _ ,, I I -- ·IP·gll- -- I ber of degrees awarded by MIT ti Led. since it started classes in 1865 "It is a fact that Russia was passed the 100,)00 mark in the fnd remains an expansionist Grad. dorm gets name ceremony. MIT President Paul E. power," Schmidt asserted. But Gray '54 compared this to an Russian expansionism can be and its predecessor, Geophysical automobile odometer turning checked by economic and politi- By John J. Ying students - 9 percent - were women. Services, Inc., and his wife donat- over the 100,000 mile mark. cal cooperation among the LIS, The Institute's first dormitory On-campus housing for gradu- ed, in the 1960s, the 20-story Europe, and the Third World, he for female graduate students - Schmidt began his speech by ate students, especially female, is Cecil -and Ida Green building said, reminding his aLudience that located in the renovated former citing the long history of cooper- very limited. The new dormitory which houses the Department of "no Russian and no communist infirmarv building at 350 Memo- ation between the US and Ger- raises the percentage of female Earth and Planetary Sciences and is ten feet high." rial Drive-was dedicated last many-. He noted that this year graduate students housed on the Department of Meteorology anni- Friday to Ida Flansburgh Green, marks the three-hundredth A revival of leadership and di- campus from 25 to 30 percent. and Physical Oceanography. In wife of Cecil Howard Green'23. versary of the first important plornacy as practiced by former The percentage of women in 1974, the Greens established a $1 German emigration to the US President Harry S. Tlrunian and The four-story brick building, the undergraduate body has also million fund to provide fellow- and explained that the US has his Secretary of State Gen. remodeled at a cost of over $1 increased in the past decade. This ships for women starting their been a haven of human rights for Ger)rge C. Marshall is needed, million, houses 46 female gradu- year, over 1,100 of the 4,300 un- graduate studies at MIT. Nine many German refugees during according to Schmidt, to resolve ate students. Edith Waldstein, as- dergraduates - 25 percent - are professorships at the Institute in and after both the World Wars. the world's present problems, sistant professor of Humanities, female. geology, electrical en- geophysics, Flexibility and sensitivity to such as international cooperation and her husband, Fredric, are the gineering, physics, and education Cecil Green, founder and di- "he problems of other nations are in arms limitation negotiations: faculty residents. have also beer endowed by them . rector of Texas Instruinents, Inc., qualities, Schmidt noted, that if economic cooperation among nai- Dedicating the dormitory to tions' deterrence to airms buildup; Green "honors a woman who has and competition in assisting, not long been concerned with both Eight people to recieve subjugating, Third World coun- the strength and vitality of MIT tries. and the encouragement and ex- ii Leadership of the western de- pansion of opportunities for new Bush Fellowvhip niocracies "has to come from women students here," said MIT ,. America," according to Schmidt. .,.eI President Paul E. Gray '54 and By John J. Ying from the Andrew W. Mellon whose primary work is informing Ameri.lca must learn to withstand .. Corporation President Howard Foundation and the Alfred P. a;,e general public about recent both internal and external criti- W. Johnson. The newly created Vannevar Bush Fellowships in technology Sloan Foundation and adminis- developm-ents in technology and cisms as she lives up to her "Over the past two decades, and science journalism were tered by the Program in Science, science. "enormously grown worldwide women graduate students at MIT awarded by M IT to five women Technology, and Society. The The recipients of the fellowship responsibilities." He pointed to and hase h~ad in Ida Flansburgh and three men. purpose of the program was in- are: Paula S. Apsell, senior pro- the past nuclear test bans exam- Green a fir-m advocate, a staunch tended to foster "a richer part- ducer at WCVB-TV, Channel 5, arms limitation treaties as z The recipients plan to use their suc- supporter, an ardent champion nership between the technical and Boston, Karen L. Birchard, re- ples of American diplomatic 7 fellowships to study enviornment, and a warm friend," Gray and journalistic communities," said porter for the National Radio cess. While he praised America's Johnson continued. "We see in energy, medicine, and electronics. eomnmitmnent to act," he em·npha- t MI·T president Paul E. Gray '54. News, Canadian Broadcasting strategy" is the opening and naming of the "The high quality of work, He said the goal of the partner- Corp.. Diane M. Dumanoski, re- sized that a "grand i residence hall in Mrs. Green's strong commitment to popular- ship was "continued improve- porter for The Boston Glo-ke, necessary to alleviate mutual sus- honor an opportunity to under- ization of highly technical sub- ment in public awareness about C Itherine Foster, writer for The picion and focus arms limitation i score the Institute's commitment science and their efforts. i jects, and varied background of technology, Oak Ridger, Linda J. Garmon, to women." the first applicants was very im- growing influence on our lives chemistry editor of Science News, Schmidt offered a three-point I The number of female gradu- pressive to the selection commit- and aspirations." Russ Mitchell, reporter for the guideline for NATO leaders seek- i- tee," said Victor K. McElheny, ates has tripled at MIT over the The fellowships enable the C orvallis Gazette-Tirnes, Mitchel ing a "grand strategy" with re- head of the Vannevar Bush Fel- past decade. This year, 856- 19 journalists to study at MIT-for J. Resnick, freelance technology spect to the Soviet Union: closer I lowship program. percent - of the Institute's 4,489 one academic year and are open writer, and Richard C. Saltus, partnership and consultation students are women. In The fellowship program was writer for The San Francisco Ex- among the countries within I graduate to writers and broadcasters 1973, 318 of the 3,358 graduate founded last October with grants anzinzaer. NATO; a strong and unified The fellowships are named im commitment to deter and defend II against nuclear war; and the will i memory of Dr. Vannevar Bush, Soviet World War 1t presidential science to cooperate with the I Gregor gets new faculty i Man: advisor and chairman of the MIT Union on economic matters as I well (s nuclear arms limitation. residents in-, MacGregor for the give general advice to the stu- Corporation. By David S. Rho past two years. dents. Sherwood explained that (Please turn to page 3) Erevor Alan Hatton, assistant the only difference between sen- professor of Chemical Engineer- The position of housemaster at ior and junior faculty residents is ing, and his wife, Marianne, will New House had been vacant that a housemaster must be a become the new junior faculty since October, according to Sher- tenured faculty member. residents in MacGregor House wood, when James H. Williams. 0 Hatton said he is "very exci- on July 1, according to Robert A. Jr. '67, professor of Mechanical ted" about the move and is look- l Sherwood, associate dean for stu- Engineering, resigned from the ing forward to assuming the posi- dent affairs. post, citing strictly personal rea- Summer at MIT photo essay. tion of junior faculty resident. The present MacGregor junior sons. Page 5 to be on the campus. faculty residents, Derek Rowell, "It's good The duties of a junior faculty ... I will be able to give direction -- associate professor of Mechanical resident are similar to those for a students," said Hatton. He Random Record Roundup in Engineering, and his wife, Alli- to the senior faculty resident; he must to give a "family presence" the son, will move to the New West hopes provide academic and social to the position of faculty resi- Arts section. Pages 6 and 7. Campus Houses to become the counseling to dormitory resi- housemasters there. Rowell and dent, and stressed that he wished his wife have been junior facultv dents, hold study breaks, and to be "friends with the students." 1.