Spring 2000 APS AnnouncesPrizes Spring 2000and Prize andAwards Award Recipients wenty-nine APS prizes and awards collaborates with many biologists, espe- was a postdoctoral fel- 2000 DAVISSON-GERMER PRIZE will be presented during special cially his wife of 30 years, Helen, a low at Cambridge T IN ATOMIC OR SURFACE biochemist. His group now has prototypes University (England) sessions at three spring meetings of the PHYSICS Society: the 2000 March Meeting, for a new generation of AFMs that can use in 1959-60, joined the cantilevers on order of magnitude smaller technical staff of the March 20-24, in Minneapolis, MN; the William Happer than used in current commercial AFMs. Bell Telephone Labora- 2000 April Meeting, April 29 - May 2, Princeton University tories in 1960, and the in Long Beach, CA; and the spring Citation: “For his research leading to fun- physics faculty at Ber- meeting of the APS Division of 2000 OLIVER E. BUCKLEY PRIZE keley in 1966. He has been a visiting Atomic, Molecular and Optical Phys- damental understanding and applications of atomic processes on spin or excitation scientist at Cambridge University, the Max ics, June 14 - 17, in Storrs, CT. Citations Gerald J. Dolan transfer through atomic collisions.” Planck Institutes for Solid State Physics at and biographical information for each Private Consultant Stuttgart and Radio Astronomy at Bonn, recipient follow. Additional biographi- Happer received his the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, the cal information and appropriate Web Theodore A. Fulton PhD degree in physics Paris Observatory, and the University of links can be found at the APS Web site Lucent Technologies from Princeton Uni- Rome. With students and collaborators, he (http://www.aps.org). Nominations versity in 1964. He was has published more than 300 papers on far a member of the Phys- for most of next year’s prizes and Marc A. Kastner infrared and millimeter wave physics, in- ics Department of cluding the development of measurement awards are now being accepted. For Massachusetts Institute of Technology Columbia University techniques. details, see pages 7 and 8 of this insert. Citation: “For pioneering contributions to from 1964 until 1980, single electron effects in mesoscopic sys- when he joined the fac- tems.” ulty at Princeton University. From 1991 2000 LILIENFELD PRIZE PRIZES until 1993 he served as Director of Energy Dolan received his Research in the Department of Energy, Robert J. Birgeneau PhD in physics from where he oversaw a basic research budget Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cornell University in 2000 WILL ALLIS PRIZE of some $3 billion. He returned to 1973. He undertook a Citation: “For using neutron and x-ray Princeton University in 1993, and was post-doctoral position scattering to elucidate the structure, John Francis Waymouth awarded the APS Herbert P. Broida Prize at SUNY, Stony Brook, phase transitions, and excitations of Retired in 1997. His current research interests are NY in 1973 and then materials that are paradigms of impor- focused on how on various gas-phase col- moved to AT&T Bell tant statistical mechanical models, and Citation: “For his important contributions lisional interactions and wall interactions Laboratories, where he for his ability to convey the excitement to the quantitative understanding and de- limit the large spin polarization produced worked until 1987. He then worked at the of physics to a broad range of audi- velopment of gas discharge light sources by optical pumping of the magnetic reso- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center for two ences.” and for his leadership at the interface be- nance imaging isotopes, 3He and 129Xe. years, after which he moved on to the Uni- tween the basic science and the industrial Happer’s group at Princeton has designed versity of Pennsylvania. Currently, Dolan Birgeneau received applications of plasmas.” and built MRI equipment using hyperpo- is working as a consultant for Immunicon his PhD in physics larized gases. Waymouth received a Corporation in Pennsylvania. This recent from Yale University PhD degree in physics work involves physics for medical im- in 1966. He was on from MIT in 1950, and provements, although his primary work in the faculty of Yale for 2000 HIGH POLYMER PHYSICS immediately joined the physics has been on low temperature phys- one year and then PRIZE Lighting Division ics and electron beam lithography and spent one year at Ox- Laboratories of microscopy. ford University. He Sylvania Electric Prod- Lewis J. Fetters was at Bell Laborato- ucts, Inc. He remained Fulton received his Exxon Research and Engineering ries from 1968 to 1975 and then came to in this organization for PhD in experimental Company MIT in September 1975 as Professor of the balance of his working career, although physics from Cornell Physics. He has been at MIT since then. it experienced numerous changes of cor- University in 1966. Citation: “For transforming the art of an- In 1988 he became head of the depart- porate identity. His early career was spent Hen then joined Bell ionic polymerization into a powerful tool ment and in 1991 became Dean of as an individual investigator studying the Laboratories where he of polymer physics, creating and using Science. Prof. Birgeneau’s research is physics and chemistry of electric discharge ultimately became a polymers with precisely defined molecu- primarily concerned with the phases lamps. He also made major contributions Distinguished Mem- lar architectures to advance our and phase transition behavior of novel to the development of metal halide arch ber of the Technical understanding of entanglement, miscibil- states of matter. Birgeneau has also been lamps, and holds many important patents Staff. There he has worked closely with ity, and microphase separation.” honored by the APS Oliver E. Buckley many valued colleagues, at first on Joseph- Prize. on these devices. In 1969 he was promoted Fetters received his son-junctions and recently on to be Director of R&D for the Lighting PhD in Chemistry single-electron phenomena. He retired Group, a position he held until his retire- from the University of from Bell Laboratories in 1996, but has re- 2000 JAMES C. MCGRODDY ment from GTE in 1988. He is presently Akron in 1962. He then mained involved there as a consultant. PRIZE active as a consultant in the area of dis- completed a Currently he is a part of an ongoing col- charge lamps. postdoctoral program laboration that employs a scanning M. Brian Maple at the Polymer Divi- electrometer based on the single-electron University of California, San Diego sion of the National transistor to obtain sub-micron images of 2000 BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS Bureau of Standards Citation: “For the synthesis of novel d and surface electric fields. PRIZE (now NIST) from 1963 to 1965. From 1965 f electron materials and for the study of Kastner received his to 1967, he worked as a chemist in the same their physics.” Paul K. Hansma PhD in physics in 1972 division at the National Bureau of Stan- Continued on next page University of California, Santa Barbara from the University of dards. In 1967 he joined the faculty at the Chicago. He joined the University of Akron, Department of Poly- Citation: “For pioneering contributions to MIT Department of mer Science as a Professor where he the development of biological scanning Physics in 1973, and remained until 1983 when he became as- Table of Contents probe microscopy and for the molecular became Donner Pro- sociated with the Exxon Research and resolution imaging of biological molecules fessor in 1989. Kastner Engineering Company. He has made many in aqueous solutions.” currently studies semi- technological and scientific contributions Prize and Award Hansma received his conductor nanostructures and the to the study of polymer science. Recipients PhD in physics from magnetic and electronic properties of high the University of Cali- temperature superconductors. Using 2000 FRANK ISAKSON PRIZE fornia at Berkeley. He nanostructures, with colleagues at IBM, the 1 New APS Fellows then became an Assis- Weizmann Institute and MIT, he has shown tant Professor, to the that a droplet of electrons confined in a small Paul Linford Richards University of Califor- region behaves like an artificial atom, in that University of California, Berkeley nia at Santa Barbara, both the charge and energy are quantized. Citation: “For his development of innova- where his research A transistor containing such a droplet turns Nominations for tive infrared techniques and pioneering 4 evolved through inelastic electron tunnel- on and off every time an electron is added research in far-infrared spectroscopy.” 2001 Prizes and ing and Scanning Tunneling Microscopes and is therefore called a single electron tran- to Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) for sistor (SET). In 1995 he received the APS Richards received his PhD from the Uni- Awards applications in biology and medicine. He David Adler Lectureship Award. versity of California at Berkeley in 1960, 7 Continued from page 1 Starr was the founding fundamental connection of nuclear 2000 ANEESUR RAHMAN PRIZE President, and later physics to Quantum Chromodynamics Maple is the Bernd T. Vice Chairman of the and motivated new experimental Michael J. Creutz Matthias Professor of Electric Power Re- programs.” Physics at the Univer- search Institute. After Brookhaven National Laboratory Arnold received his sity of California, San serving for more than PhD in physics from Citation: “For first demonstrating that Diego (UCSD). He re- a decade, he was ap- Boston University in properties of QCD could be computed ceived a PhD in pointed President 1972. He accepted a numerically on the lattice through Monte physics from UCSD in Emeritus, the position post-doctoral posi- Carlo methods, and for numerous contri- 1969. His research in- he currently holds. From 1967 to 1973 he tion in 1972 to work butions to the field thereafter.” terests include was Dean of the UCLA School of Engineer- with Benson Chertok superconductivity, magnetism, strongly ing and Applied Science, following a Creutz received his of American Univer- correlated electron phenomena, high pres- 20-year industrial career, during which he PhD in physics from sity on a series of sure physics, and surface science. Maple served as Vice President of Rockwell In- Stanford University in experiments using the high energy elec- served as chairman of the APS Division of ternational and President of its Atomics 1970. He worked as a tron beam at the Stanford Linear Condensed Matter Physics in 1987, and International Division. Starr received a Fellow of the Center presided over the celebrated high T super- Accelerator Center to measure the c PhD in physics in 1935 from Rensselaer for Theoretical Physics structure of the deuteron, He, and conductivity session (the “Woodstock of Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He at the University of various heavier nuclei. Throughout Physics”) during the 1987 APS March then became a research fellow in physics Maryland in 1970 and the 1980’s and the 1990’s, Arnold par- meeting. Maple’s honors and awards in- at Harvard University. From 1938 to 1941, joined the staff at ticipated as group leader or clude the 1996 APS David Adler Starr was a Research Associate in cryogen- Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1972, spokesman in more than a dozen ex- Lectureship Award. ics at the Bitter Magnet Laboratory of the where he is currently employed. His periments measuring elastic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In present field of research includes theoreti- inelastic electron scattering at high November 1990, Starr was awarded The cal particle physics, numerical simulations 2000 LARS ONSAGER PRIZE energy to determine quark structure U.S. National Medal of Technology for his of quantum field theory, and computa- of the proton, neutron and various outstanding career in industry and educa- tional physics. Creutz serves on the J. Michael Kosterlitz nuclei. Brown University tion, including his founding and editorial board of several technical publi- leadership of EPRI, and major contribu- cations. He chaired the APS Division of Citation: “For the introduction with David tions in nuclear power, risk assessment, 2000 DANNIE HEINEMAN PRIZE Computational Physics from 1994 - 1995. J. Thouless of the theory of topological and energy studies. He also was a member of the APS Divi- phase transitions, as well as his subsequent Sidney Coleman sion of Particles and Fields Executive quantitative predictions by means of early Committee from 1986 - 1988. 2000 EARL K. PLYLER PRIZE Harvard University and ingenious applications of the renormalization group.” Citation: “For incisive contributions to 2000 PRIZE FOR RESEARCH IN Michael D. Fayer the development and understanding of AN UNDERGRADUATE Kosterlitz is a native of Stanford University modern theories of elementary particles. INSTITUTION Aberdeen, Scotland Of particular note are his contributions Citation: “For the development of optical and received a D. Phil. to symmetry breaking and the roles and infrared ultrafast spectroscopic meth- Donald T. Jacobs from Oxford Univer- played by internal and space-time ods, and especially for experiments using sity in 1969 in high symmetries as well as the structure of College of Wooster these methods to measure dynamical pro- energy physics. Fol- solutions to an important model in lowing postdoctoral cesses in condensed phase systems.” Citation: “For his research contributions to quantum field theory.” critical phenomena in binary fluids, and work at Torino Univer- Fayer received his PhD Coleman was born in for his sustained excellence and enthusi- sity in Italy and in chemistry in 1974. He Chicago in 1937. He asm in promoting undergraduate research, Birmingham University, in 1971, he then joined the faculty of received his PhD from both within and be- changed fields and collaborated with the Department of Caltech in 1962. In yond his laboratory.” David Thouless on phase transitions Chemistry at Stanford 1961 he joined the staff driven by topological defects. In 1973, he University. Fayer’s areas Jacobs is the Victor J. of the Harvard Physics went to Cornell as a postdoc and collabo- of research involve the Andrew Professor of Department, where he rated with Michael Fisher on more development and Physics at The College remains today as conventional phase transitions in magnetic application of ultrafast of Wooster at Wooster, Donner Professor of systems. He returned to Birmingham in non-linear optical and infrared methods for Ohio. He completed Science. The bulk of his research has been 1974 as a lecturer and worked on critical the study of complex molecular condensed his PhD at the Univer- in theoretical high-energy physics, in par- phenomena in two and higher dimensions. matter systems. Most recently, he has used sity of Colorado, ticular in quantum field theory. He has In 1982 he became Professor of Physics at ultrafast infrared pulses from a free electron Boulder, in 1976 and immediately joined contributed to the theories of strong-inter- Brown University. Most recently, he has laser and from optical parametric amplifier the faculty at Wooster. Jacobs has estab- action symmetries, of spontaneous worked on disordered systems such as systems to perform vibrational echo studies lished a research program at Wooster that symmetry breakdown, of duality in two- spin and gauge glasses and also on the of dynamics in liquids, glasses and proteins. has experimentally investigated critical growth of eutectics. dimensional field theories, of solitons and phenomena in a variety of liquid-liquid instantons, of the cosmological constant, mixtures and analogous systems. Incorpo- David J. Thouless 2000 HANS A. BETHE PRIZE and of quantum effects in black-hole dy- rating undergraduates in research projects University of Washington namics. He is currently again working on has been an essential part of his student’s Igal Talmi black holes. education. He has directly supervised 78 Citation: “For the introduction with J. Weizmann Institute of Science students from seven different colleges or Michael Kosterlitz of the theory of topo- universities in extended research projects logical phase transitions, as well as Citation: “For pioneering work on the shell 2000 W. K. H. PANOFSKY PRIZE with 13 former students receiving their fundamental contributions to our under- model of the nucleus that laid the founda- PhD. Many of his students have presented standing of electron localization and the tion of much of what we know about Martin Breidenbach papers at regional and national confer- behavior of spin glasses.” nuclear structure.” Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ences and 28 have been co-authors on Thouless was born in Talmi received his Citation: “For his many contributions to research publications. Bearsden, Scotland, in M.Sc from Hebrew e+e- physics, especially with the SLD de- 1934, and received the University in Jerusa- tector at the Stanford Linear Collider. His 2000 J. J. SAKURAI PRIZE BA degree from Cam- lem, Israel in 1947. He deep involvement in all aspects of the bridge University in subsequently served in project led to important advances both in Curtis G. Callan, Jr. 1955. He worked under the military for two the measurement of electroweak param- Princeton University Hans Bethe on nuclear years after which he at- eters and in accelerator technology.” matter, and received a tended the Swiss Citation: “For his classic formulation of the Breidenbach received PhD from Cornell Uni- Federal Institute of renormalization group, his contributions his PhD from MIT in versity in 1958. He did postdoctoral work Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland to instanton physics and to the theory of 1970. His thesis work in Berkeley and in Birmingham. After four from 1949 to 1951 where he received his monopoles and strings.” was the first deep in- years at Cambridge, he was Professor of Dr. Sc. Nat. in 1952. From 1952 to 1954 he elastic electron proton Callan received his Mathematical Physics at Birmingham Uni- was a visiting Fellow at Princeton Univer- scattering experiment PhD in physics from versity from 1965 to 1978 where he sity, Princeton, NJ. In 1954 he joined the at SLAC. He spent a Princeton in 1964. He collaborated with Michael Kosterlitz. Since faculty at Weizmann Institute of Science year at CERN work- was an assistant pro- 1980, he has been Professor of Physics at the where he has been associated ever since. ing with the Split Field fessor in the Harvard University of Washington in Seattle, where He became a Professor of Physics in 1958, Magnet group at the ISR. In 1972, he re- Physics Department his main interests have been in the Quan- was Head of the Department of Nuclear turned to SLAC to join the SLAC-LBL and then a long-term tum Hall effect, in vortices in superfluids, Physics from 1967 to 1976, Dean of Phys- Magnetic Detector effort at SPEAR that member at the Institute and in other problems related to topologi- ics from 1972 to 1984 and became Professor discovered the Y and Y’ in 1974. He con- for Advanced Study. In cal quantum numbers. Emeritus in 1995. tinued on the Mark II detector at SPEAR 1972, he returned to Princeton and has re- and at PEP, until the SLC project started mained there ever since. His research has 2000 GEORGE E. PAKE PRIZE 2000 TOM W. BONNER PRIZE in 1980. He led the effort to build the SLC covered a wide range of topics, including control system and began the conceptual soft-pion theorems for K-meson decays, Chauncey Starr Raymond G. Arnold design of the SLD detector. In 1984, he and the physics of magnetic monopoles, the Electric Power Research Institute Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Charles Baltay became co-spokesmen of formulation of string theory in curved SLD. The SLD and SLC made the world’s spacetime and, most recently, the use of Citation: “For visionary leadership and Citation: “For his leadership in pioneering most precise measurements of key string theory to understand black hole en- physics contributing to the establishment measurements of the electromagnetic electroweak parameters before the pro- tropy. He has also become very interested of a worldwide nuclear power industry for properties of nuclei and nucleons at short gram was terminated in 1998. He is now in the opportunities for physics and physi- peaceful purposes.” distance scales that addressed the involved in NLC and its detectors. cists to contribute to post-genomic biology.

2 APS Honors and Awards Alto Research Center from 1983 to 1994. Department, Stanford’s Center for Interna- Burghardt is an 2000 ROBERT R. WILSON PRIZE At Stanford, Quate is the Leland T. tional Security and Arms Control, associate professor of Edwards Professor (Research) of Electrical Harvard’s Center for Science and Interna- Chemical Engineering Maury Tigner Engineering and Professor (Research) of tional Affairs, MIT’s Plasma Fusion Center, at Northwestern Cornell University Applied Physics by Courtesy. His research and Lawrence Livermore National Labo- University. He joined Citation: “For notable contributions to the interests are centered on the scanning ratory. He has published articles in Science, Northwestern in 1990, accelerator field as an inventor, designer, probe microscopes. Nature, Scientific American, and Arms Con- with a PhD from trol Today. Stanford. Burghardt builder, and leader, including early pio- Wickramasinghe re- neering developments in superconducting studies the dynamics ceived his PhD degree of complex polymeric fluids, using in situ radio-frequency systems, inspiration and in Electrical Engineer- LECTURESHIPS intellectual leadership for the construction techniques to monitor flow-induced ing in 1974 from the structural changes. His group has of CESR, and leadership of the SSC Cen- University of London. tral Design Group.” developed several novel applications of After a post-doctoral 2000 DAVID ADLER flow birefringence to study both isotropic Tigner obtained his appointment in the LECTURESHIP AWARD and liquid crystalline polymers. More PhD under Robert R. Applied Physics De- recently his focus has shifted to x-ray Wilson at Cornell Uni- partment at Stanford Bertram Batlogg scattering methods. He is on academic versity in 1962, and University, he joined the Electrical Engi- Lucent Technologies leave at the University of Minnesota in the remained at Cornell neering Department, at University College, Chemical Engineering and Materials for most of his career. London, in 1978. In 1984, he joined IBM, Citation: “For his contributions to materi- Science Department. His primary activities T. J. Watson Research Center, where he is als physics, including superconductivity, have been the support currently Manager of Imaging Science and colossal magnetoresistance, heavy fermi- of particle physics Measurement Technology in the Physical ons and organic semiconductors, and his 1999 NICHOLSON MEDAL through work on advancing the art and sci- Sciences Department. His research inter- excellence in lecturing on materials science ence of accelerators. Retiring from Cornell ests are focused on novel Scanning Probe and industrial research to both scientific Mildred S. Dresselhaus in 1994 as the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Microscopes, near-field optics including its and lay audiences.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics, Tigner’s post retirement activities application to storage and in-situ measure- Batlogg is a native of have centered on the Institute for High ments that improve the yield and/or Fay Ajzenberg-Selove Austria and received Energy Physics in Beijing. This has in- throughput of manufacturing lines. He University of Pennsylvania his higher education at volved working with colleagues there to was chosen as a Centennial Lecturer for ETH in Zurich, Swit- strengthen connections with scientists the APS in 1999. Citation: “For being a compassionate men- zerland, where he abroad and to improve the capabilities of tor and lifelong friend to young scientists; earned the Doctorate the BEPC collider and BES detectors and for setting high standards as researchers, 2000 MARIA GOEPPERT-MAYER in Natural Sciences in to collaborate in formulation of plans for teachers and citizens; and for promoting AWARD 1979. He then joined the future of accelerator based particle international ties in science.” AT&T Bell Laborato- physics in China. Sharon C. Glotzer ries to work on materials-based condensed Dresselhaus has an National Institute of Standards & matter physics. Since 1986 he has been A.B. from Hunter Col- AWARDS Technology head of the Materials Physics Research lege, 1951, a PhD department. Batlogg’s research has been degree from the Uni- Citation: “For her ingenious use of compu- focused mainly on highly correlated elec- versity of Chicago tational physics to probe a wide range of tron systems. Recently, he began studies (1958), was an NSF 2000 EDWARD A. BOUCHET novel materials under different conditions, of organic molecular crystals, with particu- postdoctoral fellow AWARD and for demonstrating the existence and lar emphasis on the nature of charge (1958-60), and has nature of spatially-correlated dynamic het- transport in organic semiconductors. been at MIT since Philip W. Phillips erogeneities in glass-forming liquids.” 1960, beginning as a staff member at Lin- University of Illinois coln Laboratory. She joined the MIT Glotzer is a physicist in 2000 LEO SZILARD faculty in the Department of Electrical En- Citation: “For opening new vistas in the the Polymers Division LECTURESHIP AWARDS gineering & Computer Science in 1967, the study of disordered and strongly corre- of the Materials Sci- Department of Physics in 1983, and be- lated condensed matter physics, including ence and Engineering Jeremiah D. Sullivan came an Institute Professor in 1985. She the random dimer model and the size de- Laboratory at NIST, University of Illinois has been active in research across broad pendence of the Kondo effect.” and the co-founder and areas of solid state physics, especially in director of the NIST Citation: “For leadership in addressing tech- A native of carbon science. Her present research ac- Center for Theoretical nically complex and often controversial Scarborough, Tobago, tivities focus on carbon nanotubes, and Computational national security issues, such as anti-ballis- West Indies, Phillips bismuth nanowires, low dimensional Materials Science. She received a PhD in tic missiles, stockpile stewardship, and a received his PhD in thermoelectricity, and novel forms of car- physics from Boston University in 1993 comprehensive test ban; and for setting a physical chemistry bon. Dresselhaus is a former APS and joined NIST that same year. Glotzer’s high standard for applying the rigorous from the University of President (1984), and the recipient of the research focuses on the theoretical and methods of physics to the challenging prob- Washington in 1982 National Medal of Science. computational study of the structure and lems of integrating advanced technology and spent the next two dynamics of soft materials, including with sound policy in a democratic society.” Ajzenberg-Selove years as a Miller Fel- polymers, dense liquids, glasses, colloids, earned her PhD in low at the University of California, Berkeley. liquid crystals and granular materials. Sullivan received a physics from the Uni- In 1984 he joined the chemistry department Current interests include characterization PhD in physics from versity of Wisconsin in at MIT, moving to the University of Illinois of emergent spatial patterns in slow dy- Princeton University 1952 and spent a year in 1993. His research in theoretical con- namics of disordered structures; filled in 1964. After a as a lecturer at Smith densed matter physics confronts polymers and nanocomposites; control- postdoctoral appoint- College before joining experimental observations that challenge ling fabrication and processing of ment at the Stanford the faculty of Boston the standard paradigms of transport and mesoscale structure in blends; and the Linear Accelerator University. In 1957 she magnetism in disordered and correlated emergence of nanoscale structure and self- Center, he joined the moved to Haverford College, twice chair- electron systems. Much of his recent work assembly in soft materials. faculty of the Univer- ing the Department of Physics. In 1973 she has been devoted to explaining the origin sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in became a professor of physics at the Uni- of the new conducting phase found in di- 1967. The first two decades of his profes- versity of Pennsylvania. From 1971 to lute, two-dimensional electron gas. 2000 JOSEPH A. BURTON FORUM sional career were devoted primarily to 1989 she was a visiting staff member at AWARD teaching and research on the fundamental Los Alamos National Laboratory, and she interactions of subatomic particles. Since has held numerous other research fellow- 2000 JOSEPH KEITHLEY AWARD Steve Fetter that time, his research and professional in- ships over the course of her career. She University of Maryland terests have concentrated on security, arms Calvin F. Quate served as chair and organizer of a panel control, and public policy. Sullivan has on women in physics at the February 1971 Stanford University Citation: “For developing the technical ba- served on the APS Panel on Public Affairs APS meeting, and as also served as chair sis for diverse new initiatives in and was a member of the APS Study Group of the Division of Nuclear Physics and on nuclear-arms control and nonproliferation H. Kumar Wickramasinghe on the Science and Technology of Directed the APS Panel on Public Affairs. She is the policy and for communicating the relevant IBM Energy Weapons. He has been a consult- author of A Matter of Choices: Memoirs of a scientific results and their context effec- ant to the U.S. Government on science and Female Physicist, published in 1994. Citation: “For pioneering contributions to tively to policy makers and the public.” technology issues via the JASON group nanoscale measurement science through Fetter is an associate since 1974. Sullivan is currently Chair of their leadership in the development of a professor in the School the DOE Nonproliferation and National DISSERTATIONS range of nanoscale force microscopes that of Public Affairs at the Security Advisory Committee. have had major impact in many areas of University of Mary- physics.” land. He received a MEDALS 2000 DISSERTATION IN BEAM Quate received his PhD in energy and re- PHYSICS AWARD PhD in 1950 from sources from the Stanford. From 1949 to University of Califor- 2000 JOHN H. DILLON MEDAL Mei Bai 1958 he worked at Bell nia, Berkeley in 1985. Indiana University Laboratories and from Fetter serves on the Executive Committee Wesley Roth Burghardt 1959 to 1961 he was of the APS Forum on Physics and Society, Northwestern University Citation: “For her work in the theory, employed by the and on the National Academy of Sciences’ experimental demonstration, and Sandia Corporation. In Committee on International Security and Citation: “For important discoveries in the clear explanation of a method using an 1961 he joined the fac- Arms Control, and the National Council structure and flow properties of complex RF dipole for overcoming intrinsic ulty of Stanford University. He was a of the Federation of American Scientists. polymeric materials and pioneering ex- spin resonances in polarized proton Senior Research Fellow of the Xerox Palo He has been a visiting fellow at the State perimental methods to study them.” acceleration”

APS Honors and Awards 3 Mei Bai received her Taejeon, South Korea at the Systems of scaling phenomena observed in these cross 2000 NICHOLAS METROPOLIS BE in engineering from Engineering Research Institute of the sections provide insight into the role of AWARD University of Elec- Korean Institute of Science and nucleonic and subnucleonic degrees-of- tronic Science & Technology, investigating localization in freedom in the short-range structure of nuclei.” Michael Lawrence Falk Technology of China in quantum wells and wires. Upon returning John Arrington graduated from the Univer- 1989. She earned her University of California, Santa Barbara to the U.S. in 1992, Falk began his graduate sity of Wisconsin in 1990 with a BS in applied MS in accelerator studies in physics at the University of Citation: “For developing novel computa- mathematics, engineering, and physics. He at- physics from the Uni- California at Santa Barbara. He completed tional diagnostics to visualize the tended graduate school at the California versity of Science & his PhD research in 1998, and accepted a microscopic processes controlling defor- Institute of Technology, with Brad Filippone Technology of China in 1992. For the next postdoctoral position at Harvard mation and fracture in simulated as his thesis advisor. After working on experi- two years, she worked for National Syn- University in the Division of Engineering amorphous solids, and for using the in- ments at SLAC and MIT-Bates, he spent three chrotron Radiation Laboratory, a 800 MeV and Applied Sciences working on sights obtained from the simulations to years at CEBAF (now Jefferson Lab), working electron storage ring facility. In 1994, she problems of crack branching and crack develop a dynamical theory of low-tem- on the setup of the detectors, electronics, and came to the U.S. to pursue a PhD at Indi- front waves. His research currently focuses perature shear deformation in those software in Hall C and participating in the first ana University. Two years later, she went on microscopic theories of plasticity, materials.” experiments run in the Hall. His thesis experi- to Brookhaven National Laboratory to nonequilibrium phenomena in materials ment was a measurement of inclusive electron work on her PhD thesis at the Alternating Falk received his BA in and the dynamics of fracture. scattering from nuclei to study the nuclear dis- Gradient Synchrotron, completing her PhD physics (1990) and tributions of quarks and nucleons, with in 1999. Her thesis, entitled “Overcoming MSE in computer 2000 DISSERTATION AWARD IN particular emphasis on the short range struc- Spin Intrinsic Resonance By Using an RF science (1991) at the NUCLEAR PHYSICS ture of nuclei. He received his PhD in 1998, Dipole,” centered on an novel method of Johns Hopkins and is currently a postdoctoral appointee in avoiding depolarization due to intrinsic University, where he John Arrington the Medium Energy Physics group at Argonne spin resonance by adiabatically exciting a engaged in Caltech National Laboratory. He is a member of the large coherent motion. Currently, she is a computational physics HERM research associate at BNL, using an RF di- research regarding Citation: “For his significant contributions to pole for linear & non-linear beam screening in colloidal system. In 1991 he the preparation, execution and analysis of Editor’s Note: The 2000 Apker Award winners dynamics studies and spin manipulation was awarded the Luce Scholarship for measurements of inclusive high-energy were announced in the January 2000 issue of at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. travel to East Asia, and spent a year in electron scattering from nuclei. Observations APS News. APS Council Announces 1999 APS Fellows The APS Council elected 209 Members as Fellows of the Society at its November 1999 Brooks, James Stephen Crawford, Roy Kent meeting. The names and citations of the new APS fellows are listed below. Nominations Florida State University Argonne National Laboratory DCMP (Condensed Matter) DCMP (Condensed Matter) for fellowship are received by the APS headquarters throughout the year, and are for- For experiments measuring magneto-transport proper- For the development of neutron scattering instruments warded for review to the appropriate division or topical group fellowship committees. ties in organic conductors.. and of data acquisition systems for pulsed neutron These in turn forward their recommendations to the APS Fellowship Committee, chaired sources. Brown, Robert William in 1999 by APS Vice President George Trilling (University of California, Berkeley/ Case Western Reserve University Deeney, Christopher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory). Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Sandia National Laboratories For industrial research and development advancing the Plasma Physics Fellowship nomination forms may be obtained by writing to the APS Fellowship Office, performance of the magnetic-field system in magnetic For a series of contributions that coupled theory and One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD, 20740-3844, by accessing the APS URL (http:// resonance imaging, and for contributions to the knowl- experiments to increase the understanding of z-pinch www.aps.org), or by sending an email message to [email protected]. Deadlines for fel- edge, applications and teaching of MRI. physics, resulting in increased x-ray energy and power. lowship nominations in 2000 can be found on page 7 of the February 2000 APS News. Canavan, Gregory Harger Dermer, Charles Dennison Los Alamos National Laboratory Naval Research Laboratory Abraham-Shrauner, Barbara Bernatowicz, Thomas James Forum on Physics & Society Astrophysics Washington University Washington University For contributions leading to the improvement of military For original contributions to gamma-ray astronomy and Plasma Physics Astrophysics science and technology, and for his farsighted leader- the theory of astrophysical radiation processes, and for For important theoretical contributions to a broad For measurements of the double beta decay of 128Te ship in the transfer of developments in remote sensing the development of models of radiation from gamma-ray range of plasma topics, including: space plasmas, and 130Te and consequent limits of <1.5 ev on the and communications to the scientific, civilian, and com- bursts, blazars, black holes, neutron stars, and the Sun. nonlinear dynamics, and plasma processing. Majorana mass of the neutrino, and for key contribu- mercial sectors. tions to the discovery and laboratory study of ancient Diehl, Renee Alexander, James Paul stardust providing new insights into grain growth in stel- Champagne, Arthur E. Pennsylvania State University Cornell University lar outflows. University of North Carolina DCMP (Condensed Matter) Particles & Fields Nuclear Physics For structural studies of weakly-adsorbed species on Berrah, Nora For leadership in the design and construction of For his pioneering work in nuclear astrophysics in de- surfaces. Western Michigan University the CLEO II silicon vertex detector and outstand- veloping a quantitative connection between stable-beam DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) DiVincenzo, David P. ing contributions to the discovery and study of spectroscopy measurements and direct radioactive- For high-resolution work on few and many electron sys- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center charmless hadronic decays of B mesons. beam experiments. tems using lasers and synchrotron radiation leading to DCMP (Condensed Matter) a better understanding of the interaction of light with Chen, Hudong For contributions to the theory of quasicrystals, and to Aprahamian, Ani matter. Exa Corporation the theory of quantum information. University of Notre Dame Computational Physics Nuclear Physics Blatter, Johann (Gianni)W. For contributions to fundamental fluid and magnetohy- Downer, Michael C. For showing the existence of multiphonon vibra- ETH Hönggerberg drodynamic turbulence theory, pioneering work in University of Texas tional excitations in the low-energy spectra of DCMP (Condensed Matter) discrete many-body systems and Lattice Boltzmann rep- Laser Science both spherical and deformed nuclei. For contributions to the theoretical understanding of resentations, and industrial applications and practical For fundamental contributions to nonlinear and ultrafast macroscopic quantum phenomena of vortices in super- numerical methods based upon these ideas. laser spectroscopy of solids and surfaces near the melt- Apruzese, John Patrick conductors. ing threshold and of gases and underdense plasmas near Naval Research Laboratory Cheng, David C. the thresholds of ionization and wakefield generation. Plasma Physics Brandenberger, John Russell IBM Almaden Research Center Duncan, James Henry For significant and original studies of radiation in Lawrence University Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics University of Maryland dense plasmas and the theory of plasma x-ray Forum on Education For outstanding contributions to optical and magnetic Fluid Dynamics lasers. For stimulating incorporation of laser physics in under- recording technologies, producing broad impacts in the graduate curricula, for advocacy of undergraduate data storage industry, especially in the frontiers of high For his meticulous investigations, using experiments and computations, of interfacial phenomena including break- Banks, Thomas research, and for creative leadership in building an ex- data rate and high density recording. ing waves, cavitation bubbles and compliant surfaces. Rutgers University emplary undergraduate physics program. Coalson, Rob Duncan Particles & Fields Brau, Charles A. University of Pittsburgh Eides, Michael I. For many important contributions to our under- Vanderbilt University Chemical Physics Pennsylvania State University standing of confinement and chiral symmetry Physics of Beams For novel contributions to the theory of condensed phase Fundamental Const. Topical Group breaking in Quantum Field Theory, and for many For his contributions to the development of free-elec- quantum dynamics, including computational methodol- For outstanding contribution in the development of the contributions to String Theory, including Matrix tron lasers, and his discovery of the rare-gas halide ogy and applications to optical spectroscopy and theory of high order corrections in QED bound states; Theory, the first nonperturbative formulation. excimer lasers. electron transfer; and for theoretical insights into for improvement of the accuracy of theoretical predic- macroion electrostatics, with applications to colloidal tions for muonium hyperfine splitting and hydrogen Lamb Barber, Herbert Bradford Bray, Igor suspensions and crystals. shift by one-two orders of magnitude. University of Arizona Flinders University of South Australia Biological Physics DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Coffey, William Thomas Elghobashi, Said E. For pioneering contributions to the development For the codevelopment of the Convergent Close-Cou- Trinity College University of California, Irvine of semiconductor detector arrays for application pling theory which has unified the theoretical treatment Chemical Physics Fluid Dynamics to biomedical research and clinical nuclear medi- of electron-atom collisions at all energies, for both exci- For development of new methods for the solution of the For his many important contributions to fluid mechan- cine. tation and ionization processes. nonlinear Langevin equation without the use of the ics by application of direct numerical simulation to Fokker-Planck equation, allowing the exact calculation complex flows - including flows containing variations of Bartelt, Norman Charles Brecher, Aviva of correlation times and mean first passage times. density and heat release, and flows containing particles. Sandia National Laboratories Volpe National Transportation Sys. Ctr Materials Physics Forum on Physics & Society Cohen, Robert S. Endoh, Yasuo For his pioneering work on the theory of thermal For her many contributions to society in the areas of Boston University Tohoku University fluctuations and dynamic surface structure. transportation research, environmental mitigation and Forum on History of Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) strategic arms control. For his scholarship and leadership in providing critical For neutron scattering experiments on one- and two- Bellettini, Giorgio assessments of the advances made in modern physics dimensional quantum magnets in high-temperature University of Pisa Breckenridge, William Howard and of the structure of the scientific community. superconductors and their precursors. Particles & Fields University of Utah For his leading role in the early design and con- Laser Science Collings, Peter John Folkins, Jeffrey J. struction of the CDF detector and as CDF For his pioneering contributions to state-to-state dynam- Swarthmore College Xerox Corporation co-spokesperson during the time the top quark ics using laser pump-probe “bulb” methods, to half Materials Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics discovery was being established. collision van der Waals methods in dynamics, and to For his fundamental work in liquid crystal research par- For applications of physics to electrophotography re- laser spectroscopic characterization of bonding in metal/ ticularly the optical properties of chiral liquid crystals and sulting in major innovations in the design of development Bennett, Charles L. rare-gas diatomic molecules. his leadership in the area of undergraduate education. subsystems and in color Xerographic marking systems. NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center Astrophysics Brock, Raymond Collins, James Joseph Friedman, John L. For leading the team that discovered the primor- Michigan State University Boston University University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee dial anisotropy of the cosmic microwave Particles & Fields Biological Physics Gravitational Topical Group background radiation with COBE data and for For many contributions to experimental high energy For the development of novel applications of nonlin- For fundamental contributions to the theory of rotating being the Principal Investigator for its successor, physics and the D0 detector which have helped to es- ear dynamics and statistical physics in biology and stars, to topological aspects of general relativity, and to the Microwave Anisotropy Probe. tablish the future direction of physics at FERMILAB. medicine. quantum gravity.

4 APS Honors and Awards Fruchtman, Amnon Gunnarsson, Olle R. L. Jena, Purusottam Leburton, Jean-Pierre Cntr for Tech. Education, Holon Max-Planck-Insititut Virginia Commonwealth University University of Illinois Plasma Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) Materials Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) For original theoretical contributions to the phenomenon For work on the theory of photoemission spectroscopy. For his pioneering contributions to the understanding For development of methods for solving the electronic of fast magnetic field penetration into plasmas due to of electronic structure, equilibrium geometries, stabil- structure of quantum dots. the Hall field, and to the theory of free electron lasers. Gurney, Bruce Alvin ity, electronic & magnetic properties of Atomic Clusters IBM Almaden Research Center Lee, Yuan-Pern Fuoss, Paul Henry Magnetism & Its Application Johnson, Mark A. National Tsing-Hua University AT&T Laboratories For leadership in the invention, implementation, and in- Yale University Chemical Physics Materials Physics vestigation of spin valve and giant magnetoresistive Laser Science For developing and applying novel spectroscopic tech- For pioneering contributions to the science of x-ray scat- materials for recording sensors, and innovations in spin For developing controlled sources of cold cluster an- niques for characterizing radical species, particularly tering, including anomalous scattering for amorphous dependent transport and other phenomena in ferromag- ions and using infrared dissociation to elucidate the their kinetics and unstable structures. materials, grazing incident scattering to study mono- netic layered structures. structure of water networks around anions. layers on surfaces and in-situ scattering during chemical Levi, Michael Edward vapor deposition. Hagopian, Sharon Lee Jones, Michael E. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Florida State University Los Alamos National Laboratory Particles & Fields Galison, Peter Louis Particles & Fields Plasma Physics For his contributions to techniques for high-precision Harvard University For contributions to large collider experiments, devel- For the development of novel particle-in-cell simulation beam energy determination at the SLC, and his leader- Forum on History of Physics oping and using graphical on-line displays and for methods and their use in the study of the generation, ship in the design of sophisticated electronics for For his numerous and valuable contributions to the his- searches of new states of matter linking quarks and transport, and stability of intense charged particle beams colliding-beam detectors. tory and theory of the working of modern, large-scale leptons. and plasmas. physics. Libby, Stephen Bernard Hass, Michael Keiter, Hellmut Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Galvin, Mary E. Weizmann Institute of Science Universität Dortmund APS University of Deleware Nuclear Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) For the application of quantum field theory to diverse Polymer Physics For innovative experiments on parity violation in nuclear For developing tools in the many-body theory of strongly- systems including perturbative quantum chromodynam- For her contributions to the synthesis, structural under- electromagnetic decay and on measurements of elec- correlated electron systems. ics and transport in the quantum Hall effect, as well as standing, and property optimization of tromagnetic moments of short lived nuclear states via inventing computational algorithms for radiation driven electroluminescent polymers. the development of transient hyperfine magnetic field Kerschen, Edward J. kinetics in plasmas, and the invention of novel short and tilted foil techniques essential to align and polarize University of Arizona wavelength laser applications. Garg, Umesh nuclei. Fluid Dynamics University of Notre Dame For fundamental contributions to the theoretical foundations Liss, Tony Michael Forum on International Physics Haynes, William M. of boundary-layer stability and transition to turbulence. University of Illinois For his pioneering studies of giant resonances and his N. I. S. T. Particles & Fields nuclear structure investigations using gamma ray spec- Inst. & Measurements Topical Group Kessler, Ernest G. For playing a leading role in the discovery of the top quark, troscopic methods with large gamma ray detection In recognition of his technical contributions and excep- National Institute for Standards & Techn and for the construction of the central muon upgrade of the arrays. tional leadership in the development of one of the world’s Fundamental Const. Topical Group CDF detector, which helped make the discovery possible. pre-eminent research programs on the properties of flu- For his numerous contributions to highest-accuracy Garrett, Bruce C. ids and fluid mixtures. measurements of constants of physics including x-ray Lister, Christopher J. Pacific Northwest Laboratories wavelengths. Argonne National Laboratory Chemical Physics Heath, James Richard Nuclear Physics For contributions to the development of rate theories U.C.L.A. Key, Michael Hannam For pioneering work in developing techniques for and for polyatomic reactions in the gas-phase and the study Chemical Physics Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory studying the structure of nuclei far from stability. of the kinetics of important environmental processes. For the development of synthetic and characterization Plasma Physics techniques for fabricating and assembling nanoscale For experimental work in laser plasma inertial confinement Loong, Chun-Keung Gerber, Christoph Emanuel materials, including size and shape control of Group IV fusion including x-ray laser backlighting and x-ray lasers. Argonne National Laboratory IBM Research, Rüschlikon Materials Physics quantum structures and metal insulator transitions in Kimura, Yoshitaka Inst. & Measurements Topical Group quantum dot artificial solids. For pioneering work in the development of chopper For his outstanding original contributions to the break- High Energy Accelerator Res. Org. spectrometers at spallation neutron sources and their through of STM and AFM technology and his continuing Heinzen, Daniel J. Forum on International Physics exploitation for important problems in materials physics support of the science community, which led to the tre- The University of Texas, Austin For the design, construction, and operation of the and applied materials science. mendous advancement of the technique. DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) TRISTAN storage ring; and for his leadership role in ac- Lopez, Ramon E. For outstanding and groundbreaking work on cold-atom celerator science research in Japan. Gladding, Gary Earle photoassociation spectroscopy. University of Maryland University of Illinois Kirkpatrick, Larry Dale Forum on Education Forum on Education Hepburn, John William Montana State University For leadership of the Teacher-Scientist Alliance, for for- For leadership, pedagogical insights and creativity in University of Waterloo Forum on Education malizing high-school teacher days at APS meetings, adapting best-practice physics pedagogy to produce an Laser Science For exceptional contributions to physics education as and for numerous other improvements to physics edu- innovative, integrated curriculum for calculus-based in- For important contributions to laser chemistry and la- textbook author, editor/columnist for Quantum maga- cation at all levels. troductory physics courses appropriate for large ser spectroscopy, particularly in the area of applications zine, and as coach of the US Physics Olympics Team. Love, Sherwin T. research universities. of coherent vacuum ultraviolet radiation to threshold pho- Kogan, Vladimir G. toionization spectroscopy. Purdue University Glass, Leon Iowa State University Particles & Fields McGill University Herbst, Eric DCMP (Condensed Matter) For the introduction and calculation of electron-positron Biological Physics The Ohio State University For theoretical studies of magnetic properties of aniso- annihilation energy-energy correlations in quantum For development and application of methods of nonlin- Chemical Physics tropic type-II superconductors. chromodynamics and for contributions to the study of ear dynamics to study physiological dynamics. For his fundamental paper with W. Klemperer which ini- Kornfield, Julia A. dynamical symmetry breaking in quantum field theory. tiated the field of astrochemistry and for his continued Glasser, Alan Herbert California Institute of Technology Lukens, James E. extensive contribution which led to the current under- Polymer Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory standing of interstellar chemistry. SUNY Stony Brook Plasma Physics For outstanding investigations of the order and dynamics of DCMP (Condensed Matter) For contributions to the theory of toroidal ideal and re- Hill, III, Wendell Talbot copolymers, liquid-crystalline polymers, blends, and thin films. For the application of the Josephson effect to the study sistive magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and their University of Maryland Kouveliotou, Chryssa of fundamental physical problems and the development applications to plasma confinement for magnetic fusion DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center of advanced electronic devices. energy research. For significant experimental contributions to our under- Astrophysics Lykken, Joseph David standing of multiphoton dissociation and ionization of For outstanding discoveries and significant advances Gleiser, Marcelo small molecules. Fermilab Dartmouth College in observational high-energy astrophysics, especially Particles & Fields Astrophysics Hirshman, Steven Paul in the fields of gamma-ray bursts and magnetars. For his contributions to both the formal and phenomenologi- In recognition of his contributions to early universe cos- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Krasheninnikov, Sergei I. cal aspects of string theory and his work in string model mology. Plasma Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology building and the physical implications of supersymmetry. For fundamental contributions to the theory of neoclas- Goldberg Marvin Plasma Physics Lyneis, Claude M. sical transport in toroidal plasmas, theory and For his contributions to the understanding of tokamak National Science Foundation computation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Particles & Fields edge plasmas and atomic physics effects, long mean Nuclear Physics MHD equilibrium, and for analysis and optimization of free path electron transports, and the influence of For his distinguished career in elementary particle re- three-dimensional toroidal systems. For his fundamental contributions and recognized lead- search, including the discovery of the Omega Minus sheared electric fields on particle orbits. ership in the development of ion source technology baryon, and other discoveries in meson spectroscopy, Ho, Tin-Lun Krim, Jacqueline (especially ECR sources) which enabled new and ex- science education, and service to the community. The Ohio State University North Carolina State Universtiy citing cutting-edge science to be carried out. DCMP (Condensed Matter) Materials Physics Goldman, Alan Ira For contributions to the understanding of superfluids. Malmuth, Norman David Iowa State University For her pioneering contributions to surface science and Rockwell Science Center DCMP (Condensed Matter) Hofmann, Ingo nanotribology, especially studies of kinetic roughening Fluid Dynamics For X-ray diffraction measurements elucidating the na- GSI, Darmstadt, Germany and the development of quartz crystal microbalance as For his fundamental contributions in nonlinear ture of quasicrystals, and for advances in magnetic X-ray Physics of Beams a major tool for probing atomic-scale friction. gasdynamics involving application of combined asymp- scattering. For his pioneering research of collective instabilities in Kung, Andrew H. C. totic and numerical methods to the understanding of nonstationary high-current beams and for his scientific transonic, hypersonic and plasma aerodynamics as well Goldman, Jack Terrance Academia Sinica leadership role in developing accelerator systems for Chemical Physics as industrial flows. Los Alamos National Laboratory heavy ion inertial fusion. Nuclear Physics For significant contributions to the development of tech- Marchetti, Alfred Paul For his many noteworthy contributions to our under- Hughes, Richard J. niques for generating high resolution tunable vuv and Eastman Kodak Co. standing of the structure and interactions of hadrons, Los Alamos National Laboratory xuv radiation and state-specific studies of chemical re- Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics and particularly for his work on the charge dependence DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) action dynamics using state of the art lasers. For creative and highly significant research on low-tem- of nuclear forces. For work in the application of fundamental quantum Kurths, Juergen perature photophysics of silver halide crystals; mechanical principles to practical problems, including University of Potsdam elucidating interactions among photoelectrons, holes, Greenberger, Daniel M. quantum computation and quantum cryptography, and excitons, phonons, dopants, photographically important City College of New York Biological Physics for the development of experimental techniques in this For the development of stochastic synchronization adsorbates, lattice defects, and surfaces. APS regard. For his contributions to the foundations of quantum me- analyses applied to recordings from biological systems Martin, Jr. Richard F. chanics, particularly by proposing and explaining novel Hunt, Earle R. and for fundamental contributions to understanding non- Illinois State University experiments in neutron interferometry and multi-particle Ohio University linear dynamical systems. Forum on Education quantum entanglement. Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Kwok, Wai-Kwong For his pioneering role in establishing computational For significant contributions in early NMR studies of matter, physics as an academic discipline and for developing Groeneveld, Karl Ontjes Argonne National Laboratory and pioneering experimental work on chaos control and sto- DCMP (Condensed Matter) innovative undergraduate computational physics cur- Wolfgang Goethe Universität chastic resonance in spatio-temporal model systems. ricula being implemented nation wide. Forum on International Physics For pioneering studies of the statics and dynamics of For ingenious, inventive, pioneering, and creative ex- Ice, Gene Emery the vortex state in superconductors. Matsuzawa, Michio ploration of several previously non-existent interfaces Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lackner, Karl The University of Electro-Communications among atomic collisions in dilute gases vis-à-vis solids Materials Physics Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik Forum on International Physics surfaces, and superconductors consistently generated For advances in x-ray resonant scattering techniques Forum on International Physics For original contributions to theoretical methods in both over more than two decades. to study the many body problems of atomic electron For his fundamental contributions to tokamak equilib- static and dynamic few body systems. rearrangements, local atomic disorder and magnetism, rium, boundary layer and divertor physics and his Groom, Donald E. Mehl, Michael John and for innovations in synchrotron x-ray optics. leadership in international fusion research. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Naval Research Laboratory Particles & Fields Jacoboni, Carlo Lai, Ying-Cheng Computational Physics For original contributions to the study of cosmic rays, Modena University University of Kansas For outstanding contributions to the development of den- hadronic cascades, radiation at the SSC, CCD’s for as- Computational Physics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics sity functional theory and to its applications using the tronomical imaging, and to the Review of Particle For outstanding research and leadership in computa- For his many contributions to the fundamentals of non- LAPW method, tight-binding Hamiltonians and meth- Physics. tional analysis of transport phenomena in solids. linear dynamics and chaos. ods based on localized charge densities.

APS Honors and Awards 5 Mickens, Ronald Elbert Oosterhuis, William T. Rosenberg, Leslie J. Stein, Daniel L. Clark Atlanta University U. S. Dept. of Energy M. I. T. University of Arizona APS Materials Physics Particles & Fields DCMP (Condensed Matter) For his sustained service to the physics community and For his steady support of Materials-Condensed Matter For his leadership role in beautiful and technically de- For contributions to the theory of disordered systems, and his original contributions on the applications of math- Physics and large national user facilities. manding experiments sensitive to dark matter axions, the stochastic dynamics of noisy nonequilibrium systems. ematics to the study of physical systems. which could account for most of the mass in our galaxy. Orozco, Luis A. Stern, David P. Migliori, Albert SUNY Stony Brook Rosenthal, Michael D. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Los Alamos National Laboratory DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Arms Control & Disarmament Agency Forum on History of Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics For vital contributions to measuring the antipositron Forum on Physics & Society For his stimulating efforts over many years to develop For the development of resonant ultrasound spectros- mass, trapping and spectroscopy of Francium, and the For leadership in the control of the spread of nuclear the history of physics, especially geomagnetism, space copy and its application in materials physics and quantum nature of the interactions of atoms and light. weapons, combining technical analysis with diplomatic physics and geophysics and for his work in encourag- technology. expertise to help the United States achieve the exten- ing historical preservation and library conservation. Owens, Frank James sion of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Miksis, Michael J. Army Armament Research & Development Stubbs, Christopher Northwestern University Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Roukes, Michael Lee University of Washington Fluid Dynamics For developing EPR as a tool to study phase transitions Caltech Astrophysics For pioneering work on problems in multiphase flows in solids, for developing methods to predict the stability DCMP (Condensed Matter) For the detection of gravitational microlensing in the galactic including dynamics of contact-line motion, interfacial in- of energetic materials and work on magnetic field induced For studies at low temperature of electronic, mechani- halo and for his searches for new long-range forces. stabilities and effective media theory in bubbly fluids. electromagnetic absorption in superconductors. cal, and thermal phenomena on the nanometer scale. Succi Sauro, Fausto Miller, Robert Lynn Panarella, Emilo Rubin, David L. IAC-CNR General Atomics Advanced Laser and Fusion Tech., Inc. Cornell University Computational Physics Plasma Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Physics of Beams For development and application of lattice Boltzmann For original studies in optimizing magnetic configura- For pioneering theoretical and experimental contribu- For sustained guidance and leadership of the accelera- and other computational methods that successfully tions to improve plasma performance covering many tions to the two-stage spherical pinch and it’s tor group at CESR, the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, marry continuum and statistical mechanical approaches advanced fusion devices including the discovery of a commercialization as an industrial pulsed x-ray source. and in achieving world record luminosities in a colliding to complex physics problems. high beta noncircular tokamak with large indentation. beam machine. Pederson, Mark R. Taborek, Peter Millis, Andrew J. Naval Research Laboratory Safko, John Loren University of California, Irvine Rutgers University Computational Physics University of South Carolina DCMP (Condensed Matter) DCMP (Condensed Matter) For significantly enhancing the density-functional-based Forum on Education For experiments on the thermodynamics and kinetics For contributions to the theory of strongly-correlated predictive capabilities in molecular and cluster physics For leadership in teaching physics and astronomy to of wetting. electron systems. by unique developments, implementations and appli- students from kindergarten through graduate school and cations of novel computational algorithms. K-12 teachers, using self-paced, distance-learning, and Taylor, Beverly Mirau, Peter A. traditional approaches. Miami University Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies Penttila, Seppo Ilmari Forum on Education Polymer Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory Schellman, Heidi Marie For designing educational materials used effectively by For application of two- and three-dimensional NMR tech- Nuclear Physics Northwestern University K-12 science teachers, and particularly for developing niques to the determination of the structure and For his work on the development of polarized targets Particles & Fields and publicizing the physics of toys. interactions of polymers in blends. and beams leading to understanding of the nucleon- For her leadership in QCD physics and as spokesper- nucleon interaction at medium energies, nuclear son of E-665, the Tevatron muon scattering experiment. Thiel, Patricia A. Mitchel, William Charles structure, and parity violation in compound-nuclear states. Iowa State University Air Force Research Lab., Materials Dir. Schissel, David Paul Chemical Physics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Perry, Robert James General Atomics For pioneering work on the surface structures, stabili- In recognition of significant research in the study The Ohio State University Forum on Education ties, and other properties of metal films and of defects in gallium arsenide, silicon carbide and Nuclear Physics For developing innovative video and web-based K-12 quasicrystals; also for elucidation of surface structure other semiconductors. For the development of renormalization group coupling resources for plasma physics and for providing student and chemistry of water on metals. coherence and the identification of a simple confine- access to experimental facilities at the cutting edge of Molinari, Elisa Tobochnik, Jan ment mechanism, which led to a constituent picture in plasma physics research. University of Modena and INFM, Italy light-front QCD. Kalamazoo College Forum on International Physics Schleich, Wolfgang Peter Forum on Education For her contribution to the theory of semiconductors and Pfeifer, Peter M. Universität Ulm For advancing and disseminating the methodology of their interfaces, in particular, her fundamental work on University of Missouri Laser Science computational physics and textbooks targeting under- electron-electron and electron-phonon interaction in DCMP (Condensed Matter) For outstanding work on the correlated emission laser, in- graduate and graduate students. nanostructures; and for her involvement in the training For studies of strongly-disordered surfaces and for fun- terference in phase space, and quantum state holography. of young theorists from many countries and the organi- damental work in molecular superselection rules. Tonomura, Akira zation of international conferences. Shayegan, Mansour Hitachi, Ltd. Pillet, Pierre Princeton University APS Msezane, Alfred Z. Laboratoire Ame Cotton DCMP (Condensed Matter) For observing the Aharonov-Bohm effect and also vor- Clark Atlanta University DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For the growth of novel advanced semiconductor mate- tices and their motion in superconductors; and for DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For fundamental work in adiabatic population transfer, rials and experimental studies of their properties. developing the high-brightness field-emission electron For continuing outstanding contributions to theoretical many body interactions in a frozen Rydberg gas, and beam and the high-resolution electron holography in- atomic physics, particularly the elucidation of small angle the formation of cold molecules. Sher, Marc Taylor terference microscope. electron scattering through innovative theoretical ap- College of William and Mary proaches. Pokrovsky, Valery Particles & Fields Torkelson, John M. Texas A&M University For outstanding contributions to the study of Higgs Northwestern University Müller, Alfred DCMP (Condensed Matter) bosons, particularly for the mass bounds following from Polymer Physics University of Giessen For contributions to the scaling theory of phase transitions vacuum stability. For imaginative and successful applications of Forum on International Physics and the commensurate-incommensurate phase transition. flourescence spectroscopy to polymer physics issues For fundamental experimental studies of charge-changing Shimizu, Fujio ranging from free volume to free radical polymerization. collisions of highly charged ions, and for leadership in the Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas University of Electro-Communications application of heavy-ion storage rings to such studies. Worcester Polytechnic Institute DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Trommsdorff, Hans Peter Computational Physics For outstanding contribution to laser spectroscopy, la- Universite Joseph Fournier Nagashima, Yorikiyo For his development of powerful analytic and computa- ser cooling and atom optics. Chemical Physics Osaka University tional methods for the investigation of the properties of For his fundamental contributions to proton and deu- Particles & Fields novel semiconductor heterostructures. Skiff, Frederick N. teron tunneling dynamics, quantum effects of protons For his contributions to our understanding of electroweak The University of Iowa in condensed phase molecular systems and the devel- interactions through experimentation with leptons es- Randrup, Jørgen Plasma Physics opment of relevant spectroscopic techniques including pecially with neutrino beams and electron-positron Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory For fundamental experiments on wave-particle interac- holeburning and neutron scattering. collisions. Nuclear Physics tions and the development of experimental techniques For significant theoretical contributions towards the treat- using laser-induced florescence. Uemura, Yasutomo J. Neuffer, David Vincent ment and understanding of the dynamics of nuclear Columbia University Fermilab systems over a wide range of energies with particular Skrinsky, Alexander N. DCMP (Condensed Matter) Physics of Beams attention to its basic quantal nature. The G. I. Brudker Institute For innovative experimental measurements using muon For his many important contributions over the past two Forum on International Physics spin relaxations in superconductivity and decades to advancing the concept of a muon Ratchford, J. Thomas In recognition of innovation and leadership in colliders George Mason University for high energy physics. Uzer, Turgay Newman, Riley D. APS Georgia Institute of Technology University of California - Irvine In recognition of his distinguished research on global Slaughter, Milton Dean DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) Gravitational Topical Group science and technology policy and his dedication to the University of New Orleans For original and creative insights into the dynamics of For highly accurate tests of the fundamental laws of advancement of physics through administration and Forum on Education electrons and the relationships between classical and gravitational physics, and the development of improved public service both nationally and internationally. For creating effective programs that attract and educate quantum mechanics. precision measurement methods. minority and female physics students and involve histori- Redner, Sidney cally black colleges and universities in forefront research. van Dover, Robert Bruce Niu, Qian Boston University Bell Labs University of Texas, Austin Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Smith, Todd I. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics DCMP (Condensed Matter) For contributions to statistical physics as applied to re- Stanford University For contributions to the understanding of magnetic ma- For contributions to the theories of quantum transport. action kinetics, transport in random media and polymers. Physics of Beams terials and superconductors, particularly For pioneering contributions in the development of the high-temperature superconductors. Norman, Eric B. Reed, Kennedy J. science and technology of superconducting radio fre- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory quency accelerators, free-electron lasers and their Van Heuvelen, Alan Nuclear Physics Forum on International Physics applications in various sciences. The Ohio State University For experimental studies of the influence of astronomi- For his tireless efforts to promote collaboration in atomic, Forum on Education cal environments on nuclear decay rates and their molecular and optical physics among US, European and Solomon, Paul M. For numerous diverse contributions and leadership in implications for nucleosynthesis. African laboratories and for his success in organizing inter- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center physics pedagogy, conceptual development, and prob- national workshops to showcase these collaborations. Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics lem-solving skills, for example the development of Active Nozik, Arthur Jack For work on the limits of small semiconductor devices. Learning Problem Sheets (ALPS) kits. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Riordan, Michael Sorkin, Rafael Dolnick Vashishta, Priya Chemical Physics Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Syracuse University Louisiana State University For his leadership role in the basic science of semicon- Forum on History of Physics Gravitational Topical Group Computational Physics ductor-molecule interfaces, quantization effects in For his contributions to particle physics, the history of For his original contributions to quantum gravity based For contributions in computational quantum, classical semiconductors, and applications of these interdiscipli- particle physics and solid state physics and his outstand- on partially ordered or casual sets of discrete space- and statistical mechanical physics. nary sciences to photon conversion. ing science writing. time; also for his idea of the role of quantum mechanical Viña, Luis entanglement in understanding black hole entropy. Obregon, Octavio Jose Robbins, Mark Owen Universidad Autónoma de Madrid University of Guanajuato Johns Hopkins University Starrfield, Sumner Grosby Forum on International Physics Forum on International Physics Computational Physics Arizona State University For his contributions to the understanding of optical prop- For his contributions to gravitation and mathematical For his contributions to our understanding of the mo- Astrophysics erties of semiconductors and for his intense international physics, particularly the proposal and development of lecular origins of friction, lubrication, spreading and For fundamental contributions to our understanding of the collaborations and the development of new solid state supersymmetric quantum cosmology and the promo- adhesion. cause and evolution of the nova outburst involving forefront spectroscopies in Spain. tion of science in Mexico, Central America and the observational and theoretical studies of these explosions. Caribbean. Rollins, Roger W. Vinegar, Harold J. Ohio University Stegeman, George I. Shell Development Company Ocko, Benjamin Mark APS University of Central Florida Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Brookhaven National Laboratory For his excellent reseach in chaos, superconductivity Laser Science For contributions to the science and technology of oil explo- DCMP (Condensed Matter) and his outstanding contributions to educational and For pioneering contributions to nonlinear optics and op- ration and environmental remediation, particularly thermal For studies of the structure and phase behavior of liq- research software, and dedication and service to the toelectronics, especially the study of nonlinear guided methods for extracting hydrocarbons from the ground and uid interfaces. APS through the Ohio Section wave optics. for applications of NMR methods to well logging. 6 APS Honors and Awards Walker, Arthur B.C. Westfall, Gary D. Wiringa, Robert B. Young, Linda Stanford University Michigan State University Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory Astrophysics Nuclear Physics Nuclear Physics DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For pioneering contributions to x-ray spectros- For his original and ground breaking contributions to For the development of realistic models of nuclear For precision measurements in atomic structure and the copy and imaging of the solar corona including both nuclear structure and heavy ion collision physics, forces and their use in studies of the structure of development of laser-driven polarized hydrogen and the analysis of atomic processes in high tempera- and for his exceptional training of graduate students and nuclei and neutron stars with variational meth- deuterium sources. ture plasmas and analysis of energy balance in contributions to undergraduate education. ods. Young, Kenneth the transition region and corona. Wheelon, Albert Dewell Wood, Colin E. C. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Walker, Thad Gilbert Retired Office of Naval Research Forum on International Physics University of Wisconsin Forum on Physics & Society Materials Physics For his seminal theory of optical resonances in microdroplet DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) For a career devoted to national defense and space For pioneering and original contributions to the cavities and quainormal modes, and contributions to the For pioneering research in spin exchange, optical communication, and especially for scientific contribu- crystal growth of III-V materials by Molecular organization and promotion of international physical societ- pumping, ultracold collisions, spin polarized beams tions to developing national technical means of Beam Epitaxy, including the discovery of RHEED ies throughout Southeast Asia. and targets, laser cooling, and electron scattering. verification, which have greatly furthered strategic arms oscillation, delta-doping and low temperature Zamolodchikov, Alexander B. control, national security, and global peace. GaAs. Walls, Fred L. Rutgers University APS N. I. S. T. Whittum, David H. Wootters, William Kent For fundamental results in conformal and integrable Inst. & Measurements Topical Group Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Williams College quantum field theory. For sensitive electronic detection techniques of Physics of Beams DAMOP (Atomic, Molecular, Optical) stored ions and for the development and charac- For experimental and theoretical contributions to the For contributions on the foundations of quantum Zeppenfeld, Dieter terization of high-spectral-purity oscillators for understanding of electron beam interactions with mi- mechanics and groundbreaking work in quantum University of Wisconsin atomic spectroscopy and atomic clocks. crowave structures and plasmas. information and communications theory. Particles & Fields For pioneering contributions to the theoretical formula- Warhaft, Zellman Wiff, Donald Ray Wu, Chi tion of effective electroweak gauge boson interactions Cornell University Kent State University Chinese University of Hong Kong in a model-independent way and in the linear-sigma Fluid Dynamics Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Polymer Physics model, which initiated phenomenological and experi- For substantial contributions to the understand- For research in solving mathematically ill-posed prob- For his light scattering study on coil-globule tran- mental studies of gauge boson anomalous couplings. ing of transport and mixing in turbulence obtained lems in polymer molecular weight and mechanical sition of single homopolymer chains, including through imaginative and careful experimental in- relaxation time distribution functions, and in developing Zettl, Alex first observation of the molten globule state. vestigations. molecular, insitu molecular and nanocomposite poly- University of California, Berkeley mer concepts for high performance materials and DCMP (Condensed Matter) Wei, Su-Huai Yelon, William B. micoelectromechanical system devices. For studies of electronic materials in reduced dimensions. National Renewal Energy Laboratory University of Missouri Computational Physics Willett, Robert L. Magnetism & Its Application Zhang, Fu Chun For contributions to the understanding of elec- Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies For his extensive and detailed studies of rare- University of Cincinnati tronic structures and stabilities of compounds, DCMP (Condensed Matter) earth transition metal materials using neutron DCMP (Condensed Matter) alloys, interfaces, superlattices and impurities For the discovery of new phenomena in half-filled scattering and in recognition of his position as a For contributions to the theory of strongly-correlated using first-principles calculations and for devel- Landau levels. leading international authority in the field of neu- electron systems. opment of the methods for such calculations. tron scattering. Wilson, Kent R. Zunger, Alex Weidman, Patrick Dan University of California, San Diego Young, Peter Eric National Renewable Energy Laboratory University of Colorado Laser Science Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Materials Physics Fluid Dynamics For his development of photofragment spectroscopy, his Plasma Physics For his work on the theoretical basis for first-principles For contributions toward the understanding of di- pioneering work on the dynamics of chemical reactions For his experimental work on filamentation and electronic structure theory of materials, and for its imagi- verse fluid physics phenomena using a balance in solution, and his recent innovations in ultrafast x-ray channel formation of intense laser beams in la- native use in the advancement of our knowledge of of theory and experiment. diffraction and absorption and quantum control. ser-produced plasmas. alloys, nanostructures and prediction of new materials. Nomination Announcements Call for Nominations for 2001 APS Prizes and Award The following prizes and awards will be bestowed by the Society in 2001. Members are invited to nominate candidates to the respective committees charged with recommending the recipients. A brief description of each prize and award is given below, along with the addresses of the selection committee chairs to whom nominations should be sent. Please refer to the APS Membership Directory, pages A21-A40, for complete information regarding rules and eligibility requirements for individual prizes and awards, or visit the Prize and Awards page on the APS Web site at http://www.aps.org. NOMINATION DEADLINE IS JULY 3, 2000, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.

in high polymer physics research. Heights NY 10598; Phone: (914) 945-2105; PRIZES OLIVER E. BUCKLEY CONDENSED Fax: (914) 945-4482; Email: Send name of proposed candidate and MATTER PHYSICS PRIZE [email protected] supporting information to: Kenneth Steven Endowed by AT&T Bell Laboratories. Schweizer; Dept of Mater Sci & Engr; University HERBERT P. BROIDA PRIZE LARS ONSAGER PRIZE Purpose: To recognize and encourage of Illinois - Urbana; 1304 W Green St; Urbana IL Endowed by friends & family of Herbert P. Broida outstanding theoretical or experimental 61801; Phone: (217) 333-6440; Fax: (217) 333-2736; Endowed by Russell and Marion Donnelly. contributions to condensed matter physics. Email: [email protected] Purpose: To recognize and enhance outstanding Purpose: To recognize outstanding research experimental advancements in the fields of Send name of proposed candidate and in theoretical statistical physics including atomic and molecular spectroscopy or chemical supporting information to: Sankar Das Sarma; IRVING LANGMUIR PRIZE the quantum fluids. physics. Dept of Phys; Univ of Maryland; College Park Established in 1964 by the General Electric Send name of proposed candidate and MD 20742-4111; Phone: (301) 405-6145; Fax: Send name of proposed candidate and Foundation. supporting information to: David Michael (301) 314-9465; Email: [email protected] supporting information to: W E Moerner; Dept Jasnow; Dept of Phys; Univ of Pittsburgh; Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding of Chem & Biochem MC 0340; University of Pittsburgh PA 15260; Phone: (412) 624- interdisciplinary research in chemistry and California, San Diego; 9500 Gilman Dr; La Jolla DAVISSON-GERMER PRIZE IN 9029; Fax: (412) 624-9163; Email: physics, in the spirit of Irving Langmuir. CA 92093-0340; Phone: (619) 822-0453; Fax: ATOMIC OR SURFACE PHYSICS [email protected] (619) 534-7244; Email: [email protected] Established by AT&T Bell Laboratories (now Send name of proposed candidate and Lucent Technologies). supporting information to: John C Tully; Dept GEORGE E. PAKE PRIZE HANS A. BETHE PRIZE of Chemistry; Yale University; 225 Prospect Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding Street; New Haven, CT 06520; Phone: (203) Endowed by the Xerox Corporation. Endowed by contributions from the Division work in atomic physics or surface physics. of Astrophysics, the Division of Nuclear 432-3934; Fax: (203) 432-6144; Email: Purpose: To recognize and encourage Physics and friends of Hans Bethe. Send name of proposed candidate and [email protected] outstanding work by physicists combining supporting information to: Galen Fisher; original research accomplishments with Purpose: To recognize outstanding work in Phys.&Physical Chem. Dept.; GM Research & JULIUS EDGAR LILIENFELD PRIZE leadership in the management of research theory, experiment or observation in the areas Dev. Ctr.; MC 480-106-185; 30500 Mound Rd.; or development in industry. Sponsored by the Lilienfeld Trust. of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear Warren, MI 48090; Phone: (810) 986-1312; Fax: Send name of proposed candidate and astrophysics, or closely related fields. (810) 986-8697; Email: [email protected] Purpose: To recognize a most outstanding supporting information to: Hans J Coufal; contribution to physics by a single individual Send name of proposed candidate and K18/D1; IBM Almaden Res Ctr; 650 Harry Rd.; who also has exceptional skills in lecturing to supporting information to: Robert V Wagoner; DANNIE HEINEMAN PRIZE FOR San Jose, CA 95120-6099; Phone: (408) 927- diverse audiences. Dept of Physics; Stanford Univ; Stanford CA MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 2441; Email: [email protected] 94305-4060; Phone: (650) 723-4561; Fax: (650) 723- Send name of proposed candidate and 4840; Email: [email protected] Sponsored by the Heineman Foundation for supporting information to: William C Lineberger; W.K.H. PANOFSKY PRIZE IN Research, Educational, Charitable and JILA; Univ of Colorado; CB 440; Boulder CO EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE Scientific Puruposes, Inc. TOM W. BONNER PRIZE IN 80309-0440; Phone: (303) 492-7834; Fax: (303) 492- PHYSICS NUCLEAR PHYSICS Purpose: To recognize outstanding publications 8994; Email: [email protected] Endowed by the friends of W.K.H. Endowed by friends of Tom W. Bonner. in the field of mathematical physics. JAMES C. MCGRODDY PRIZE FOR Panofsky and the Division of Particles and Send name of proposed candidate and Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding NEW MATERIALS Fields. supporting information to: Barry Simon; Dept experimental research in nuclear physics, Purpose: To recognize and encourage of Math 253-37; Caltech; 1201 E California Blvd; Endowed by IBM. including the development of a method, outstanding achievements in Experimental technique, or device that significantly contributes Pasadena CA 91125; Phone: (626) 395-4330; Fax: (626) 585-1728; Email: [email protected] Purpose: To recognize and encourage Particle Physics. in a general way to nuclear physics research. outstanding achievement in the science and Send name of proposed candidate and application of new materials. Send name of proposed candidate and HIGH POLYMER PHYSICS PRIZE supporting information to: Hendrik supporting information to: Barry R Holstein; Send name of proposed candidate and Weerts; Dept of Phys & Astron; Michigan Dept of Phys & Astron; Univ of Massachusetts; Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. supporting information to: Alan B Fowler; IBM State Univ; East Lansing MI 48824; Phone: Amherst MA 01003; Phone: (413) 545-0320; Purpose: To recognize outstanding T J Watson Res Ctr; PO Box 218; Yorktown (517) 355-7507; Fax: (517) 355-6661; Email: Fax: (413) 545-0648; Email: accomplishment and excellence of contributions [email protected] [email protected] APS Honors and Awards 7 AWARDS such areas as the environment, arms control, EARLE K. PLYLER PRIZE FOR JOHN WHEATLEY AWARD and science policy. MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY Established by the Forum on International Send name of proposed candidate and Sponsored by the George E. Crouch LEROY APKER AWARD Physics. supporting information to: William E Spicer; Foundation. Solid State Photonics Lab; Stanford Univ; Endowed by Jean Dickey Apker in memory Purpose: To honor and recognize the dedication McCullough Bldg Rm 228; Stanford CA 94305- Purpose: To recognize and encourage notable of LeRoy Apker. of physicists who have made contributions to contributions to the field of molecular the development of physics in countries of the 4045; Phone: (650) 723-4643; Fax: (650) spectroscopy. Purpose: To recognize outstanding third world. 725-5457; Email: [email protected] achievement in physics by undergraduate Send name of proposed candidate and students, and thereby provide encouragement Send name of proposed candidate and DISSERTATION AWARDS supporting information to: George W Flynn; to young physicists who have demonstrated supporting information to: John W Clark; Dept Dept of Chem; Columbia University; 3000 great potential for future scientific of Phys; Washington Univ; St Louis MO 63130; Broadway MC 3109; New York, NY 10027; accomplishment. Phone: (314) 935-6208; Fax: (314) 935-6219; OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL THESIS Phone: (212) 854-4162; Fax: (212) 932-1289; Email: [email protected] RESEARCH IN BEAM PHYSICS Email: [email protected] Send name of proposed candidate and supporting information BY 16 JUNE 2000 to: AWARD Alan Chodos; The American Physical Society; I. I. 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