.Uy 25, 1985 Vot. VIII, No. 14 f?®lf[JjJijffNews FER.Ml NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY

Math-Science Academy for Near Approval by Marge Bardeen Approval for an Illinois Math-Science Students at the Academy will have Academy is part of the Educational Reform available to them rigorous coursework in Plan awaiting Governor James Thompson's science and mathematics as well as in signature. The Illinois House approved the English, social sciences, foreign lan- entire plan earlier in June and sent it to guages, humanities, and the arts. There the Senate; the Senate gave the package its will be opportunities for independent study final approval at the close of the 1985 and research with advisors from Illinois legislative session. industries and research laboratories. lillinois §cience Academy The Math-Science Academy Every student will take part was the brain-child of Fermi- in community-service activi- lab Director Leon Lederman. A ties outside the classroom. feasibility study conducted in In addition, a rich co- October of 1983 was sponsored curricular program will be by the Friends of Fermilab provided. It is expected that Association and the Corridor the small Academy enrollment Partnership for Excellence in of some 800 students will have Education. Thirty-nine Illi- a negligable effect on the nois high school teachers and balance of Illinois high college and university profes- schools, while assuring a sors developed a proposal for salutary teacher-student Governor Thompson. Thompson ratio. in turn proposed the Academy in an address to the General The school will be a Assembly early in 1984, and "flagship" for math and the Math-Science Academy was science education where new then appended to the Educa- curriculum materials can be tional Reform bill through the developed and where teachers efforts of Sen. Forrest from other Illinois schools Ethridge (R.-Aurora). The · will receive additional concept is also tied to the CoveP of the oPiginal training to update their economic development plans of pPoposal for the Il Unois understanding of basic Illinois. Math-Saienae Aaademy. material.

Included in the Educational Reform Funding for the Math-Science Academy Plan is $500,000 to begin planning for the is to be a joint venture between the State establishment of the high school for gifted of Illinois and private industry, particu- 10th through 12th graders. The residential larly companies in the so-called High Tech Math-Science Academy will be located in the Corridor along the East-West Tollway. Fox Valley area and will serve students Current operating cost estimates for the from throughout the state. school are $6,000,000 per year.

Once the Governor has signed the The Academy will also be of benefit to legislation, a mandated Board of Trustees the State of Illinois. It will have close will be appointed to develop implementation ties to Illinois colleges and universities plans. Representatives of the scientific and will therefore work to keeps, its community, secondary and higher education, graduates in Illinois at least through and the public-at-large will be involved in their university education. This in turn administering the Academy. oont 'd. on ne:rt page -2- "Academy" cont'd. fzoom Fevious page Bell Labs, AT&T Information Systems, AT&T will make it more likely that students will Network Systems, and Nalco Chemical continue to live in Illinois as they pursue Company. Seventeen additional teachers their professional careers. have been given research-oriented jobs at these laboratories. All of the labora- The original proposal to Governor tories affiliated with the program work Thompson perhaps most clearly defined the closely together in selecting the teachers need for the Math-Science Academy when it and making job assignments. A teacher who stated the Illinois Science Academy has worked at one lab during a particular will set standards that other states and summer may be reassigned to the same lab schools will be forced to emulate. Proce- the following summer, or he or she may be eding by example is perhaps the best way to assigned to another participating labora- face the grave national issue of science tory. This gives the laboratories more education. The resultant enhancement of flexibility in finding appropriate assign- scientific leadership will help move this ments while giving the teachers an oppor- state to the forefront of technological tunity to work in differing research leadership, and help the nation endure and environments. It is hoped that the infor- prosper in the new technological age whose mation and skills by the teachers full dimensions are yet to be clearly discerned."

Teachers Here to Work, Learn Ten high school science and math teachers are assisting Fermilab scientists in various aspects of on-going research projects this summer. As participants in the Illinois Research Corridor Program for Summer Jobs for High School Teachers, they were selected on the basis of teaching excellence as determined from their appli- cation forms and letters of recommendation. Three of the teachers are helping to set up Fermi'lab participants in the Illinois experiments. They are George Eblin Research Corridor Summer Jobs Program for (E-687), Paul Madsen (E-706) and Saulius High School Teachers. From left are Joseph Ploplys (E-711). Also working in the Cieply (Lake Park H.S.), Henry Robarts Experimental Areas is Randall Zamin, who is (Larkin H.S.), Christopher Kawa (Crystal documenting software for the Beams Group. Lake Central H.s.), George Eblin (Downers Joseph Cieply and Susan Sisselman are Grove North H.S.), Saulius Ploplys (Buffalo working in the Computing Department modi- Grove H.s.), Susan Sisselman (Aurora West fying several programs to make them more H.S.J, Mark Pennington (Waubonsie Valley user-friendly. In the Safety Section, Ray H.S.), and Ray Dagenais (Waubonsie Valley Dagenais is calibrating thermoluminescent H.S.). Not pictured are Paul Madsen (Hins- dosimeters to be used in radiation damage dale South H.S.) and Randall Zamin (Downers studies, and Mark Pennington is making an Grove South H.S.J environmental assessment of the site to assure compliance with the Nationa"l Envi- through this program will help them to ronmental Policy Act. Christopher Kawa is maintain and improve the quality of math associated ~ith the Material Development and science teaching in our local schools. Group and is studying chemical reactions in -:Arlene Lennox thin films of epoxy adhesives by measuring the change of resistance with time. Finally, Henry Robarts is determining the Blood Drive small mammal population on site in connec- The Aurora Blood Bank will hold a tion with the Prairie Restoration Project. Blood Drive on Friday, August 1, 1985 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the 1 West Con- The other laboratories participating ference Room. For more information, in this summer's program are Amoco Research contact the Medical Office on ext. 3232. Center, Argonne National Laboratory, AT&T - -3- Ten 1985 URA Scholarship Winners Announced From a pool of 38 applicants, the Universities Research Association, Inc. has chosen 10 sons and daughters of Fermilab employees to be the recipients of its annual scholar- ships for the 1985-86 academic year. Each awardee was selected on the basis of their ACT scores. Congratulations to this year's winners.

Deborah Ann Cook Daniel De Guyer

plans to pursue a doctorate in pharmacy is a graduate of Oswego High School, and at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She the son of Gene Guyer, Stores/Property plans to enter the nuclear medicine Management Supervisor. Daniel was a final- research field. A graduate of Plainfield ist in the National Merit Scholarship High School and an Illinois State Scholar, Competition and was offered a University of she has been awarded the St. Louis College Illinois Veteran's Association Scholar- of Pharmacy's Presidential Scholarship, St. ship. He plans to attend the University of Louis College of Pharmacy's Faculty Illinois at Urbana in the fall to study Memorial Scholarship, and the Illinois chemical engineering in the Chemistry Science Teacher Association Science Department of the School of Liberal Arts Award. Her father, Arthur D. Cook, is a and Sciences. Daniel's other areas of technical specialist in the Advanced interest are in the fields of biochemistry Computer Group. and biology.

Julie Anne Turkot Scott A. Streetman

plans to study pre-veterinary medicine will study engineering at the University at the University of Illinois at Urbana of Michigan in Ann Arbor this fall. A this fall. She is an Illinois State graduate of Glenbard West High School, he Scholar, and a recipient of the President- was a member of the National Honor Society ial Academic Fitness Award and a National and an Illinois State Scholar. He is also Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation. the recipient of the Presidential Academic She graduated in the top 5% of her senior Fitness Award, and was awarded for Excel- class at Wheaton Central High School, and lence in French. He is the son of Marcia is the daughter of Frank Turkot, who is a Streetman, a programmer in the Physics physicist in the Accelerator Division. Department. - -4-

Deborah Lynn Kuchnir Robert Mark Simon

is the daughter of Moyses Kuchnir, an is a graduate of Wau bonsie Valley High applied scientist with Tevatron I. A School, and in addition to being cited in graduate of York High School and chapter Who's Who Among American High School president of the National Honor Society and Students, he is an Illinois State Scholar, French Honorary Society, she is also a a member of the National Honor Society, and member of Mu Alpha Theta and a National a recipient of a scholarship from Gary- Merit Commended Student. Deborah has Wheaton Bank. He plans to attend the Uni- received the Rensellear Medal, the Bausch & versity of Illinois at Urbana to study Lomb Medal, the Citizenship Award, the computer science. He is the son of George Lindsay Claire Wallace Award for Excellence Simon, crew chief of the 15-ft. Bubble in Foreign Language, the Clarence D. East Chamber, and Elsie Simon, a housekeeper in Award for Scholar-Athlete, and the James the Housing Department. Lyman Bingham Award for Scholar-Athlete. She attended the Alliance Francaise in Paris, for six weeks on a scholar- ship. She was awarded the Society of Women in Engineering's Highest Honor, was an IHSA State Finalist in Mathematics, and Class of 1985 Valedictorian. She plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mark Douglas Russell

John Patrick Valdes

is a recipient of the Packard Instrument Co. Scholarship, the Peter Cooper Memorial Award, the Haynes J. Wheeler Award, the Presidential Academic Fitness Award, the Mathematics Association of America Award, graduated from Benet Academy and is the and the Illinois Science Teachers' Associa- son of Eugenio Valdes, who is an electrical tion Award. He is an Illinois State engineer at Fermilab. In addition to Scholar and a National Merit finalist. A receiving a National Merit Commendation, he graduate of Geneva Community High School, is a member of the National Honor Society, Mark is the son of Al Russell, a physicist a recipient of the Presidential Academic in the Accelerator Di vision. He plans to Fitness Award, and an Illinois State attend the University of Illinois at Urbana Scholar. He plans to attend the University to study physics or geo-physics. of to obtain a Ph.D. in astronomy. -5-

John Thomas Pawlak Deborah Joan Appel (Photo not avaiiabieJ

will attend Cornell University to pursue studies in Science or Mathematics. She attended Glenbard West High School, and Lycee Carnot in Paris, France. Deborah is an Illinois State Scholar and National plans to study mechanical engineering at Merit semifinalist. Her father, Jeffrey A the University of Illinois at Urbana this Appel, is a physicist and Associate Head of fall. A graduate of Glenbard East High the Computing Department on temporary School, he is an Illinois State Scholar. assignment at the Center for Nuclear His father, Thomas Pawlak, is a member of Studies, Saclay, France. Construction Engineering Services. Next Fermilab Lecture Focuses on African Famine Problem For many years a Professor of Agricul- tural Economics and Asian Studies at Cor- nell University and a consultant for such agencies as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Rocke- feller Foundation, John Mellor has a keen understanding of the technological chal- lenge the people of Africa are facing. He is author of the award-winning book The Economics of Agricultural Development, as well as The New Economics of Growth - a Strategy for India and the Developing World. Mellor received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D degrees from Cornell University and a Diploma in Agricultural Economics from Oxford University as a Fulbright Scholar. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

DP. John w. MeiioP In his lecture at Fermilab, Mellor will look at the reasons why overall food We are all acutely aware of the food production in Africa has not kept pace with shortage that continues to plague various population growth and why the green regions in Africa. What many of us do not revolution" has not worked in Africa as it understand is, what has caused the drastic did in Asia. He will suggest what the change since 1970 when Africa was a net nations of Africa can do to help themselves food exporter? What are the future pros- as well as what role the rest of the world pects for alleviating the widespread must fill to ease this crisis. famine? John W. Mellor, Director of the International Food Policy Research Insti- Admission to Mellor' s lecture is $2, tute and former Chief Economist of the U.S. $1 for senior citizens, and tickets are Agency for International Development, will available at the Information Desk in the address these questions in the next Fermi- Atrium of Wilson Hall, ext. 3353. Phone lab Lecture Series presentation. Mellor's reservations are held for five days. Those talk, "Africa: Famine, Food and Develop- reservations not paid for in five working ment" will be given on Friday, August 2, days are released for sale. 1985, at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Auditorium. -Jane Green -6- Fermilab to Seek NERP Status -aedazzlecl' Next for F.l.F.S. After a few months of on and off dis- On Friday, July 26, at 8 p. m. the cussions among various offices within the Fermilab International Film Society will Department of Energy, Fermilab has been present Bedazzled. A woe begone short- given the go-ahead to formally propose order cook makes a pact with the devil, becoming a National Environmental Research becoming in turn a fly, a rock star, an Park (NERP). What may seem like excessive intellectual, and a . An original time was needed to assure all concerned story by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, that ecological research could be carried the film features Raquel Welch as Lust. on in harmony with Fermilab's mission in Tickets are $2 for adults, 50f for high-energy physics. children, and are available at the door. The film will be shown in Ramsey Audito- Under the sponsorship of DOE, a NERP rium. is an outdoor laboratory where research may be conducted on major ecosystems. It is Congratulations To part of the federal government's plan to restore, protect, and enhance environmental l quality. Basically, it makes public land available to qualifying organizations or t institutions for various types of ecolog- ical research. .

If approved, Fermilab will become the sixth NERP in a nationwide network that includes Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Los t . Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Savannah , River Plant, and Oak Ridge National Labor- atory. Adding Fermilab to the list will fill a void in the central part of the country and provide a site representative of the tall-grass prairie that once domi- nated this region.

The proposal to DOE points out that Fermilab has a rich variety of ecological systems. They range from active agra- Richman' s Inevitable' s of Parenthood: ecosystems and fallow fields to natural (1) Enough is never enough. (2) The sun woodlands, meadows, and wetlands--all in always rises in the baby's bedroom window. close proximity to and existing with high- (3) Birthday parties always end in tears. technology facilities. The physical size ( 4) Whenever you decide to take the kids of 6 ,800 acres is large enough to contain home, it is always five minutes earlier most normal types and populations of plants that they break out in fights, tears, and and animals typical of this area. hysteria. As a rule of thumb, the height of a Administration of the NERP would be child on its second birthday will be about developed using the framework of Fermilab's half its adult height, though girls will be Prairie Restoration Project. It would a little shorter when grown. mainly be an extension and formalization of Lowrey's Law of [Diapering] Expertise: this already rather broad program. The Just when you get really good at something, long-term goal is to establish and conduct you don't need to do it anymore. research within a total ecosystem including not only native plant species but animal, bird, and insect life as well. Now in its eleventh year, the restored prairie covers Editor: R. Fenner; Assoc. editop: S. Winchester over 400 acres. It is believed to be one Photography: FerrmiLab Photo Unit of the largest prairie restoration sites in Fer:nilab is operated by Universities Research Association, Inc. under contract with the U. S. Department of Energy. Ferminews is the country. publlshed by the Publlcations Office, P. O. Box 500, Batavia, IL --John Paulk 60510, phone (312) 840-3278.