RandolTI Walk Feynman Memorial Fund Established

N RECOGNITION OF of Richard I Feynman's 38 years on the Caltech faculty, the Institute has established a memorial fund in his name. In addi­ tion, Feynman's family has expressed gratitude for the life-prolonging care provided to the late physicist by Dr. Donald Morton, who directs cancer research at UCLA. Checks payable to Caltech may be sent to the Richard P. Feynman Memorial Fund, Caltech Honors and Awards 105-40, Pasadena, CA 91125. And contributions may also be sent to the ON ANDERSON, professor of geophys­ given every three years by the U.S. Richard Feynman Memorial Fund at D ics and director of the seismologi­ National Committee of the USRI the UCLA John Wayne Cancer Clinic, cal laboratory, received the highest (International Scientific Radio Union) Village Station, Box 24177, Los honor that Britian's Royal Astronomi­ for outstanding work in radiophysics, Angeles, CA 90024. cal Society can bestow, its Gold includes a $2,000 prize. Medal. Anderson was cited "in recog­ Robert Leighton, the William L. nition of research and leadership in the Valentine Professor of Physics, Emer­ field of seismology, in particular for itus, has been granted the 1988 James investigation into the structure and Craig Watson Medal. The National Programming Team physical parameters of Earth's deep Academy of Sciences established the interior." medal in 1887, and awards it every vVins Competition Sunney Chan, professor of chemi­ three years for contributions to astron­ cal physics and biophysical chemistry, omy. Leighton's contributions include has been elected a Fellow of the Amer­ creating and exploiting "new instru­ TEAM OF CALTECH students has won ican Physical Society for his work on ments and techniques that have A the Association of Computing applying the resonance methods of opened new areas of astronomy to us Machinery (ACM) Scholastic Program­ physics to a wide variety of biological all-solar oscillations, infrared surveys, ming Contest for the second time in and chemical problems. spun telescopes, and large millimeter­ three years. This year's contest was Leroy Hood, Ethel Wilson Bowles wave reflectors." The bronze medal held in Atlanta, Georgia, on February and Robert Bowles Professor of Biol­ also includes a $15,000 prize. 24, and pitted teams from 24 schools ogy and chairman of the Division of The tenth year of Caltech's Sum­ against eight problems to be solved Biology, has received the Miami mer Undergraduate Research Fellow­ within six hours. The Techers were Biotechnology Winter Symposium's ship (SURF) program has been dedi­ the only team to solve all six problems Distinguished Service Award for 1988. cated to Professor of Biology, Emeritus correctly in the allotted time-in five The Symposium is sponsored jointly Ray Owen in recognition of his out­ hours, 17 minutes, to be exact. by the University of Miami's Depart­ standing commitment to undergradu­ The team consisted of David Gil­ ment of Biochemistry and the Papa­ ate education. lespie (a graduate student in computer nicolaou Comprehensive Cancer Professor of Mathematics, Emer­ science and team captain), Scott Center. The award honored Hood's itus Olga Taussky-Todd will be Hemphill (graduate student, computer contributions to synthesis and granted an honorary Doctor of Science science), Adam Greenblatt (senior, sequencing technology for genes. degree by the University of Southern biology), and Ron Goodman (junior, John Hopfield, Dickinson Profes­ California on May 6. computer science). Professor of Com­ sor of Chemistry and Biology, won the Professor of Mathematics Hugh puter Science Charles L. Seitz was 1988 Michelson-Morley Award, Woodin has been named co-recipient faculty advisor. presented annually by Case Western of the 1988 Carol Karp Prize by the The team had previously won the Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Association of Symbolic Logic. The southern California regional competi­ The award recognizes research that has prize is presented every five years in tion on November 14, 1987. Only the contributed significantly to the recognition of a connected body of top two teams from each region advancement of knowledge and to research. Woodin's work "establishes advanced to the finals. The other human welfare. The award includes a from the existence of a supercompact southern California finalist was UCLA, plaque and a $5,000 prize. cardinal that the Axiom of Deter­ who finished sixth. Assistant Professor of Astronomy minacy holds in the smallest transitive Caltech began fielding teams in Shrinivas Kulkarni has been awarded model of ZF containing all reals and 1986, winning that year and finishing the Booker Prize. The award, which is all ordinals." fourth in 1987.

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Cram to Give Beckman Lecture

ONALD CRAM, winner of the 1987 DNobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in host-guest chemistry, will give the Beckman Lecture for 1988. The lecture is open to the public, and will be at 4:00 PM, Wednesday, May 4, in Gates Laboratory. Cram, a faculty member at UCLA, will speak on "Organic Container Compounds." The Beckman Lectureship was established in 1985. Past Beckman Lecturers include Elias James Corey of Harvard (1985), Jerrold Meinwald of Cornell (1986), and Ronald Breslow of Columbia (1987).

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