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...recipients are Dr. Paul Goldhaber, professor of periodontology and former Dental School dean; Dr. Harold Loe, Director of the National Institute of Dental Research in Bethesda, Maryland; Professor Per Ingvar Branemark, the Institute for Applied Biotechnology in Goteberg, Sweden; and Dr. Robert D. Sparks, president emeritus, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan...
Karl Wolfgang Deutsch, Stanfield Professor Emeritus of International Peace, died Sunday morning at his home in Cambridge...
Walburg Professor of Economics Emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith moderated the ARCO Forum event, which drew more than 500 people...
Edmond Fischer, 72, and Edwin Krebs, 74, a scientific team for nearly 40 years, both emeritus professors at the University of Washington in Seattle; a colleague described them as "quintessential gentleman scholars." They were honored for their discovery in the 1950s of a mechanism cells use to regulate a range of metabolic processes. "We stumbled on it," said Fischer. The mechanism, reversible protein phosphorylation, a key to maintaining life in cells, has paved the way for research into cellular phenomena and diseases. Said the citation: "Their fundamental finding initiated a research area which today is one of the most active...
...epiphanous experience was when I was about17 or 18. I arrived at the University of Alabamaand my intention was then to train to become aprofessional anthropologist. But I discoveredevolution in the writings of Ernst Mayr, who'sstill around--he's a professor emeritus here atHarvard. It was such an enchanting,all-encompassing idea and gave such legitimacy tothe study of natural history, that I was totallypersuaded by its power and thus became far moreinterested in science as a profession as opposedto just the study of bugs...