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The University presented 11 honorary degrees, including doctor of letter degrees to poet John Ashbery, a doctorate in humane letters to Indian womens’ labor organizer Ela R. Bhatt and anti-violence activist Geoffrey Canada, a doctorate in science to chemist Isabella L. Karle and physicist Charles H. Townes...
ISABELLA L. KARLE
John L. Ashbery '49, Ela R. Bhatt, Geoffrey Canada, Jürgen Habermas, Isabella L. Karle, Leon Kirchner, Alice M. Rivlin, Robert E. Rubin '60, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. '38, Richard A. Smith and Charles H. Townes will receive the degrees.
Karle, a physical chemist who has worked since 1946 in the Naval Research Laboratory, has created new ways for scientists to understand molecular structure. Her technique, known as "symbolic addition procedure," utilizes x-rays to analyze molecular structure--and is useful in understanding chemicals important in both industry and medicine...