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Professor Ahlfors, winner of the Field's Medal for Mathematical Research at the International Congress of Mathematics in 1936, is especially known for his work in the theory of functions of a complex variable, Riemann surfaces, and conformal and quasi-conformal mappings. He is author of 'Complex Analysis" and co-author (with L. Sario) of "Riemann Surfaces...
...naming of cats is a difficult matter, but the naming of Medal of Freedom winners puts it to shame. Lyndon Johnson finally awarded one to Poet Thomas Stearns Eliot, 76, even though the nation's highest civilian decoration is primarily intended for Americans and Eliot has been one of Her Majesty's most Britannic subjects for some 40 years. However, he was originally a product of St. Louis and Harvard, which are pretty American. A practical cat, and one who has to watch his health nowadays, Eliot elected to receive his honor in London. But as U.S. Ambassador...
...morning when the judges announced the results, six tense hours after the final contest began. As they handed Mitchell his prize, a gold medal, a band struck up God Save the Queen, and the audience stood to give him a long, warm round of applause. "All I was concerned about was to bring Australia the gold medal," said Mitchell proudly...
With all that, Scott still finds time for games. A champion sailplane pilot, he set a British record in 1960 by soaring to an altitude of 18,300 ft. He won a bronze medal in sailing at the 1936 Olympics, and he is a three-time winner of Britain's Prince of Wales Cup for international-class 14-ft. dinghy racing. But when Owner Tony Boyden asked him to take the helm of his America's Cup challenger Sovereign this spring, Scott complained that he was "out of practice." He had not sailed in topflight competition since...
Died. Sergeant Alvin York, 76, World War I Medal of Honor winner, one of the U.S. infantry's great heroes; after a long illness; in Nashville, Tenn. (see THE NATION...