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Robert B. Woodward, Donner Professor of Science, has won the first Pope Pius XI science medal for his achievements in chemical synthesis...
This effort helped Woodward earn recognition from the Pontifical Academy of Science, which unanimously voted to present him the medal. The award was created by Pope John XXIII in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the science academy, which was founded by Pope Pius...
...ability and common sense. Descendant of 20 generations of African chiefs in the Ibo country of Eastern Nigeria, he went to West Africa's public schools, then won a place at Dublin's Trinity College, where a law degree came easily, along with a medal for oratory...
...reformatory-bound juvenile delinquent. But Cyclist Savage, 23, is more than a thrill-happy young Briton. She is a grim competitor in one of the world's most harrowing and hazardous sports: cross-country motorcycle racing. Fortnight ago, she startled 268 male competitors by winning a bronze medal in motorcycling's most rugged contest: the International Six-Day Motorcycle Trial-a grueling, 1,200-mi. marathon, run through the mountainous backwoods of Wales...
...scientist's scientist," in the estimation of Psycho-Acoustic Lab director Stevens, von Bekesy often works past midnight in his lab. While presenting the Gold Medal of the Acoustical Society of America to von Bekesy last May, Stevens declared, "No one...knows more about...