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Saying yesterday that he was "very pleased at being chosen," Brauer received the citation "for his work on the conjectures of Dickson, Cartan, Artin, and Masehke, his introduction of the Brauer group, and his development of the theory of modular representations...
...year-old mathematician has done fundamental research on numerous aspects of abstract algebra, including group and number theory and theory of group representation and modular characters...
...leaders of the Baha'i faith, a Persian religion resembling Unitarianism that advocates world brotherhood and universal education. A Stanford graduate, he joined the ed school faculty there, ran the Peace Corps training program, and continually tried to inspire public schools to break up their rigid schedules. The "modular" class system he advocates−16-to 20-minute periods that can be endlessly recombined for different subjects−is now used in 500 schools, from Temple City, Calif., to Sarasota...
...another move to control costs, some 40 companies have begun manufacturing modular housing-factory-finished rooms that are assembled at the site. Richard Wasserman, president of Levitt & Sons, which is building a modular factory, expects that this system will cut construction costs to at least 5% below those of today's conventional, on-site building. Wasserman anticipates much larger savings in the years ahead because "the incredible shortage of skilled craftsmen" seems certain to drive wages at building sites up much faster than those of lower-paid factory workers...
...Modular housing may help to free the fragmented building industry from its dependence on localized and often inefficient production methods. Stirling Homex Corp., largest of the modular builders, last month moved an entire trainload of $20,000 town houses 950 miles from its plant in Avon, N.Y., to Corinth, Miss. Each house was built and shipped in four sections, averaging 12 ft. by 24 ft.; then the modular units were swung by crane onto foundations and were made ready for occupancy on the same day that they arrived...