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Safranek sets up most of the experiments the undergraduates perform, while Williams' provides more of a supportive role. All of the research deals with the tobacco horn worm. Williams most recent area of concentration. Safranek first teachers the students the mundane tasks of cleaning tubes, refilling supplies and of taking...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Giant Among Bugs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

Freshman Helen Guerin, who started working for Williams in the fall, plans to start work on an individual project in a couple of weeks. She spent first semester working in the labs and in the factory and is now learning specific techniques to enable her to get started on a...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Giant Among Bugs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

Not only is Williams, the man, an institution but so are his daily teas. While talking of Williams, every person mentioned his afternoon teas, where any topic of conversation is brought up. Drinking tea and eating cookies, Williams and his students, colleagues, and frequent special guests talk about people's...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Giant Among Bugs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

Williams established his teas in 1950 and his guests could provide a who's who in the scientific world. Numerous Nobel laureates drop by including many international scientists such as August Krogh, Hans Boethe and Jaque Monod. The teas give Williams a chance to exhibit his enormous range of knowledge...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Giant Among Bugs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

And about his own teas, Williams comments that the place "is full of everyone, visiting professors and dignitaries, we bring everyone into the act." Williams is a strong proponent of diversity and belongs to numerous associations such as the National Academy of Sciences, in which he is chairman of the...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Giant Among Bugs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

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