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Hackerman wins medal from
American Institute of Chemists
Dr. Norman Hackerman
has been awarded the 1978
Gold Medal of the American
Institute of Chemists. He will
receive the Gold Medal and a
special recognition scroll at a
special banquet on Saturday
evening, March 11, at the
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim,
California. The Institute's
Gold Medal is regarded as one
of the most significant awards
in chemistry in the United
States.
AIC President O.A. Battista
of Fort Worth, Texas, said
Hackerman was selected for
the honor "because of his
important contributions to the
science and profession of
chemistry, particularly as
exemplified by his significant
involvement in U.S. science
policy through the National
Science Board." Battista
observed that, "Dr. Hacker-
man's fellow chemists view
his contributions to their
science as unique not only in
his special area of electro-
chemical research, but also in
his capacity to carry heavy
administrative loads along-
side exacting teaching and
editorial tasks."
In making the award to
Hackerman, the American
Institute of Chemists adds to a
series of honors which have
come to the Rice University
president. These include the
1956 Whitney Award of the
National Association of
Corrosion Engineers, the 1964
Joseph L. Matiello Award, and
the 1965 Palladium Medal of
The Electrochemical Society.
In 1965, he also received the
Southwest Regional Award of
the American Chemical
Society, and in 1975, he was
awarded the Honor Scroll of
the Texas Institute of
Chemists. Dr. Hackerman is
author or co-author of more
than 170 publications,
including "Pre-Medical
Physical Chemistry."
Hackerman was a pioneer in
the application of modern
techniques to electro-
chemistry. In this field, he also
served as editor of the
Journal of the Electro-
chemical Society for more
than two decades. He has also
won acclaim for his contri-
butions to administration and
research as a department
chairman, as vice president,
and then as president of the
University of Texas at Austin.
He became president of Rice
University in 1970.
Simultaneously, he has held
a variety of administrative
appointments on the boards of
directors of the operating
committees which admini-
stratively steer the Oak Ridge
Associated Universities, the
Argonne Universities As-
sociation, and the Associated
Western Universities.
For nearly a decade he has
been a member and, most
recently, chairman of the
National Science Board which
formulates policy for the
National Science Foundation
and serves as an advisory
group directly to the President
of the United States.
Dr. Hackerman in chemistry laboratory.
The Rice
Thresher
volume 65, number 22
thursday, february 2, 1978
Health service says end of flu epidemic near
by David Butler
Approximately 250 Rice
students have already fallen
victim to the flu epidemic
sweeping the Houston area,
according to health service
director Dr. A.E. Kadry. While
more cases can be expected,
Kadry expects the number of
cases to drop off within the
next two weeks.
The variety of flu affecting
Rice students is the A-Victoria
strain—the same version
active in the city. Kadry says
that neither the "Russian flu"
(which has also been reported
in Wyoming) nor the A-Texas
strain is active locally; in fact
the A-Texas flu, while isolated
and identified here, has not
broken out within the state of
Texas.
"About 70 to 80 people per
day" have been visiting the
Health Service clinic in
Hanszen College since the
start of the outbreak, with
about 30 percent of the
patients suffering from viral
infections according to Kadry.
While not all viral ailments
are flu—a number of bugs,
including mononucleosis, are
showing up—about 80 percent
of those with viral problems
are suffering from A-Victoria.
Kadry figures that about 200
students have shown up with
the flu within the past three
weeks, with "about another
fifty who weren't sick enough
to come in." A-Victoria's
symptoms are similar to those
for most flu cases: high fever, a
sore throat, and occasionally
coughing, nausea, or diarrhea.
The bug generally stays
with the student for four to
eight days; isolation after the
onset of symptoms, according
to Kadry, won't prevent the
disease's spread, since "by the
time somebody comes down
with it, he's been contagious"
for a number of days. As with
most viruses, no specific
treatment is available, except
for the symptoms as they
develop: aspirin or a
comparable substitute for the
headache, fluids for the fever
and to prevent dehydration,
and bedrest for a few days.
Itice is currently passing
through the peak of the flu
cycle, and Kadry expects that
the incidence of new cases
"will start declining by the end
of next week." The outbreak
has been more thorough at
Rice than in the surrounding
community, since "the spread
of the epidemic is a lot faster
when you're living in close
quarters. In a way, it's better
that way; you get the greatest
number of people infected
quickly, but you also get it over
with more quickly."
Kadry points out that the
incidence of cases at Rice will
be about the same as in the
outside community. However,
since the Rice epidemic ought
to run its course before the city-
wide onslaught, and the
immunity resulting after
recovery will last for
approximately one year,
people may be healthier inside
the hedges than outside—for
at least a little while.
Physics lecture set
*4
—waiter underwood
Dr. Arthur L. Schawlow, co-
inventor (with C.H. Townes) of
the laser, will deliver the 1978
William V. Houston Memorial
Lecture at 4pm , Wednesday,
February 8, 1978, in the
Chemistry Lecture Hall.
Schawlow, professor of
physics at Stanford Univer-
sity, will talk on "Lasers,
Light, and Matter."
The annual Houston
Memorial Lectures are
sponsored by the Rice Physics
department in honor of Dr.
Houston who served as the
University's second president
from 1946 until 1960.
Schawlow's lecture will
address itself to the question of
"What is Light?" He will
explore the interactions of
light and matter and the laser
as a powerful tool of scientific
investigation and practical
use.
Born in Mount Vernon, New
York, tSchawlow received the
Ph. D. degree from the
University of Toronto in 1949.
After two years as a
postdoctoral fellow and
research associate at
Columbia University, he
became a research physicist at
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
In 1960, he was a visiting
associate professor at
Columbia University. Since
1961, he has been professor of
physics at Stanford Univer-
sity. From 1966 to 1970, he was
chairman of the Department
of Physics.
He also is a Fellow of the
American Physical Society
(Member of Council 1966-
1969), the Optical Society of
America (Director at Large
1966-1968), the American
Academy of Arts and
Sciences, and a member of the
National Academy of Sciences.
He was chairman of the
Division of Electron and
Atomic Physics, American
Physical Society, 1974;
President-Elect of the Optical
Society of America, 1974,
President, 1975.
Schawlow received a Senior
Postdoctoral Fellowship for
the National Science Founda
tion for 1970-71. He was also
the Cherwell-Simon Lecturer,
Oxford University (England),
1970; the recipient of the
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Parker, Philip. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1978, newspaper, February 2, 1978; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245359/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.