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Friday, February 19,2010
the Rice Thresher
NEWS
Rice alumna found dead in Haiti
by Josh Rutenberg
Thresher Editorial Staff
Diane (Berry) Caves (Baker *oo),
a Rice alumna who went missing
shortly after the Jan. 12 earthquake
in Haiti, was found dead earlier this
month, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
The 31-year-old Caves, a pro-
gram analyst for the CDC's Atlanta
headquarters, arrived Jan. 6 at Port-
au-Prince, Haiti, six days before the
magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck
the country.
Authorities identified her body
among the rubble of Hotel Montana,
a popular hotel for American tour-
ists, which had collapsed during the
earthquake. Caves was staying at
the hotel while on a three-week as-
signment to work on the President's
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in
Haiti. Two other CDC employees on
permanent assignment to Haiti and
all 35 Haitians employed by the CDC
at the time of the disaster have been
accounted for and are safe.
Caves graduated from Rice with
a bachelor's degree in French Stud-
ies and Policy Studies and earned
a master's degree in Public Ad-
ministration from Georgia State
University. In 2007, while pursu-
ing a second master's degree in
Public Health from Georgia State,
Caves accepted a position at the
CDC in the Office of Public Health
Preparedness and Response. Last
year, the Atlanta Federal Executive
Diane Caves Rice alumna
Board awarded Caves the Employee
of the Year Award in the Outstand-
ing Professional category.
Caves lived with her husband
Jeff Caves (Will Rice '00), in Atlanta.
Within a day of the hotel's collapse,
Jeff Caves posted his wife's picture
and description ou the Haiti Earth-
quake Hotel Montana Facebook page.
The page encouraged victims' fami-
lies to reach out for help communi-
cating with their loved ones.
Thomas Frieden, director of the
CDC, expressed his sorrow in a memo
to CDC employees.
"Diane's reasons for going to Haiti
were characteristic of her deep com-
mitment to helping others," Frieden
said. "Her sharp intellect, optimism
and adventurous spirit touched all
who met her."
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Jeff Caves and Diane's parents,
Lee and Linda Berry, issued a state-
ment Feb. 9 thanking the community
for its support.
"We are all grateful for the exten-
sive outpouring of prayers, phone
calls, e-mails and cards of support
and encouragement received over
the past four weeks from friends,
family, co-workers and the gen-
eral public," the statement said.
"Diane made a difference in the
world and will be missed by all who
knew her."
President David Leebron issued a
statement on Feb. 12 to the Rice com-
munity describing Caves' service and
encouraging students, faculty and
staff to keep those affected by Haiti in
their thoughts and prayers.
"Diane's life serves as a shin-
ing example of a Rice degree put to
great effect, and we are saddened
that it ended too soon," Leebron said.
"But, as her friend Sumona Pramanik
(Jones '00) told us, Diane had an ac-
tive and meaningful life and will live
on through our memories."
A memorial service will be held
next Saturday at The Carter Center
in Atlanta.
In lieu of flowers, the family re-
quests that donations honoring Di-
ane be sent to one of three charities:
the Appalachian Institute for Creative
Learning, where Diane had served as
a trustee; Partners in Health-Stand
with Haiti, which combats global dis-
ease and poverty; or Fonkoze, a non
profit bank for Haiti's poor.
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Prof. Emeritus Gordon dies
by Josh Rutenberg
Thresher Editorial Staff
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
William E. Gordon, age 92, died last
Tuesday following complications that
arose during a recent hip surgery.
Gordon has been recognized world-
wide for his invention of the Arecibo
radiotelescope, a device that uses ra-
dio waves to observe the outer layers
of Earth's atmosphere along with other
atmospheric bodies. He oversaw the
construction of a large-scale observa-
tory based on his radiotelescope design
in the karst foothills of Arecibo, Puerto
Rico, for which the device is named.
The Arecibo Observatory received the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers' Milestone Award and the
American Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers' Landmark Award. Gordon was
one of only a handful of people to earn
both awards.
Gordon, who was born and raised
in Paterson, N.J., received his bach-
elor's of arts and master's degrees
from Montclair State College in 1939
and 1942, respectively. He went on to
earn a master's degree in science in
Meteorology in 1946 from New York
University and a doctoral degree
in Electrical Engineering from Cor-
nell University in 1953, where he re-
mained for 13 years as a professor of
engineering.
Gordon joined the Rice community
in 1966 in the Science and Engineering
Department. In his 20 years at Rice,
Gordoi "erved as dean of Science and
Engineering, dean of Natural Sciences,
vice president and provost.
"He was clearly respected by his
colleagues, given his national acad-
emy status, and he rose to be pro-
vost, so he had excellent adminis-
trative instincts and style," Stewart
Memorial Professor of Biochemistry
and Cell Biology Kathleen Matthews
said. "He always had a sense of hu-
mor and had a deep love for Rice."
In addition to his academic work,
Gordon was a member of several pro-
fessional academies, including the
National Academy of Sciences and the
National Academy of Engineering.
Gordon was also named Honorary
President of the International Union of
Radio Science.
He continued to strive for a vi-
brant research program at Rice, even
during his tenure as provost. Direc-
tor of the Rice Space Institute Patri-
cia Reiff said.
"His graduate students are among
the highest-regarded scientists in
the world at [the National Science
Foundation], NASA and all around
William Gordon Prof. Emeritus
the world," Reiff, a physics and as-
tronomy professor, said. "It reflects
well both on Rice and his ability to
perform research."
"He was like a father to me," Rice
Space Institute Administrator Umbe
Cantu said. "He was a wonderful
human being and he accomplished
so much."
Upon his announcement to re-
tire from Rice in 1986, the Board of
Governors unanimously adopted a
resolution naming Gordon the uni-
versity's first "distinguished profes-
sor emeritus" of Space Sciences and
Electrical Engineering. Only one oth-
er professor. Rice President Emeritus
Norman Hackerman, has received
the distinction.
In his lifetime, Gordon received
numerous honors, including fhe Balth
van der Pol Gold Medal in 1966, the
Arctowski Gold Medal in 1984. a USSR
Academy of Sciences Medal in 1985
and the Centennial Medal of the Uni-
versity of Sofia in 1988.
The William and Elva Gordon
Fellowship award honors a gradu-
ate student each year who has
demonstrated achievement in aca-
demics and research in space phys-
ics or astronomy.
Reiff said even after he retired,
Gordon continued to make Rice a
priority, visiting campus on a weekly
basis for years until he moved back to
Ithaca, N.Y.
"He had a legacy of research, stu-
dents and science that is enduring."
Reiff said.
An on-campus memorial service is
being planned for Gordon.
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