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Scientists garner honorary degrees
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, re ceived the honorary D.Sc. degree from PMC Colleges (Pennsylvania Military College and Penn Morton College). Dr. Seaborg was a winner (with Ε. Μ. McMillan) of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951. He received AEC's 1959 Enrico Fermi Award for his work in nuclear chemistry. He was director of the plutonium work of the Manhattan Project, then director of nuclear chemical research at the Law rence Radiation Laboratory, and 195861 was chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, when he was appointed to AEC. Dr. Vannevar Bush, honorary chair man of the Corporation of MIT, a pio neer in computer technology, and one of the men most responsible for the mobilization of scientists during World War II, received an honorary D.Sc. from Rockefeller University. He was formerly dean of the MIT school of engineering and former president of the Carnegie Institution. He was also one of the founders of Raytheon Mfg.
Co. and has been chairman of the board of Merck & Co. Dr. John T. Edsall, professor of bio chemistry at Harvard, received an honorary D.Sc. from New York Medi cal College. He was honored for his contributions toward medical and graduate education, his work in the biochemistry of proteins, his pioneer ing efforts in problems of public sci ence policy, understanding, and ad ministration, and his attitude toward students, colleagues, and all persons. Dr. Kathryn Grove Shipp, organic chemist at Naval Ordnance Labora tory, Silver Spring, Md., was recog nized by Hood College with an hon orary D.Sc. She was cited "for her personal achievements and for her con tribution as an organic chemist in the specialized field of explosives. " (C&EN, Jan. 16, page 86; Feb. 20, page 140.) Dr. Donald F. Hornig, Special Assist ant to the President for Science and Technology, received the honorary de gree of doctor of engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He was cited as "the highest spokesman for science and engineering in the Government of the United States" and for the "many contributions which he has made to federal programs." Dr. Louis Lykken of the college of agriculture at University of California, Berkeley, received an honorary Ph.D. degree in science from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Dr.
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Lykken was principal speaker on the occasion, and gave a talk on Aca demic Freedom and Freedom of Speech. Dr. Antonie T. Knoppers, president of Merck Sharp & Dohme, interna tional division of Merck & Co., has been given an honorary D.Sc. by Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has written more than 60 scientific papers in pharmacology and endocrin ology. Dr. Knoppers gave the gradua tion address. Dr. Samuel C. Collins of the cryo genic engineering staff at Arthur D. Little, Inc., and retired from the faculty of MIT, has been given an honorary LL.D. by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is the inventor of a device for liquefying helium gas. Dr. R. B. Woodward, Donner Pro fessor of Science at Harvard and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chem istry (1965) received an honorary D.Sc. from Brooklyn Poly. His most recent ACS honor was the Gibbs Medal (C&EN, May 22, page 67). Dr. Ralph Connor, chairman of the board of Rohm and Haas, received an honorary D.Sc. from Brooklyn Poly. Dr. Connor, long active in the ACS, was Chairman of the ACS Board of Directors, 1956-58. Dr. William K. Whiteford, retired chairman of the board of Gulf Oil, received the honorary degree of doc tor of laws from PMC Colleges.
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