Summary of APS and AIP Awards to Rochester Faculty and Alumni (October 31, 2004)

American Physical Society (APS/AIP) Selected Awards

(with Rochester Physics and Astronomy Faculty and Alumni Highlighted)

For APS Awards see :  http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/APSsummary.html
For OSA Awards see: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/OSAsummary.html
                          for DOE OJI Awards see: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/OJIsummary.html

For Posters see: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/Poster-APS-summary.ppt
  and http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/Poster-OSA-summary.ppt

Also: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~bodek/dept/Poster-APS-summary.jpg
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J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics

Purpose:  http://www.aps.org/praw/sakurai/index.cfm

To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in particle theory.

2005 J. J. Sakurai  Prize in Theoretical  Particle Physics to Susumu Okubo Professor of Physics University of Rochester (and Rochester PhD) "For  ground breaking investigations into the pattern of hadronic masses and decay rates, which provided essential clues into the development of the quark model, and for demonstrating that CP Violations permits partial decay rate asymmetries" http://www.aps.org/praw/sakurai/05winner.cfm

APS W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics

Purpose:  http://www.aps.org/praw/panofsky/index.cfm
To recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in Experimental Particle Physics

2004 APS W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimetal Particle Physics to Arie Bodek Professor of Physics University of Rochester For his broad, sustained, and insightful contributions to elucidating the structure of the nucleon, using a wide variety of probes, tools and methods at many Laboratories. http://www.aps.org/praw/panofsky/04winner.cfm

2002 APS W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimetal Particle Physics to Masatoshi Koshiba University of Tokyo Rochester Physics PhD 1955   "For compelling experimental evidence for neutrino oscillations using atmospheric neutrinos." http://www.aps.org/praw/panofsky/02winner.cfm http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2002/koshiba-cv.html

1999 APS W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimetal Particle Physics to Edward H. Thorndike Professor of Physics University of Rochester Citation: "For a leading role in milestone advances in the study of the b quark with the CLEO collaboration; particularly the discovery and measurement of b semileptonic decay, the b to s Penguin decay process, and the b to u weak transition. In addition, his contributions led to substantial improvements in understanding the flavor sector of the Standard Model and the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix of weak quark couplings." http://www.aps.org/praw/panofsky/99winner.cfm

APS Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids

Purpose:  http://www.aps.org/praw/isakson/index.cfm

To recognize outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter sciences

1980 APS Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids to David L. Dexter Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

APS Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research

Purpose:  http://www.aps.org/praw/plasma/index.cfm

recognize a particular recent outstanding achievement in plasma physics research.

1995 APS Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research James Philip Knauer Laboratory for Laser Energetics University of Rochester Citation: "For outstanding theoretical work, computational design and analysis, and experimental work leading to quantitative and predictive understanding of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in high energy density plasmas." http://www.aps.org/praw/plasma/95winner.cfm

APS Biological Physics Prize

Purpose:   http://www.aps.org/praw/biologic/index.cfm
To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in biological physics research.

1998 APS Biological Physics Prize to Rangaswamy Srinivasan UVTech Associates Rochester Postdoc 1958-1960 Citation: "For the development of an understanding of the effects of intense ultraviolet light on biological materials, leading to an ability to 'photoetch' tissue surfaces precisely and safely, and for his role in developing applications to medicine in angioplasty, ophthalmology, and dermatology." http://www.aps.org/praw/biologic/98winner.cfm

1994 APS Biological Physics Prize to Robert S. Knox Professor of Physics University of Rochester

APS Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize

Purpose: http://www.aps.org/praw/lilienfe/index.cfm

To recognize a most outstanding contribution to physics

2004 APS Lilienfeld Prize to H. Jeff Kimble California Institute of Technology Rochester Physics PhD 1977 “For his pioneering work in quantum optics, for his innovative experiments in single-atom optical experiments, and for his skill in communicating the scientific excitement of his research to a broad range of audiences.”

APS Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service

Purpose:http://www.aps.org/praw/nicholso/index.cfm

To recognize the humanitarian aspect of physics and physicists

2001 APS Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service to D. Allan Bromley Yale University Rochester Physics PhD 1952 "For his roles as a research scientist, an outstanding teacher, a supportive mentor and colleague, a leader of the physics community in this country and worldwide, and advisor to governments." D. Allan Bromley is the first Sterling Professor of the Sciences at Yale; from 1994 to 2000 he served as Yale's Dean of Engineering. He was the first Cabinet level Assistant to the President of the United States for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (1989-1993). He received the B.Sc. degree from Queen's University in Canada in 1948 and the Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1952. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1988 was awarded the National Medal of Science. He has served as President of the AAAS, of IUPAP, and of APS and holds 32 honorary doctorates from universities in Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa and the United States. A distinguished nuclear physicist he is known as the father of modern heavy ion physics.

APS Robert R. Wilson Prize

http://www.aps.org/praw/wilson/index.cfm

Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in the physics of particle accelerators.

1987 APS Robert R. Wilson Prize    Ernest D. Courant   (BNL) UR Physics PhD 1943

Goldhaber (left) Courant (Right)

APS Joseph A. Burton Forum Award http://www.aps.org/praw/forum/index.cfmTo recognize outstanding contributions to the public understanding or resolution of issues involving the interface of physics and society.

1976 APS Joseph A. Burton Award Herbert F. York UR Physics BS/MS 1943 ( York also Wins Fermi Award in 2004 APS :Leo Szilard Award in 1994
1991 APS Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Victor F. Weisskopf Rochester Physics faculty  1937-1943 Dr. Weisskopf's international honors included the Max Planck Medal of the German Physical Society in 1956, the Boris Pregal Medal of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1970, the Prix Mondial Cino de Duca (France) for humanism in science in 1972, the Order pour le Merite (German) in 1978, the Smolukowski Medal of the Polish Physical Society in 1979, the national Medal of Science (US) in 1980 and the Wolf Prize in Physics (Israel) in 1981,the J. Robert Oppenheimer Medal in 1983, the 1988 Enrico Fermi Award of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Ludwig Wittgenstein Prize of the Austrian Research Organization in 1990, and the 1991 Public Welfare Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Weisskopf was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Federation of American Scientists. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and its president in 1960-61, and he was president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences from 1976 to 1979.
1990 APS Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Richard Wilson   Research Associate in Physics,   University of Rochester  50-51 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson/cv.html

APS Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

Purpose: http://www.aps.org/praw/heineman/index.cfm
To recognize outstanding publications in the field of mathematical physics.

1964 APS Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics Tulli Regge Rochester Physics PhD 1957 Also Dirac Medal  1996 of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics. http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~sci_info/awards/Dirac/DiracMedallists/DiracMedal96.html   Also MARCEL GROSSMANN AWARD  1997 for his contributions to the interface between mathematics and physics leading to new fields of research of paramount importance in relativisic astrophysics and particle physics http://www.icra.it/MG/awards/ Also 1979 Einstein Medal of the Levi Strauss Fundation Also 1987 Cecil Power Medal of the European Society of Physics Also 2003 Silver Banner Award   Tullio Regge is been born to Turin in 1931. Graduated in physics to the University of the same city and PhD to the Rochester University, from 1961 he is teaching of Theoretical Physics, chair to which recently that one of Quantistica Physics of the Matter has joined to the Polytechnic of Turin. From 1964 to 1969 it has been member of the Institute of Advanced Study. Member of prestigious scientific scientific academies, is president of the Institute for Scientific Interscambio (I.S.I.) and of the Turinese section of the Association for the search and the prevention of handicaps (AIRH). He has written numerous banns, not only scientific: between these also the Dialogue, fruit of a long interview with First Levi on topics acclimatizes them, ethical and social. Eurodeputato from 1989 to 1994. It has received various prizes, between which the Dennie Heineman (1964) of the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics, the City of Como (1968) of the Somaini Foundation, the medal Einstein (1979) of the Foundation Levi Strauss and the medal Cecil Powel (1987) of the European Society of Physics

APS Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize

Purpose:  http://www.aps.org/praw/buckley/index.cfm
To recognize and encourage outstanding theoretical or experimental contributions to condensed matter physics.

1955 APS Oliver E.  Buckley  Prize Leroy Apker Rochester Physics PhD 1941

APS LeRoy Apker Award

Purpose: http://www.aps.org/praw/apker/index.cfm

"to recognize outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students,
and thereby provide encouragement to young physicists who have demonstrated
great potential for future scientific accomplishment." The award was established

as a memorial to LeRoy Apker who received this Ph.D. from the
UR Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1941.

1999 LeRoy Apker Award  Winner Govind Krishnaswami University of Rochester Physics BS 1999, PhD. 2004 ""For his achievements as an undergraduate student at the University of Rochester and particularly his research entitled, A Model of Interacting Partons for Hadronic Structure Functions." (with Professor S. Rajeev) http://www.aps.org/praw/apker/99winphd.cfm
1999 LeRoy Apker Award Finalist Govind Krishnaswami University of Rochester Physics BS 1999, PhD. 2004
2002 LeRoy Apker Award Finalist Albert Wang, Physics BS 2001, University of Rochester (Advisor Prof. Steve Teitel) Albert T. J. Wang, “Simulation of The Driven Lattice Two Dimensional Coulomb Gas”, advisor - S. Teitel **, 2001. (Physics Senior Thesis, 2001). (winner of the Stoddard Prize, 2001; finalist APS Apker Award, 2001; 2nd place winner of NY APS Conference Poster Competition, Buffalo, NY, 2001).
1983 APS LeRoy Apker Award Finalist Robert Kowalewski (currently Prof. of Physics U Victoria, CA) Physics BS 1983, University of Rochester (Advisor Prof. Tom Ferbel), PhD. Cornell Robert Kowalewski, "Elastic Pion Compton Scattering at Fermilab Energies", advisor - T. Ferbel, 1983. (Physics Senior Thesis, 1983). (winner of the Stoddard Prize, 1983).
1980  APS LeRoy Apker Award Finalist  Robert H. Wentworth (currently at Bell Labs) Physics BS 1978, University of Rochester (Advisor Prof. Joe Eberly), PhD.  Stanford  Robert Wentworth, "Interactions of Stochastically Polarized Laser Light with Atoms",  advisor - J. H. Eberly, 1980, Rev. A23, 2525 (1980). (Physics Senior Thesis, 1980). (winner of the Stoddard Prize, 1980).

APS Prize for a Faculty Member for

Research in an Undergraduate Institution

Purpose: http://www.aps.org/praw/undergrad/index.cfm

To honor a physicist whose research in an undergraduate setting has achieved wide
recognition and contributed significantly to physics and who has contributed substantially
to the professional development of undergraduate physics students.

1999 Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution Prize to Robert Edson Warner Oberlin College PhD Physics Rochester 1959 "For his research contributions in experimental nuclear physics, including the precise measurement of reaction cross sections for exotic light nuclei, and for his active and enthusiastic collaboration with Oberlin students. " http://www.aps.org/praw/undergrad/99winner.cfm

APS George E. Pake Prize

Purpose:  http://www.aps.org/praw/pake/index.cfm

To recognize and encourage outstanding work by physicists combining original research
accomplishments with leadership in the management of research or development in industry.
Established by Xerox in memory of George Pake director of  industrial research at Xerox
 (and life trustee of the University of Rochester)

2002APS George E. Pake Prize to Paul M. Horn IBM Rochester Physics PhD 1973 "For his innovative contributions to the understanding of 1/f noise, the elucidation of surface phases and phase transitions, and his signal achievements in managing IBM Corporation's global research team." http://www.aps.org/praw/pake/02winner.cfm

Fluid Dynamics Prize

Purpose:http://www.aps.org/praw/fluid/index.cfm
To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in fluid dynamics research.

2001 APS Fluid Dynamics Prize to Howard Brenner MIT University of Rochester,  Departmental Chair, Chemical Engineering (1977-1981) "For his outstanding and sustained research in physico-chemical hydrodynamics, the quality of his monographs and textbooks, and his long-standing service to the fluid mechanics community." http://www.aps.org/praw/fluid/01winner.cfm

Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy Purpose:http://www.aps.org/praw/plyler/index.cfm To recognize and encourage notable contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy. 1996 APS Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy to Charles Stedman Parmeter  Indiana University Rochester Chemistry PhD 1962 "For his many important contributions to molecular spectroscopy, energy transfer, and reaction dynamics following his inventions and developments of fluorescence labeling and chemical timing spectroscopies." http://www.aps.org/praw/plyler/96winner.cfm Charles Parmenter completed his B.A. in Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. Following two years in the US Air Force with DuPont, he completed his Chemistry Ph.D in 1962 at the University of Rochester with W.A. Noyes, Jr. After postdoctoral research with G.B. Kistiakowsky at Harvard, he began his academic career at Indiana University in 1964. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the AAAS and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His development of single vibronic level fluorescence spectroscopy in the 1960's provided a general method for reliable vibrational assignment of polyatomic electronic absorption spectra. The technique also led to discovery of the high sensitivity of nonradiative excited electronic state decay rates to vibrational excitation and provided a general approach to single-collision state-to-state vibrational energy transfer in large molecules. His chemical timing fluorescence spectroscopy provided one of the first time-resolved spectroscopic views of intramolceular vibrational redistribution (IVR). His present research includes cross molecular beam probes of state-to-state energy transfer in large molecules, the vibrational dissociation dynamics of polyatomic van der Waals complexes and investigations of how methyl internal rotation on aromatic rings can so greatly influence IVR.

High Polymer Physics Prize  of the American Physical Society (1984) Prof. William J. MacKnight BS Chemistry, University of Rochester Professor William J. MacKnight received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry (with Distinction) from the University of Rochester, and his master's in Chemistry and Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry from Princeton. He was a Research Associate at Princeton with A. V. Tobolsky (1964-5). Professor MacKnight has been at the University of Massachusetts since 1965, serving as the Head of the Polymer Science and Engineering Department for 16 years, holding the rank of Distinguished University Professor since 1996, and Wilmer D. Barrett Distinguished Professor since 1998. Professor MacKnight has served on many committees, review and editorial boards, and has received a number of international and national awards. These include the High Polymer Physics Prize (co-recipient) of the American Physical Society (1984), American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry (1997), Distinguished Service Award in Advancement of Polymer Science administered by The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (1998), and the Herman F. Mark Award administered by the Division of Polymer Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (2002). In 1998 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the AAAS. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications, 7 patents, and co-authored 2 books.

Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics

Purpose:http://www.aps.org/praw/rahman/index.cfm
To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in computational physics research.

1997 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics to Donald H. Weingarten IBM. Watson Research Center Postdoc Physics, University of Rochester 1974-1976 "For his seminal work on lattice quantum chromodynamics including algorithmic innovations, massively parallel computer software development and hardware implementation that led to calculations of hadron masses and the mass and decay couplings of the scalar glueball." http://www.aps.org/praw/rahman/97winner.cfm Dr. Weingarten is a native of Massachusetts. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia College in 1965 and his Ph.D. degree from Columbia in 1970. From 1969 to 1976 he held research positions at Fermilab (then National Accelerator Laboratory), the University of Copenhagen, the University of Paris, and the University of Rochester. From 1976 to 1983 he was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and full Professor at Indiana University. During the Fall of 1982 and the Spring of 1983 he was on leave at Brown University. In 1983 he joined the Research Division of IBM in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he still works today.

APS Leo Szilard Lectureship Award

  Purpose: To recognize outstanding accomplishments by physicists in promoting the use of physics for
the benefit of society in such areas as the environment, arms control, and science policy. The lecture
 format is intended to increase the visibility of those who have promoted the use of physics for the benefit of society.

1994 Herbert F. York  UR Physics BS/MS 1943 ( York also Wins Fermi Award in 2004)

APS - Herbert P. Broida Prize 

Purpose: To recognize and enhance outstanding experimental advancements in the fields of atomic
and molecular spectroscopy or chemical physics

1987 Steve Chu  BS in Physics and Mathematics  University of Rocheser 1970 ( also Wins Nobel Prize in 1997, King Feisal Prize ...+more))

APS Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science

Purpose:
To recognize outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the
 fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. Some examples of relevant areas
 of research are: nonlinear optics, ultrafast phenomena, laser spectroscopy, squeezed states, quantum optics,
multiphoton physics, laser cooling and trapping, physics of lasers, particle acceleration by lasers, and short
 wavelength lasers.

http://www.aps.org/praw/schawlow/index.cfm

1994 Steve Chu  BS in Physics and Mathematics  University of Rochester 1979  ( also Wins Nobel Prize in 1997, King Feisal Prize...+more)

Helen B. Warner Prize 1990 (American Astronomical Society) http://www.aas.org/grants/awards.html#warner Ethan Tecumseh Vishniac BS Physics and Math 1976 http://www.pha.jhu.edu/people/faculty/ethan.html
Harold C. Urey Prize 1988 (American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Science) Jonathan Lunine BS Physics and Astronomy U of R 1980 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/faculty/lunine.html Jna. . He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, which awarded him the James B. Macelwane medal in 1995. Other awards include  the Zeldovich Award of COSPAR's Commission (1990).
American Astronomical Society's 1992 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize R.H. Dicke (UR Physics PhD 1941) for"outstanding role in the introduction of diverse and pioneering methods of measurement applied in the fields of microwave radiation, radio astronomy, gravity physics, lunar science and cosmology."
science-writing prize from the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society  1999, Adam Frank   Professor of Physics and Astronomy U of R http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/people/pages/Frank.html

AAPT and Other AIP Society  Awards

http://www.aapt.org/Grants/richtmyer.cfm AAPT Richtmyer Memorial Award This award is given in memory of Floyd K. Richtmyer. The recipient presents a major address at the AAPT Winter Meeting on a topic of current significance suitable for nonspecialists. A $3000 award, travel expenses to the meeting, and a certificate are presented at the AAPT Winter Meeting. As of July 1, 2004, the award amount will be $7500. Established in 1941.
1999  Wayne H. Knox, UR BS (79') PhD (84') Optics, and UR Professor of Optics and Director (2001-)  "Ultrafast Science and Technology: What an Exciting Time!"
1990  Steve Chu  UR BS in Physics and Mathematics  79'    ( also Wins Nobel Prize in 1997, King Feisal Prize...+more) Laser-Cooled Atoms: How and Why
1967 R.H. Dicke (UR Physics PhD 1941) "Gravitation and Cosmic Physics", http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/people.php?id=1234758&lid=1 IIn 1970 Dicke received the U.S. Medal of Science, the nation's highest award for achievement in science. In 1973 he received the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in recognition of "his outstanding contributions to the success of the Apollo Moon Landing Program." Also in 1973 the National Academy of Sciences bestowed on him its Comstock Prize, given once every five years for "the most important discovery or investigation in electricity, magnetism or radiant energy." Awarded the 1974 Elliot Cresson Medal by the Franklin Institute, he received the American Astronomical Society's 1992 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize for his "outstanding role in the introduction of diverse and pioneering methods of measurement applied in the fields of microwave radiation, radio astronomy, gravity physics, lunar science and cosmology." Born May 6, 1916, in St. Louis, Dicke received his A.B. degree from Princeton in 1939 and his Ph.D. two years later from the University of Rochester. He joined the staff of MIT's Radiation Laboratory in 1941 and came to Princeton as an assistant professor in 1946 and was promoted to associate professor the following year. Dicke, who advanced to professor in 1955, chaired the Princeton Physics Department from 1967 to 1970. He held the Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professorship of Physics from 1957 until he was named the first Albert Einstein University Professor of Science in 1975. He transferred to emeritus in 1984. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1967, Dicke was also a member of the American Physical Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. He was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Edinburgh, the University of Rochester and Ohio Northern University.
1949 Lee A. DuBridge, (UR Prof. of Physics and Department Chair 1930's) "The Effects of World War II on the Science of Physics",
http://www.aapt.org/Grants/oersted.cfm AAPT Oersted Award The Oersted Medal is the Association’s most prestigious award. It recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics. The recipient, who need not be active in AAPT, presents an address at the Ceremonial Session of the AAPT Winter Meeting. A $5000 award, an inscribed medal, travel expenses to the meeting, and a certificate are presented to the awardee. As of July 1, 2004, the award amount will be $10,000. Established in 1936.
1976 Victor F. Weisskopf, MIT, UR Prof. of Physics 1937-1943
http://www.aapt.org/Grants/millikan.cfm AAPT  Robert A. Millikan Award This award recognizes teachers who have made notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics. The Millikan Medal recipient presents a lecture at the AAPT Summer Meeting. A $7500 award, an inscribed medal, travel expenses to the meeting, and a certificate are awarded annually at the AAPT Summer Meeting. Established in 1962.
1988 Robert G. Greenler, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, UR BS Physics 1951 "Beetles, Bubbles, and Butterflies Iridescence in Nature"
http://www.aip.org/ca/iaprize.html AIP Industrial Application of Physics Prize:
2003 - 2004 Rangaswamy Srinivasan - Postdoc University of Rochester (1957-61). http://www.aip.org/ca/srinivasan.html Many societies have honored Srinivasan for the discovery of APD. These include the American Chemical Society (Creative Invention Medal – 1997), ACS North East Section (Esselen Medal – 1997), American Physical Society (Biological Physics Prize – 1998), Inventors Hall of Fame (2002) and the U.S. Patent Office (Innovation in Technology – 2002). He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1999. Since 1990, Srinivasan has been operating a consulting company called UVTech Associates.

 

Science Writing Awarded by the American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Purpose: http://www.aip.org/aip/writing/winsci.html

1988 AIP Science Writing Award Michael Riordan Senior Scientist 1983-1987  Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester for Simon & Schuster The Hunting of the Quark  http://spider.pas.rochester.edu:8080/wwwPAS/PASforms/news/newsReader$0000240

 Andrew Gemant Award by the American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Purpose:  http://www.aip.org/handbook/awards.htm#I72
a. Creative work in the arts and humanities that derived from a deep knowledge of and love for physics.

b. The interpretation of physics to the public through such means as mass media presentations or public lectures.

c. The enlightenment of physicists and the public regarding the history of physics or other cultural aspects of physics.

d. The clear communication of physics to students who are learning physics as a part of their general education.

2002 AIP Andrew Gemant Award Michael Riordan University of California Santa Cruz Senior Scientist 1983-1987 - Department  of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester  for "skillfully conveying the excitement and drama of science and for clarifying important scientific ideas through his many books, articles and television programs." .http://spider.pas.rochester.edu:8080/wwwPAS/PASforms/news/newsReader$0000240

1975 American Physical Society Award in Nuclear Chemistry http://www.cofc.edu/~nuclear/ACSNuclAward.htm Huizenga, John R. Professor of Chemistry and Physics  University of Rochester Also, member National Academcy of Science

APS Congressional Science Fellows

1990-'91 APS Congressional Fellow - PRISCILLA AUCHINCLOSS  Research Associate - Dept. of Physics & Astronomy   University of Rochester service:   Rep. Louise Slaughter
APS Congressional Fellowship 1999-Duncan T. Moore Professor of Optics, University of Rochester ( 1974-) UR Optics Alumnus MS 1970, PhD 1974
OSA / SPIE Congressional Fellowship 2001-2002  Kristen Kulinowski http://oemagazine.com/fromTheMagazine/aug01/ spie_congressional.html       Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry University of Rochester Rep. Edward J. Markey
OSA / MRS Congressional Fellowship: 1996-1997  Michal Freedhoff http://www.mrs.org/pa/fellowship/ pastfellows.html#michall     Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry University of Rochester Rep. Edward J. Markey For a complete list of OSA  Congressional Science & Engineering Fellowships http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/awards/congress/ http://www.osa.org/publicpolicy/fellowships/ http://www.osa.org/publicpolicy/fellowships/mrs/ http://www.osa.org/publicpolicy/fellowships/spie for list of year by yearAPS fellows http://www.aps.org/public_affairs/fellow/directory.cfm

American Physical Society (APS) Presidents (Rochester Faculty or Alumni)
http://www.aps.org/memb/04contacts_data.pdf

APS Presidents From 1967 through 1980, the President of the Society was elected to the position of Vice- President-Elect and automatically became Vice- President and then President in successive years. Prior to 1967, the President was elected to the position of Vice-President and automatically became President the following year. Since 1980, the President has been elected to the position of Vice-President and automatically becomes President-Elect and then President in successive years.
1947 L. DuBridge  UR Physics Professor (1934-46)  and Chair http://rleweb.mit.edu/rlestaff/p-dubr-ob.HTM
1960 Weisskopf  Victor F.     UR Physics faculty (1937-43) http://www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N21/21weisskopf.21n.html
1961 F. Seitz   UR Physics Professor and Chair http://www.nss.org/about/bios/seitz.html
1977 G. Pake  - UR Lifetime Trustie http://www.parc.com/about/pressroom/pake/default.html
1983 R. Marshak   - UR Physics and Astronomy Professor and Chair http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/rmarshak.html
1997 D. Bromley  -  UR Physics PhD 1952 http://www.eng.yale.edu/sheff/Bromley.htm
for a complete list of  past APS Presidents and Officers Click here The remainder of this table includes a  partial list of other U of R APS officers.
APS Division Councilor -1985-1988 R. Knox (Biological) Prof. of Physics UR
APS Division Councilor - 1988-1991 A. Melissinos (Particles and Fields) Prof. of Physics UR
Councilors of the APS -2003-2006 J. Eberly (Laser) Prof. of Physics UR
DIVISION OF ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & OPTICAL PHYSICS (Past Chair) R. Sproull. Prof of Physics U of R
DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS (Past Chair)R. Knox, Professor of Physics, UR
DIVISION OF CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS  (Secretary-Treasurer) 1977-1981 E. Conwell  Prof. of Chemistry and Physics UR. 2003-2004 J. Crow, UR Physics PhD Alumnus
DIVISION OF PARTICLES & FIELDS (Secretary-Treasurer) 1983-1986 T. Ferbel  Prof. of Physics UR
FORUM ON THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS (past Chair) E. M. Riordan , Senior Scientist - UR