Dr. Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, professor emeritus of physics, was awarded the
Doctor of Science degree honoris causa by Smith College this year, with
a citation that begins, "In successfully blending a scientific career of
teaching, research, writing, and professional activities, you have not
only established a solid reputation in your field, you have paved an
important path for women in physics to follow." The Lindback Award
winner, Guggenheim Awardee and member of the National Academy of
Sciences was cited for organizing the American Physical Society's first
panel session on women in the field, and praised for her recent book, A
Matter of Choices: Memoirs of a Female Physicist.
Dr. Martin Ostwald, a widely recognized scholar of Greek political
thought and institutions who is professor emeritus of classical studies,
will be awarded an honorary degree from the UniversitŽ de Fribourg
Suisse on November 15, 1995. The ceremony in Switzerland will be in
conjunction with the inauguration of the new Dean of Faculty at the
University, Dr. Walter Haas. Among the works for which Dr. Ostwald is
known is From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law (Berkeley,
1986).
John B. Neff (right), the charter trustee who heads Penn's investment
committee, was honored with the Philadelphia Scholars Fund's first
annual Giving Forward Award, for his support of the Philadelphia
Scholars Fund, which provides Last Dollar Scholarships to public high
school graduates at accredited colleges and universities. Mr. Neff's
firm, Wellington Management Company, added to the honor with a gift of
$100,000 to the Fund to endow the John B. Neff Scholarships.