Sigma Xi Center Honor Roll of Donors
Tributes to Honorees

Gordon Wood Anderson
in honor of
George Abraham

In honor of the late George Abraham of the Naval Research Laboratory, who was a long-time colleague and mentor of researchers and was an active participant and leader in the affairs of Sigma Xi.

Anonymous Donor
in honor of
William J. Hall

Professor William J. Hall has made major research contributions in earthquake engineering, structural design for dynamic loadings and prevention of brittle fracture in steel structures. He has given unstinting attention to his students, undergraduate as well as graduate, and guided them in issues of professional and public service as well as academically.

Anonymous Donor
in honor of
Donald R.F. Harleman

Donald Harleman distinguished himself in the field of hydraulic engineering and environmental fluid mechanics. He was a wise and compassionate advisor and teacher to many graduate students at M.I.T. during the last half of the 20th century and his students benefited greatly from his knowledge, experience, and foresight.

Dr. Edward Arnett
in honor of
Paul D. Bartlett

Paul D. Bartlett in the 1950,60s and 70s was Professor of Chemistry at Harvard where he was one of the world's leaders in the development of physical organic chemistry. As researcher and teacher of teachers, he was the inspiration and model for a whole generation of chemists.

Joan Grigger Michels Ashworth-Glenn, B.S., M.S.
in honor of
Murray A. Ashworth, M.D., B.Sc.Med., Ph.D.

Murray A. Ashworth, M.D., B.Sc.Med., Ph.D. for noteworthy contributions to Diabetes research as a professor at the faculty of medicine, University of Toronto.

Stanley I. Auerbach
in honor of
Robert V. O'Neill

Robert V. O'Neill was a senior scientist and corporate fellow in the environmental sciences division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and is one of the most creative thinkers in modern ecology. His research and papers in the fields of ecosystem analysis, ecological risk assessment, and landscape ecology attest to his remarkable ability to immerse himself into different fields of ecology and contribute ideas and new conceptual approaches to their development.

Stanley I. Auerbach
in honor of
Orlando Park

Orlando Park, a superb lecturer and jazz piano player, pioneered research on the Diel Cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. In 1950, he co-authored with W.C. Allee, Alfred Emerson, Thomas Park, and Karl P. Schmidt, the first major tome on ecology and ecosystems. In the mid-1950's, Park helped to establish the new field of Radioecology at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and within the Ecological Society of America.

Stanley I. Auerbach
in honor of
Victor E. Shelford

Victor E. Shelford was one of the most influential figures in natural science and conservation during the first half of the 20th century. His research into plant and animal communities and physiological ecology helped lay the foundation for modern ecology. As the founder, in 1915, and first president of the Ecological Society of America, Shelford helped establish the terms of basic inquiry and political action for such issues as community ecology and the protection of ecosystems. His leadership in the preservation of natural areas led in 1950 to the formation of the nature conservancy.

Dr. William J. Bachman
in honor of
Dr. James T. Stewart

Jim encouraged me to go back to school and complete my doctoral degree. With Jim's advice and support, I completed the graduate program at UGA. I'm extremely grateful for his encouragement and friendship. I'm very proud to have studied with him and to have him as a friend and mentor.

Sunanda and Santimay Basu
in honor of
Dr. Jules Aarons

Jules Aarons, Research Professor at Boston University, formerly an Air Force scientist at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is best known for his studies of ionospheric scintillation. Aarons, a founder of joint Satellite Studies Group, a mentor of leading space scientists in USA and abroad, has also been acclaimed as a talented photographer with his photographs in the collection at museums in New York, Boston and Paris.

Professor K. Darrell Berlin
in honor of
Reynold C. Fuson

Professor R. C. Fuson was born on a farm in Illinois, became a distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received many honors, was an author of outstanding texts in organic chemistry, and often lectured without notes. He was a friend to his students, many of whom advanced to high positions in industry and in academia. Dr. Fuson was a gentleman and a Professor's Professor.

Dr. Emerson L. Besch
in honor of
Dr. Arthur H. Smith

Through word and deed, my mentor and good friend, Professor Arthur H. (Milt) Smith, taught me that integrity and objectivity were inviolate principles in the search for truth and that inquiring about the 'why' of physiological processes was as important as inquiring about the 'how.'

George Bowen
in honor of
Max Delbrück

Max Delbrück (Nobel laureate, 1969) is appropriately remembered for his contributions to our understanding of genetic mechanisms. I think the most important characteristic of all his work, in this or any field, was his exceptional ability to see and ask the right questions to guide whatever research he touched.

Kevin W. Bowen
in honor of
Norma Allen Bowen

Norma Bowen, mother of Sigma Xi staff member Kevin Bowen, lived a life of service. First as a science teacher, then as the manager of a government program providing support for technical training for individuals displaced from their work by a changing economy, she was a strong advocate for life long learning. A naturalist and avid gardener, her truest joy came from planting trees, often named for a beloved family member.

Dr. Hans Briegel
in honor of
Dr. Arden O. Lea

Dr. Arden O. Lea, the outstanding and most creative pioneer of mosquito endocrinology and physiology, whose profound, critical and extremely stimulating intellect thoroughly shaped the scientific pursuit of insect physiology by his post-doctoral fellows.

Ms. Carrie M. Brown
in honor of
Judith T. Dwyer

Judith Dwyer is a wonderful professor and mentor, and this honor is only a small token of the respect and admiration I have for her.

Dr. Harley P. Brown
in honor of
Marion Waterman Boesel

Zoology Professor Marion Boesel's interest in insects was apparently infectious, as evidenced by the many entomologists produced by Miami University at Oxford, Ohio.

Dr. Harley P. Brown
in honor of
Stephen Riggs Williams

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) was fortunate in having the services of Dr. Stephen R. Williams as head of the Zoology Department for forty years. His interests were broad, his knowledge deep, his humor delightful.

Sharon Fried Buchalter, Ph.D.
in honor of
Louis and Ruth Fried

In Memory of Louis and Ruth Fried. I would like to thank both my parents, Louis and Ruth Fried, for all the love, dedication, inspiration and enthusiasm for life that they have instilled in me. I am eternally grateful for this, as they have been crucial in my road to success. You will always be a part of who I am. I love you both!

George Bugliarello
in honor of
Professor Edward Silberman

I would like to honor Professor Ed Silberman for his inspiring teaching and advising when I came to the University of Minnesota as a Fulbright student from Italy, and for the influence this had in my subsequent career.

Grateful Former Students
in honor of
William D. Burbanck and Madeline P. Burbanck

Dr. Burbanck set high standards and a strong example as a teacher and scientist during my studies with him 1962-68. His ethics, dedication and pleasure in his work have inspired me throughout my career. During my time at Emory, Dr. Burbanck and his wife Madeleine became almost like family. I am deeply grateful for his many gifts, tangible and intangible, that provided the foundation for the career success I have enjoyed.

David and Shannon Campbell
in honor of
M. Patricia Morse

Trish Morse is our colleague, mentor and friend. We wish to honor her for her continuous support of young educators and scientists in the field of marine biology, and her selfless efforts to advance their careers. She has helped countless researchers who now carry the torch that she has passed on to them. Sigma Xi is an appropriate organization to convey this honor, as she has fostered a true community of companions in zealous research.

Kwai S. Chan
in honor of
Donald A. Koss

Professor Donald A. Koss, formerly with Michigan Technological University and currently at The Pennsylvania State University, has been a great mentor and a good friend. This is a great opportunity for me to acknowledge his mentorship and express my appreciation for his guidance in my early career.

University of Colorado Chapter
in honor of
Roy Henry Garstang

We wish to honor Roy Henry Garstang, for his 18 years of service as the Secretary and for his dedication to the Society and its goals.

Thaddeus M. Cowan
in honor of
Weston A. Bousfield

As a research assistant I dejectedly approached Wes Bousfield and informed him that our data failed to support the hypothesis of a current experiment. "Good!" Wes replied, "Now we'll learn something!" This was a lesson I never forgot, and I have tried to pass it on to my students.

John Burnett Cox Sigma Xi, University of Colorado May 1952
in honor of
Grover Burnett, State College of Washington, Sigma Xi May 1932

Memorial to Grover H. Burnett, Ph. D.1890- 1946. Although he was my stepfather only from the time I was about ten until nineteen, he exerted an influence far out of proportion to those few years. At the time he married my Mother, he had already earned his doctorate in plant pathology, and was a practicing agronomist. Thus, he was in a position to foster the importance of learning during my formative years. And did. One of his favorite expressions was Learn all you can; and as you learn more, you will realize that learning is like coming up from deep in the Grand Canyon. The higher up you get, the more you can see as your horizon expands. And the more you learn, the more your horizon will expand; and you will realize how much more there is to learn. He was elected to Sigma Xi membership in May 1932; I was elected in May 1952. I regret he did not live to know of that occasion. And this is my tribute to him: Our Sigma Xi certificates are framed together and hang on my office wall. I have four different editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica, -- from a facsimile of the first to the current one. John Burnett Cox BS (ChE); MS (ChE)

Jaleh Daie
in honor of
Women in Science

Since antiquity women have contributed to the advancement of science and discovery. Only recently have we come to appreciate their contributions. My own education came when I was elected national President, Association for Women in Science and as I read, wrote and spoke on the subject, completing 6 years of service. It is with this humble confession that I honor ALL women who participated and contributed to the advancement of science, technology and discovery. May our daughters walk in our footsteps and find it rewarding and joyful.

Margaret F. Darken
in honor of
Lawrence Darken
Yale, Ph.D., 1933; US Steel, to 1972; Penn State, to 1978.

National Academy Citation, 1963: "His fame rests upon a scholarly and highly creative application of thermodynamics to metallurgical problems. A rigorous thinker, who has done much to enhance the science of metallurgy from a physical-chemical viewpoint."

Dr. Theodore C. Doege
in honor of
Henry M. Gelfand, M.D.

Henry M. Gelfand, M.D., M.P.H. is a public health physician whose varied career included entomologic studies in West Africa, instructing medical students at Tulane University, investigations of poliomyelitis and small pox, and duties involving quarantine and international health with the U.S. government. In the early 1970', Dean Paul Peterson of the newly-established University of Illinois School of Public Health asked Dr. Gelfand to develop the School's curriculum in epidemiology, a vital discipline in understanding and preventing disease. Dr. Gelfand soon invited me to be a faculty member in the School's Epidemiology Program, and I gladly accepted. Our small but experienced group often made use of past epidemics in teaching public health principles. At lunch, we might plot teaching approaches, discuss current health problems, or try out ideas for research. A conversation I had one afternoon with Dr. Gelfand led me to explore an interesting concept, that if traumatic injuries actually occur randomly or by chance ("accidentally"), as with the striking of a meteorite, then they are not amenable to epidemiologic study. I proceeded to write about the obverse of this concept, emphasizing that traumatic injuries, like infectious diseases, malignancies, and other maladies, should be described in terms of basic epidemiologic variables such as the responsible agent, environment, time determinants, host characteristics, behavioral factors, range of tissue damage, and pathophysiologic consequences.

Dr. Donald N. Duvick
in honor of
Edgar Anderson

Edgar Anderson. Mentor and inspiration. Developed the concept of introgressive hybridization, commonly called introgression.

Ernest L. Eliel
in honor of
Vladimir Prelog

Vladimir Prelog (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. 1975) was born in Sarajevo, in the then Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1906. After attending school in Zagreb (Croatia) he studied at the University of Prague under Lukes and Votocek, receiving his Ph.D. in 1929. After years of work in a commercial laboratory preparing chemicals, and a year of service in the Yugoslav navy, he obtained an academic position at the University of Zagreb in 1935. In order to earn funds for his research, he also worked part-time in a pharmaceutical firm (today Pliva in Croatia) and made the lucrative discovery that the active principle of the German antibiotic drug Prontosil was actually its metabolite sulfanilamide. In 1937 he spent several months in the laboratory of his countryman Leopold Ruzicka (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1939) at the Federal Polytechnic in Zurich, Switzerland. When the Germans invaded Yugoslavia in 1941, Ruzicka helped Prelog to leave Zagreb for Zurich where he lived to the end of his life in 1998. He became a "Privatdozent" in 1942, an "extraordinary professor" in 1947 and an "ordinary professor" in 1950. Upon Ruzicka’s retirement in 1957 he became Director of the Organic Laboratory (equivalent to Department Head) but in 1965 he decided to share the direction of the department with his other professorial colleagues, among them Albert Eschenmoser, Duilio Arigoni, Jack Dunitz and Oskar Jeger. When he reached the mandatory retirement age in 1976, he registered as a postdoctoral associate so that he could maintain an office in and connection with the chemistry laboratory until his death.

Prelog’s scientific work spanned an amazing array of different problems, from his early determination of the configuration of quinine and the rational synthesis of adamantane, through the structure elucidation of many natural products, work on the chemistry of medium-sized rings and their conformation (he used the term "constellation") to stereochemical problems, including "Prelog’s rule," the synthesis of molecules with interesting symmetry properties and, most importantly, his refinement, with Cahn and Ingold, of the R/S system of stereochemical descriptors. A brief summary of his work may be found in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society of London 2000, 46, 443-464, and a much more extensive one in his scientific autobiography “My 132 Semesters of Chemistry Studies”, Seeman, J. I., ed., Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC, 1991, 120 pp.

I first met Prelog when he was a Reilly Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame for several weeks in 1950 and years later I spent a sabbatical in his laboratory in Zurich, 1967-68. He had an abiding interest in and deep knowledge of stereochemistry and I learned a great deal from him about this subject. In addition to being an outstanding chemist and communicative mentor, he was a delightful human being, always willing to discuss a variety of subjects chemical and otherwise, and full of good stories, proverbs and sayings from many parts of the world, which he would inject into the conversation at appropriate moments. He was not only highly regarded but had many friends all over the world and received many scientific honors in numerous countries in addition to the Nobel Prize.

Sidney Epstein
in honor of
Abraham Epstein

My father, Abraham Epstein, an immigrant boy from Russia, started me, his younger son, collecting stamps when I was very young. He constantly encouraged me in the hobby and often surprised me with a particular stamp I was missing. Throughout my life, this hobby has provided me with great enjoyment.

Geraldene Felton
in honor of
David H. Evans

David H. Evans was a graduate of Brown University and Lehigh University, and was a scholar and a gentle person. He will be missed.

James S. Finucane, Ph.D.
in honor of
Thomas J. Connolly

Professor Thomas J. Connolly was both my teacher in a number of undergraduate courses and my faculty advisor at Stanford. He was an outstanding teacher who inspired his students to want to learn as well a how to think and how to solve the most challenging problems.

Bragi Freymodsson
in honor of
Sigridur B. Freymodsson

My life has been a continual learning experience. My teachers have been: schools and other centers of learning, associates in my profession, social acquaintances and friends. My most profound learning experience however, has come from a different direction - from my family - from my wife Sigga. At times when things were not going well, and I saw the glass half-empty; she managed to show me that it was actually half full. For that, I will be eternally grateful.

Mr. Billy W. Friar
in honor of
Donald D. Glower

Donald D. Glower was an astute and compassionate advisor for my Ph.D. dissertation in mechanical engineering at Ohio State. He was also directly responsible for my membership in Sigma Xi.

Phyllis M. Fuller
in honor of
Richard F. Hamaker

Richard F. Hamaker, MIT - Sigma Xi - 1947, should be honored for his long-term dedication to the advancement of science and technology. As a systems engineer he made significant contributions to two guided missile systems and the Apollo space program. These were reported in a number of publications and lectures. As an independent investigator, he developed a new theory of biological structure and function.

Roy H. Garstang
in honor of
Prof. Douglas R. Hartree

Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester, 1929-1946, and Plummer Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge 1946-1958. He is best remembered for inventing the self-consistent field method in atomic physics. He unselfishly helped others with calculations involving difficult numerical analysis.

Carol Giacoletto
in honor of
Lawrence J. Giacoletto, Ph.D.

Lawrence J. Giacoletto was born on November 14, 1916, Clinton, Indiana, BS in EE, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1938. MS in Physics, State University of Iowa, 1939. Ph.D. in EE, University of Michigan, 1952. US Military Signal Corps Laboratory, 1941-1946. Research Engineer, RCA Laboratories, 1946-1956. Research Manager, Ford Motor Co. Scientific Laboratory, 1956-1961. Professor, Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1961-1987. Professor Emeritus, 1987-

Dr. Jane Piore Gilman and Dr. Sarah Emily Gilman
in honor of
Dr. E.R. Piore

E. R. Piore, an immigrant to the USA, received BS, MA and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Wisconsin and became a member of Sigma Xi in 1933. He shared his love of science with his daughter and granddaughter who honor him, his encouragement and inspiration.

Mr. John C. George
in honor of
L.V. Heilbrunn

Professor L.V. Heilbrunn, University of Pennsylvania, who was the prime exponent of the importance of calcium in cellular functions and who wrote the classic textbook of general physiology.

Dr. Millicent Goldschmidt
in honor of
Dr. Eugene Goldschmidt

This is a tribute to the memory of my husband, Dr. Eugene Goldschmidt. A brilliant researcher, scholar and educator. A colleague, loving husband and caring father. Living every day by high ethical principles and demanding the best in all his relationships whether with students, colleagues, friends or family.

Geraldine J. Grube Ph.D.
in honor of
Jae Y. Park, Ph.D.

Dedicated to research, teaching, mentoring and giving time to each beyond any requirements.

Mr. Claudio Guerra-Vela
in honor of
Ronald J. Sladek

Professor Ronald J. Sladek was my Ph. D. thesis advisor at Purdue University (1980-1984). He was always available to teach me physics. He also offered me friendship and showed me by his daily example the discipline of the experimental research physicist.

Walter Jay Hamer
in honor of
Alma Robinson Hamer

Alma Robinson Hamer helped recruit scientists to work for the US government during WWII, serving as a chemical examiner for the Civil Service Commission in Washington. Following WWII, she worked for the agency that coordinated US aid for post-war economic reconstruction of Europe.

A 1931 chemistry graduate of Wellesley College, Mrs. Hamer was married for 61 years until her death in 2002 to Walter J. Hamer, former chief of the electrochemistry section of the National Bureau of Standards and a past president of the Electrochemical Society.

Before leaving the government to start a family, Mrs. Hamer worked for the Economic Cooperation Administration, which President Harry Truman had created to administer the Marshall Plan for post-war reconstruction of Europe. Upon her resignation, Special Representative W. Averell Harriman cited Mrs. Hamer for her "superior contribution" to the agency's mission.

Dr. Mary G. Hamilton
in honor of
Dr. Mary L. Petermann

Tribute to Dr. Mary L. Petermann from her first graduate student Dr. Mary G. Hamilton. Mary Petermann was one of the scientists at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in the mid-1940s when it was believed that, with sufficient resources, cancer could be mastered. She studied the ribonucleic acids in the cytoplasm of normal and tumor-bearing rats. In the process she discovered ribosomes.

William Harrison, M.D.
in honor of
Averill A. Liebow, M.D.

Averill A. Liebow, M.D. was a Professor at Yale and the University of California in San Diego. Brilliant pathologist and inspiring teacher. He served as pathologist with the Yale unit in the Pacific during World War II. His writings included a report on the destruction by the atomic bombs in Japan for the government after the war. His research at Yale yielded many articles especially related to pulmonary pathology.

Albert C. Holler
in honor of
James P. Yeager

James P. Yeager- Erie, PA was a chemist, a metallurgist, an expert in smelting of waste copper into alloys of salable quality. My mentor, a great friend, and like a father to me. Working together in copper smelting, I learned about copper, its chemistry, analysis and base alloys. Jim passed on May 5, 1988. I miss him!

Homer Thawley Hopkins
in honor of
Homer T. and Lillian Alexander Hopkins, Sr.

From the beginning, I received your love and interest in my scientific career. Thank you very much, also, for the financial support that you provided to me. Working together, we made our dreams come true. May the blessings of God be upon each of you.

Claire Strang Hughes
in honor of
Roger Paul Strang

Roger Paul Strang (1924-2002). b. Duluth, MN., father a Swedish immigrant. Served in European and Pacific theaters in WW II. Attended Swedish Technical Institute, Stockhom, Sweden. Graduate of RPI, Troy, N.Y. with chemical engineering degree; member of Sigma Xi. Worked with ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia then General Electric, upstate New York, until retirement. Devoted husband and father. Boy Scout leader many years; dedicated to his church and the poor in his community.

Dr. Miguel A. Jimenez
in honor of
Dr. Frederick J. Francis

This testimonial is in honor of Professor, Dr. Frederick J. Francis of the University of Massachusetts as a tribute for his important scientific contributions to the field of food science and technology.

Dr. Elmer E. Jones
in honor of
Mary Ellen Jones

Mary Ellen Jones was born on Christmas 1922. After Christmas 1954, she established her reputation by isolating carbamyl phosphate, a basic building block in biosynthesis. Her discovery paved the way for important work on DNA and RNA and helped reveal how cells produce molecules that comprise DNA. In research on enzyme action, she showed how metabolites control enzyme activity and that an enzyme may be involved in several tasks. Her studies on metabolic pathways were essential for later work on fetal development and on cancer. Posthumously, the UNC Medical School dedicated Mary Ellen Jones Building.

Mr. Stanley R. Joseph
in honor of
William E. Bickley

In honor of William E. Bickley, Professor, department head, researcher and graduate student advisor to a generation of mosquito specialists at the University of Maryland. His contribution to mosquito bionomics, guidance, encouragement, and friendship are appreciated and remembered.

Mr. Stanley R. Joseph
in honor of
Charles W. Rutschky, Ph.D.

In honor of Charles W. Rutschky, Ph.D. Professor, Entomologist, Researcher, Advisor and good friend.

Eric Jurrus
in honor of
Harold Weiss

Harold Weiss, a professor at Ohio State University, is remembered as a thoughtful and caring mentor, advisor, and friend. My journey to a Ph.D. also proved him to be an extraordinarily understanding and patient man. Through him I learned not only physiology, but the thought processes for examining and understanding which I have used throughout my life.

Dr. Edward O. Keith
in honor of
James E. Ellis

James E. Ellis, from the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University, died in an avalanche in March 2002. Dr. Ellis was a Senior Scientist at the NREL and his work on the interplay between people and natural processes set a global standard for novel research spanning scientific disciplines.

Ken King
in honor of
Dr. C. B. Tanner

Dr. Tanner was a tremendous mentor to me as a graduate student in soil physics and micrometeorology in the 50s and throughout my career. He really was zealous in research and by example to all his students showed the importance of hard work, innovation, and diligence in achieving excellence.

Dr. Robert Roy Kintner
in honor of
Kenneth B. Wiberg

Kenneth B. Wiberg is an outstanding mentor. His love of physical organic chemistry is infectious and his style of, and enthusiasm for, teaching directed me to select college-level teaching as my life-long profession. At 46 years I still enjoy it. Ken, thanks for a great professional launching!

Peh Sun Ku
in honor of
Barnett F. Dodge

Dr. Barnett F. Dodge was an excellent teacher and mentor. He was above all a great man in science and humanity. He treated his students with patience and kindness, led and inspired them to accomplish what he expected of them.

Lawrence M. Kushner
in honor of
William D. Carey

As an assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget, William D. Carey pioneered in making science and technology an explicit focus of the review of government agencies' policies and budgets. On leaving government service, he became executive director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and publisher of Science magazine. My interactions with him, first as a young government scientist and later as a friend, were determinative in the progress of a satisfying career.

Lawrence M. Kushner
in honor of
James I. Hoffman

Dr. James I. Hoffman was one of the foremost members of a group of outstanding analytical chemists at the National Bureau of Standards during the 1930s and '40s. Later, as a manager, his patience, encouragement and empathy with young scientists created an environment in which fundamental research could flourish in a mission-oriented laboratory.

Lawrence M. Kushner
in honor of
Sir Hugh Scott Taylor

Sir Hugh Scott Taylor was chairman of the Chemistry Department and dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University and an active member of Sigma Xi, serving as its national president and first editor of American Scientist. Scientist, teacher and scholar, he was instrumental in introducing generations of aspiring scientists to the joy of being "companions in zealous research."

Wendell E. Landin, Ph.D.
in honor of
Martin F. Tansy, Ph.D.

In honor of my mentor, who guided me through the process of obtaining M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. He stressed the importance of scientific curiosity and the ability to write. He has amazing skill to see the new and significant, and the ability to impart that skill to his students.

El-Hang Lee
in honor of
Richard K. Chang and John B. Fenn

El-Hang honors Prof. John B. Fenn (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 2002) and Prof. Richard K. Chang (Henry Ford II Professor of Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Physics) at Yale for their grateful personal teachings, guidance and inspirations that led El-Hang to a beautiful world of science and to a vision that we all can make our lives a little better and brighter.

Loraine, Rob, and Jane Leland
in honor of
Dr. Harold R. Leland

"Bob" Leland’s technical insight showed early - Wisconsin’s top junior scientist, Westinghouse talent search, Bell Telephone Laboratories Fellow, and highly respected researcher in electrical engineering. His leadership qualities emerged during a distinguished 36-year career with Calspan Corporation, an aeronautics, electronics, dynamics and safety research lab he led from 1978 until retiring in 1994. Yet his most important contributions were to his family, who miss him deeply.

Col. Elwood A. Lloyd
in honor of
Dr. George K. Schweitzer

Dr. George K. Schweitzer made gold from lead.

Capt. Burr Loomis
in honor of
Grove Karl Gilbert

Grove Karl Gilbert (1843-1918): One of the original Senior Geologists of the US Geological Survey (1879) and twice president of the Geological Society of America. "On any topic in American geology, you will find that he wrote the first professional paper, and he was right." -- Professor Donald Eschman, University of Michigan

Raymond Lutz
in honor of
Nancy C. Lutz

I take this opportunity to honor Nancy Lutz for being the force in my life that allowed me to achieve whatever measure of success I have had. She supported me through school, contributed her talents to join me in operating and editing two professional journals, and worked to support all of my professional and volunteer activities. During all of this time she was able to build and maintain a professional career of leading children with learning difficulties to lives of independent academic success. She was untiring in her efforts to leave anything she touched better than she found it. As a companion, teacher, and supporter, she has earned this honor and respect.

Mr. John H. MacNeill
in honor of
Llewellyn M. K. Boelter

Llewellyn M. K. Boelter was the professor most influential in my education and career while I was a mechanical engineering student at Berkeley, in the graduating class of 1942. Professor Boelter later became Dean of Engineering at UCLA. The Professor was much more than an instructor in Heat Transfer or Acoustics-he was concerned that the students become well-rounded in the humanities, and each year issued his own updated list of 100 books he thought they should read. When he realized that students were coming into the university without sufficient writing ability to express their theories, he regretted that time should be taken from university level courses to correct this deficiency. On several occasions, LMK Boelter, and his cohort, Joseph T. Gier, tried to persuade me to join the faculty at UCLA, which I declined with regret in favor of accepting a position at Raytheon in the design of the Raydac computer.

Mark T. Martin, Ph.D.
in honor of
M.J. Martin, M.D.

This gift is a memorial to my father, M.J. Martin, MD, also a Sigma Xi member. He taught me that medicine at its purest is a science.

Elizabeth A. McMahan
in honor of
Joseph Banks Rhine and Louisa E. Rhine

J.B. Rhine and Louisa Rhine were my earliest mentors in science (at Duke University in the 1940's and 50's), and were pioneers in the difficult field of Parapsychology. From them, I learned the careful steps of scientific inquiry and, just essentially, the uncompromising ethical standards that validate the results.

Richard L. Meyer
in honor of
Ernst C. Abbe

University of Minnesota botanist Ernst Cleveland Abbe was recognized with fondest regards for demanding one's best performance as well as for his great compassion and nurturing skills. Many students paid him a high honor by copying his noteworthy teaching style.

Barton Milligan
in honor of
Prof. J. F. Bunnett, U. of Cal. at Santa Cruz

Two years of inspiration and 50 years of friendship.

Dr. Henry A. Miranda
in honor of
Victor F. Hess (1936 Nobel)

Victor F. Hess (1936 Nobel). I am privileged to have received my doctorate under his mentorship. Forced by the Nazis to flee Austria because of the Jewish ancestry of his wife, he was unable to continue his pioneering work in biophysics. He spoke in a stage whisper because his vocal chords had been removed due to radiation exposure long before its danger was known. His devotion to the enduring ingredients of life, (discipline, humility, gentleness, and truth), have been a constant inspiration to me.

M. Patricia Morse
in honor of
Professor Nathan W. Riser

Professor Nathan W. Riser, called "Pete" by his colleagues, was an inspirational colleague through the first thirty four years of my academic life while at Northeastern University. A graduate of the Hopkins Marine Laboratory-Stanford (Ph.D), Pete understood the need for passion in studying invertebrates. He encouraged and facilitated my development of a research program that has lasted for a lifetime. His words of wisdom - or often what he did NOT say - led a cohort of colleagues and students to plan, accomplish, and develop their individual potential, and most of all, pass the excitement and passion on to the next generations. Thanks Pete, I will always be grateful.

Sam Mozley
in honor of
Dr. William D. and Madeline P. Burbanck

Dr. William D. Burbanck set high standards and a strong example as a teacher and scientist during my studies with him 1962-68. His ethics, dedication and pleasure in his work have inspired me throughout my career. During my time at Emory, Dr. Burbanck and his wife Madeleine became almost like family. I am deeply grateful for his many gifts, tangible and intangible, that provided the foundation for the career success I have enjoyed.

Dr. Gordon L. Nordby
in honor of
Julius E. Nordby

I honor my father, Julius E. Nordby, for his love and leadership in our family, for his commitment to students as Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Idaho, and for his dedication to research as Director of the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station and Western Sheep Breeding Laboratory.

Dr. J. E. Oldfield
in honor of
J. R. Haag

In honor of J.R. Haag, Agricultural Chemist at Oregon State University, who did much to explain the roles of the trace nutrients, copper and selenium.

Dr. Richard B. Palmer
in honor of
Lawrence Whitcomb

Larry Whitcomb, a distinguished teacher of geology, and an independent thinker, was a native of Massachusetts born in 1900. He was a graduate of Brown with a PhD. from Princeton. He served the faculty at Lehigh University for 35 years where he was mentor to several generations of practicing geologists." I trust this short resume will become a part of the permanant record.

Patricia P. Parsons
in honor of
Dr. Thomas W. Parsons

Polymath, author, musician, linguist, researcher, Distinguished Teacher, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: he brought his quirky wit, keen intellectual curiosity and exuberant enthusiasm to his teaching and mentoring, and dedicated himself to broadening his students' knowledge and developing their highest potential.

John W. Prados
in honor of
Frank A. Anderson

Frank A. Anderson, teacher and mentor, founded the chemical engineering program at the University of Mississippi producing, with minimal resources, Rhodes Scholars and leaders in industry and education. An outstanding professional role model, Frank instilled a commitment to unselfish service, highest standards of quality, and willingness to "go the second mile."

Kailash S. Purohit
in honor of
Shri Prag Raj Khanna (A.I.R.)

In honor of Shri Prag Raj Khanna (A.I.R.) for nurturing, guiding and facilitating the identification of career goals and pathways, and the myriad coaching, coaxing and chores you willingly and smilingly undertook.

Kailash S. Purohit
in honor of
Shri S. Lakshman (P.T.I.)

In honor of Shri S. Lakshman (P.T.I.) for nurturing, guiding and facilitating the identification of career goals and pathways, and the myriad coaching, coaxing and chores you willingly and smilingly undertook.

Kailash S. Purohit
in honor of
Prof. Irving J. Pflug, Ph.D.

In honor of Prof. Irving J. Pflug, Ph.D. for the pleasures of life-long learning and study, that your succinct writings and eloquent lectures have made possible, for one perennial and distant student.

Kailash S. Purohit
in honor of
Shri Sajjanlal Kishanlal Purohit

In honor of Shri Sajjanlal Kishanlal Purohit for your admonishments in independence, responsibility and determination, received at an impressionable age, and for being there in trying times of need.

Kailash S. Purohit
in honor of
Prof. B.P.N. Singh (U.P.A.U.)

In honor of Prof. B.P.N. Singh (U.P.A.U.) for your providing joyous opportunities to tread uncharted territories and your challenges to expand horizons and strive to always reach, even ever beyond.

Kailash S. Purohit
in honor of
Prof. Charles R. Stumbo, Ph.D.

In honor of Prof. Charles R. Stumbo, Ph.D. for freely and graciously sharing your experience and expertise, that serve as the fountainhead and the bedrock, of both a vocation and an avocation.

George B. Rabb
in honor of
Charles F. Walker

Charles F. Walker gave most of his professional life to herpetological collections and studies at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. He accepted only a few students for graduate work, but they all went on to significant positions in science. Charles was not so much a good teacher for them as a good shepherd for whom they are deeply grateful.

Doris J. Ralston
in honor of
Sanford Elberg

Dr. Sanford Elberg. There is a warmth and special human concern about this man that makes me feel honored to know him as a retired professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Former Dean of the Graduate School and kind friend.

Jack W. Rizika
in honor of
Prof.Samuel C. Collins

Sam's smile was like that of Alec Guinness after committing an ingenious prank. He taught thermodynamics and initiated the Cryogenic Laboratory at MIT. Sam developed the "Collins Cryostat" to produce liquid Helium and enable the production of low-temperature (close to absolute zero) environments within which research/development could be conducted.

Bernard Ross
in honor of
Prof. Nicholas J. Hoff

Professor Nick Hoff, Stanford University, a leading academician and innovative contributor to the engineering mechanics literature in shell buckling theory. An avid skier and raconteur, he achieved numerous honors and society medals during a lifetime of prodigious accomplishment. A close friend and formidable mentor. Survived by his gracious and lovely wife, Ruth.

Dr. Katherine Schrubbe
in honor of
My Father, Professor Frank Karioris

My gift is a memorial to my father, a charter member of Marquette University chapter of Sigma Xi, founded in 1947. He was a renowned physicist as a professor and researcher. He was a role model for his colleagues and students, and instilled in me the importance of science and life-long learning.

Patrick D. Sculley
in honor of
W. Franklin Gilmore

During his term as Society president, Dr. W. Franklin Gilmore guided Sigma Xi through a very challenging but very productive year. Under his aegis the Board and the Society made decisions that will positively impact Sigma Xi for years to come. He represented the Society with distinction at the Government-Industry-Research Roundtable. He skillfully led the Sigma Xi Strategic Planning Committee as we crafted the goals, vision and mission for the Society. He also led the Board in a very important decision to go forward with the new Sigma Xi Center. On a personal note, Dr. Gilmore was always available to me to provide sage counsel as I undertook my new duties as Executive Director of the Society. Thanks to his leadership, I have donated a paver in Dr. Gilmore's name at the new Sigma Xi Center. It will be a source of great personal pride to have my name linked there forever with his.

Patrick D. Sculley
in honor of
Lawrence M. Kushner

Larry Kushner is one of the most distinguished members and leaders that Sigma Xi has ever produced. He has served in almost every elected and volunteer capacity, which the Society can offer. In each duty, whether it was President, Committee Chair, Board of Director or Committee member, his strong but compassionate leadership, his sage counsel and genuine concern for others was ever present. I consider it a distinct honor to have my name linked with his in this very special place of honor, the plaza of the Sigma Xi Center.

Patrick D. Sculley
in honor of
Raymond P. Lutz

I am very proud to donate a paver in honor of Dr. Ray Lutz. Ray has long been a distinguished leader of the Society. Recently, he has epitomized that leadership by volunteering to serve as the point person for our capital campaign. It is most appropriate that his leadership be commemorated in the courtyard of the new Sigma Xi Center, which has been made possible by his generous gifts of time and talent.

Patrick D. Sculley
in honor of
Richard L. Meyer

Dr. Richard L. Meyer has been a driving force in the success of Sigma Xi. As Treasurer, Board Member, Committee Member and Committee Chairman he has been an articulate champion for the most significant advances in the Society's programs, finances, and physical facility. He has been a primary architect of the Sigma Xi of the 21st century.

Patrick D. Sculley
in honor of
John W. Prados

In appreciation of his...contributions as Sigma Xi president (1983-1984) and treasurer (1990-2002) and as a loyal, productive committee member. Dr. Prados was co-author...of the original article "Honor in Science" that led to publication of our ethics booklet, and he oversaw major constitutional and bylaw changes... As treasurer, he ensured the Society's financial health... He also was the driving force behind American Scientist Online and improvements in our information technology.

Patrick D. Sculley
in honor of
Peggy A. Sculley

My best supporter and closest confidant in every position I have ever held has been my wife, Peggy. It is her understanding and support that has made my efforts on behalf of Sigma Xi possible. It is appropriate that her name be in the plaza as one of the unsung heroes of the Society.

Dr. Stephen Vale Cofer-Shabica
in honor of
Anthony C. Shabica

My father was a scientist with the temperament of an artist. He loved life. He loved paintings, photos, sculpture, architecture, opera, cowboy movies, cutting wood in his shop, politics, the Wall Street Journal, Louis Lamour books, a good knock-down-drag-out argument, doing watercolors, his children, grandchildren, and my mother.

Mr. Edward Silberman
in honor of
Lorenz G. Straub

Dr. Lorenz G. Straub was the founder (in 1938) and Director (until his death in 1963) of the St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory at the University of Minnesota.

Larry R. Sill
in honor of
Sam Legvold Iowa State

Sam Legvold, Distinguished Professor of Science and Humanities and Senior Physicist in the Ames Laboratory, was a member of the Physics Department faculty at Iowa State University for over 30 years. During that time he was the mentor for 35 PhD and 19 MS students. Legvold's students figured prominently in the 110 scientific papers that he authored during his career. He was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Luther College. Professor Legvold will always be remembered by his students as a warm, fun loving, caring, enthusiastic and talented teacher and researcher.

George C. Smith
in honor of
Robert B. Beckmann

Robert B. Beckmann was professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1946-1961, then moved to University of Maryland as Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and later Dean of Engineering, 1966-1977, retiring in 1987 as Professor Emeritus. As a graduate student at Carnegie Tech in the early 50's, I had the great good fortune to become a Ph.D. candidate under his direction and will always remember his inspiring guidance and unfailing humor, sentiments certainly shared by his many students over an academic career of forty-one years.

Mr. Richard M. Spriggs
in honor of
Arthur L. Friedberg

This contribution is being given in honor of Dr. Arthur L. Friedberg (dec.1984),former Prof.and Head of the Dept. of Ceramic Eng. at the Univ. of Illinois, my MS and PhD mentor and I, his first PhD candidate. I owe him a supreme debt of gratitude for his masterful mentoring.

Dr. Barbara J. Stahl
in honor of
Rainer Zangerl

In honor of Rainer Zangerl, distinguished vertebrate paleontologist, curator of fossil reptiles and later head of the geology department at The Field Museum of Natural History, ultimately devoted his research to Pennsylvanian paleoecology and authored the volume on Paleozoic sharks for the Handbook of Paleoichthyology. He has been a kind mentor and wonderful friend.

Dr. Philip M. Stone
in honor of
Dr. M. D. Stone

Dr. M. D. Stone, Scientist, Engineer, Humanitarian, Father

Robert D. Teer, Jr.
in honor of
Dr. Patrick D. Sculley

I chose to honor Dr. Patrick D. Sculley for his leadership and vision since he took over as Executive Director of Sigma Xi. He arrived, brought himself up to date on the Society's mission and agendas and started to execute initiatives. Working with his Board and a Development team we assembled, he has been decisive in moving the new Sigma Xi Center to fruition. Not only is he a leader, but he is also a good person and a new friend.

Richard Tello
in honor of
Woodie Flowers

Woodie Flowers encourages innovation and excellence in all of his students in the most generous mean possible and his support has been invaluable to myself and others.

Dr. Willard R. Thurlow
in honor of
Dr. Edward H. Kemp

I was fortunate to work with Dr. Edward H. Kemp on auditory research. Without the encouragement of Dr. Kemp and the Brown University Psychology Department I would never have become a psychologist.

Ancel C. Tipton, M.D.
in honor of
Armin F. Haerer, M.D.

Armin F. Haerer, M.D., a master violinist and clinical neurologist, survived WWII in Germany with his mother and siblings. A true Christian with great teaching and mentoring power who became a German speaking American scientist. Respectively submitted by A.C.Tipton, Jr., M.D.

Virginia Trimble
in honor of
Lyne Starling Trimble

Chemist Lyne Starling Trimble (1912-1994) held patents for a number of color-reproduction systems, the early ones for two- and three-color motion picture processes, and the later ones for digital systems employing microscopic particles of magnetostrictive materials.

Physicist Joseph Weber (1919-2000) was a pioneer of quantum electronics who went on to design and build the first detectors for gravitational radiation from cosmic sources. His last patents covered designs for the possible coherent generation and detection of neutrinos for potential use in communications.

Physicist Harry Lustig (1925- ) was part of the second great wave of immigration of Austrian Jews to the United States just before World War II. Among the organizations he has served are CCNY (as professor and dean), UNESCO (as a liason to scientists in developing countries) and the American Physical Society (as treasurer).

Charles B. Wakeman
in honor of
Alfred Maurice Wakeman, M.D.

Alfred Maurice Wakeman, M.D. was born March 30, 1887. BA 1919 and MD 1923, Yale University. Awarded Campbell Gold Medal 1923 for highest graduating rank. Died March 2, 1929 during research on Yellow Fever, sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria.

Charles M. and Shirley F. Weiss
in honor of
Dr. Libero Ajello

Dr. Libero Ajello, former Director of the Division of Mycotic Diseases, Communicable Disease Ctr in Atlanta, died February 24, 2004. Born in New York in 1916, Dr. Ajello obtained his Ph.D. degree in general mycology from Columbia University in 1947. He then won a three-day national examination for a medical mycologist staff position at the newly established Communicable Disease Ctr. Initially, he was assigned to work at Duke University Medical School, but soon he was recalled to Atlanta, to develop a reference mycology laboratory to serve the nation's needs.

Over the next 43 years, Dr. Ajello and his staff made significant contributions to many areas of medical mycology. Their collective research led to numerous taxonomic, ecologic, and epidemiologic studies on superficial and systemic fungal diseases, and to the development of serologic tests and reagents for many systemic mycoses. Over the course of his career, Dr. Ajello published more than 350 scientific papers, edited 12 books, and co-authored 3 others. Dr. Ajello and his staff were instrumental in the training and education of several generations of medical mycologists from all parts of the world. At the CDC, he organized two- and four-week courses that covered all aspects of fungal identification and diagnosis. He also traveled extensively throughout Latin America, Europe, and other parts of the world giving lectures and conducting training courses.

Dr. Ajello's numerous contributions to medical mycology were honored in many different ways. The eponymous names, Trichophyton ajelloi and the genus Ajellomyces, are a permanent monument to his decisive influence on the taxonomy of pathogenic fungi. Dr. Ajello was elected an honorary member by eight overseas scientific societies, and received numerous awards, including the prestigious Lucille K. Georg Medal from the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. On his retirement from CDC in 1990, he received the William C. Watson Medal of Excellence for outstanding scientific advancement and exceptional leadership in the field of mycotic diseases.

Following his retirement from CDC in 1990, Dr. Ajello became an Adjunct Professor at Emory University, where he continued his mycological research interests. He was elected as a member of Sigma Xi in 1947 at Columbia University.

Hemamali Anushka Wirasinha
in honor of
Armyne and Hemamali Wirasinha

I would like to honor my parents, Armyne and Hemamali Wirasinha, who are the driving force of my success. They were born in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) where I was also born and received my early education. Their love, guidance and encouragement allowed me to achieve great things and reach for the stars both as an author and as a person. Their pride and belief in me brought me to Harvard University and their mentoring and friendship has enabled me to spread my wings and be all that I can be.

Robert W. Wissler
in honor of
Paul Roberts Cannon, M.D., Ph.D.

Paul R. Cannon helped so many of us become better scientists and better human beings.

Dr. Paul A. Witherspoon
in honor of
Professor Ralph E. Grim

Prof. Ralph E. Grim had a wonderful career at the University of Illinois. He was an outstanding teacher and a friendly and considerate counselor. He was always ready to help his graduate students with their problems. I was fortunate to be one of those students.

Dr. Robert L. Wolen
in honor of
Dr. John C. Wriston

As a mentor he was as good as they come; as a person he displayed those characteristics one hopes to find in their leaders; honesty, integrity, caring and friendship. He truly influenced my career and my life for the better.