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Charles B. Duke Receives 1997 Woody Award Charles B. Duke, vice president and senior research Fellow in the Xerox Corporate Research and Technology Group, is the recipient of the 1997 Materials Research Society Woody Award. He has served the Society "faithfully and unflaggingly," according to 1997 MRS president Robert Hull. The honor was bestowed on Duke at the 1997 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston. "Duke has always been the source of frank, honest, and sound counsel," said Hull. "As president last year, I benefitted immensely from his knowledge." Duke received the award "in recognition of outstanding service and dedication, on behalf of MRS, as exemplified by Woody White. " This service began with Journal of cial outlook of the Society during his Materials Research, for which Duke was the tenure as treasurer in 1991 and 1992. founding editor-in-chief. Prior to his work "Duke's contributions came at a critical with JMR, Duke had served on publication time when the Society had grown to a boards at the American Institute of Physics level at which professional budget conand the American Vacuum Society. trols were needed. His wisdom and dili"Duke aggressively acquired manu- gence helped us adopt the perspective scripts for JMR," said Elton Kaufmann, necessary to transform MRS from a small, struggling society to the stable, wellMRS president in 1985 when the journal respected organization it is today," said originated. In addition to his initial role Jim Roberto, 1991 MRS president. overseeing the publication, Duke served on the Advisory Review Board in 1993. The development of JMR and his time as treasurer are what Duke sees as his Another significant achievement of Duke's was his work to change the finan- two greatest MRS accomplishments. In

regard to the latter, he said, "I helped put the Society on sound financial footing through a complete overhaul of the budgeting process. The rest is history." Duke's other offices include Council terms in 1988 and 1995. He served as chair of the Publications Committee in 1988 and as chair of the Audit Committee in 1997. Also in 1997 he was a member of the MRS Headquarters New Building Task Force. "Duke showed us how to set our goals for the project around 'customer' needs," said 1997 councillor Alan Taub who chaired the task force. "In addition he provided insight into building requirements, gained during his experience with similar projects at Xerox." Duke received a PhD degree in physics from Princeton University following a BS degree summa cum laude with distinction in mathematics from Duke University. His research interests include surface science, semiconductor physics, the electronic structure of molecular solids, and electron tunneling in solids. He is currently the editor of and was the guest editor of a special commemorative volume, Surface Science: The First Thirty Years, pub-

lished in 1994 as volumes 299/300 of Surface Science.

MRS Invites Nominations for the Von Hippel Award, Turnbull Lectureship, and MRS Medal The Materials Research Society is seeking nominations for t