Walter Brown Receives 1984 Von Hippel Award
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Walter Brown Receives 1984 Von Hippel Award During the Fall Meeting, my respect for his extenhundreds of materials sciensive record of achievement tists witnessed the presenin the field of semicontation of the 1984 Arthur ductor science and techvon Hippel Award to nology and university-inWalter L. Brown, head of dustry collaboration is the Radiation Physics Reimmense. But I am further search Department at awed by his broad, inAT&T Bell Laboratories. depth knowledge on any subject in materials science The ceremony, held Wednesday evening, Novemand his energy and dediber 28, was preceded by cation to his profession. recognition of Student His breadth of knowledge Award recipients and conand unquenchable enthucluded with an entertainsiasm for research are ing and enlightening lecrenown. Wagers, in fact, ture by Brown on "'Satiable have been known to be placed on whether or not Curtiosity and Scientific he can be stumped on a Progress." given topic." MRS President Woody White opened the event Attesting to Brown's by introducing the past dedication, Leamy went recipients of the Von Hippel on to say that many times Award who were attendat Bell Labs, upon leaving Walter Brown ing the ceremony in honor deft) accepts Von Hippel Award from Harry Leamy w o r k l a t e i n t h e eve ning, of Dr. Brown. Present were Arthur von Hippel, first recipient and namesake Leamy would encounter Walter Brown just entering his laboratory, fresh and of the award, David Turnbull, and James Mayer. Emphasizing the smiling, as he prepared to start up work on a project or experiment at that contributions made to materials science by these past recipients, White said, unusual hour. "Walter Brown, who now receives the Society's most prestigious award, Although first appearing to be a particle physicist, Leamy stated, Walter justly joins the ranks of these eminent scientists. His technical achievements Brown actually uses these tools for research of material. Leamy admitted that have had a global impact upon the world of both science and technology." it took him a while at Bell Labs to comprehend Brown's nontraditional (See the article on Brown's career achievements in Vol. IX, No. 5 of the approach to materials research. BULLETIN.) "Walter Brown has made a conscious career choice to be a research scientist," Leamy pointed out. "He is first, last, and always a dedicated scientist and stands as a model for all his colleagues and co-workers." Student Award Presentation Presenting the award to Brown, he said, "It is an honor to know and work He then introduced MRS Treasurer Kathleen Taylor for presentation of the 1984 Student Awards. Taylor, who presented a cash award and plaque to with a professional like Walter Brown, who is an inspiring example to all of us in the profession, and I am particularly honored to present to him on behalf each of the 15 Student Award winners, noted that more participation than ever before and broader representation of fields of study were characteristic of of the Materials Research Society the 1984 Von Hippel Award." the
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