Top Profs: Winners of this year's Guggenheim fellowships include five Stanford scholars: associate professor of classics and comparative literature Andrea Wilson Nightingale, '81, philosophy professor Michael Bratman, history professor James Sheehan, '58, English professor Stephen Orgel and associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering Jennifer Widom. The grants, which average $34,862, bring to 149 the total number of Stanford Guggenheim winners since 1974. Hoover Institution fellow and Nobelist Milton Friedman and his wife, Rose, were honored in May with the Koret Prize 2000 for their contributions to economic reform.
Star Students: Three Stanford juniors are among about 75 students nationwide to be awarded Truman scholarships. Zoë Bradbury, Jeffrey Skopek and Cassandra Sweet take away $30,000 each to fund graduate work toward careers in public service. Medical students Sanaz Hariri and Christopher Shen and physics major Joseph Hennawi, '00, have won Paul and Daisy Soros fellowships, which help immigrants and their children pursue graduate study.
Scientific Contributors: The Sloan Foundation awarded two-year, $40,000 fellowships to three faculty members for their pioneering research: assistant professor of chemistry Thomas J. Wandless, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science Balaji Prabhakar and assistant professor of mathematics Gigliola Staffilani. The American Physical Society honored Calvin Quate, MS '47, PhD '50, research professor of electrical engineering and applied physics, with its Joseph F. Keithley Award, which recognizes physicists who have developed original measurement techniques or equipment.
