Paul Berg, Ph.D. Biochemistry '52, D.Sc. Honoris Causa '97
Paul
Berg earned his Ph.D. from the biochemistry department and received
the 1980 Nobel
prize in chemistry for pioneering genetic engineering research. Dr.
Berg is the Cahill Professor in Cancer Research Emeritus at Stanford's
Department of Biochemistry,
and Director of the Beckman Center
Emeritus.
Polykarp Kusch (1911 - 1993), B.S. Physics '31
Polykarp
Kusch graduated from Case Institute of Technology with a B.S. in physics.
He shared the 1955
Nobel prize in physics for research on electrons' magnetic strength that
resulted in major modifications to atomic theory. Dr. Kusch was a member of the faculty at Columbia from 1946 until 1971. He then taught physics at the University of Texas in Dallas until his retirement in 1982.
Donald A. Glaser, B.S. Physics '46
Donald
A. Glaser who received his B.S. in physics from the Case Institute
of Technology in 1946, received the 1960
Nobel prize in physics for inventing the "bubble
chamber," a device that allows scientists to photograph trails left
by high-speed atoms traveling through super-heated liquids. Dr.
Glaser is a professor of biophysics and neurobiology in the graduate
school physics department
at the University of California Berkeley
College of Letters and Science.
Donald A. Thomas, B.S. Physics '77
Dr. Donald A. Thomas, an
astronaut with NASA, is a veteran of four space flights--logging
over 1,040 hours in space serving as a mission specialist on STS
65,
70,
83,
and 94.
In 1990 he served as Principal Investigator for the Microgravity Disturbances
Experiment, a middeck crystal growth experiment which flew on STS-32.
From July 1999 to June 2000 he was Director of Operations
for NASA at the Gagarin
Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Thomas holds two
patents, has authored several technical papers and has received numerous
awards including: the NASA Sustained Superior Performance Award, 4 NASA
Group Achievement Awards, 4 NASA Space Flight Medals, 2 NASA Exceptional
Service Medals, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Peter Tippett, Ph.D. Biochemisty '81, M.D. '83
Peter
Tippett is chief technology officer at Cybertrust.
He has been a leader in the computer security industry for more than
fifteen years, beginning with the development of the first--and highly
acclaimed--anti-virus software, "Vaccine". In 1992 Dr. Tippett sold his
company, Certus, to Symantec which
turned "Vaccine" into the incredibly popular "Norton
AntiVirus." As one of the leading experts regarding the growth of
microcomputer viruses, Dr. Tippett has worked closely with the Federal
Government; providing key information to the Department
of Justice about David
Smith--the writer of the Melissa
Virus, advising the Joint Chiefs
of Staff on cyberwarfare
during Desert Storm and consulting
with former computer security czar, Howard
Schmidt. Dr. Tippett was also featured in the Winter
2004 issue of Case Magazine.
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