Newsmakers

December 16, 1999

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Band Names Four Student Winners of Annual Prizes
Two annual Harvard University Band prizes have been awarded to four band members this year. The 1999 Malcolm Holmes ’28 Scholarship goes to two first-year students. The scholarship is named in honor of "Mal" Holmes ’28, beloved conductor of the Band from 1942 to 1943. This year’s recipients are John Rodriguez and Emma Wendt. Rodriguez, a native of Niceville, Fla., is an active flautist in the Band. Wendt, from Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, is a trombonist.

The 1999 Stephen D. MacDiarmid Award goes this year to identical twins Leah J. Aylward ’03 and Erin M. Aylward ’03. The award is named in honor of Stephen D. MacDiarmid ’77, a versatile and dedicated Band member whose main love was making music with friends. The MacDiarmid award is presented each year to two outstanding and diverse members of the Band Program. Leah, who has been involved with music since the fifth grade, is active in the University Festival Choir and the Pops Orchestra as well as the Band. Erin performs on flute and piccolo as well as the oboe. She is active with the Wind Ensemble, Pops Orchestra, University Choir, and the Band.

Physicist Mazur Wins Science Education Award
Eric Mazur, the Harvard College Professor and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, has won the Council of Scientific Society Presidents’ 1999 award for Outstanding Achievement in Educational Research. Mazur was cited for his research, leadership in peer learning, and his impact on science education. Mazur received the award earlier this month in Washington, D.C.

Galison Wins German Research Award
Peter Galison, Mallinckrodt Professor of the History of Science and of Physics, has won the Max Planck Award for International Cooperation. The prize, given for research cooperation with German scholars, amounts to $130,000 over a period of three to five years. It was presented to Galison on Dec. 8 in Munich.

The award will fund cooperative research in the history of science. Funding for the prize comes from the German government, and Galison was selected by a committee representing the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society.