Hamilton College has announced the names of the two honorary degrees recipients who will be awarded Doctors of Science degrees during the dedication ceremony for Hamilton's new science center. The dedication ceremony and conferring of the honorary degrees will take place Friday, Sept. 30, at 5:30 p.m., in the science center.
The honorary degree recipients are Jacqueline K. Barton, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, and Hamilton graduate Ivan R. King '47, Research Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington. Degree recipients are selected by a Board of Trustees committee and are usually recognized during commencement ceremonies at the end of the academic year. The dedication of Hamilton's 209,000-square foot science center offered an appropriate occasion to recognize these scientists. Ian Rosenstein, associate professor of chemistry and member of the honorary degree selection committee says, "Both professors Barton and King are outstanding scientists who have made numerous important contributions to science. Hamilton's Science Center represents the college's investment in the sciences. It is only appropriate that we should honor two people who reflect the same level of commitment to science in their professional lives."
Jacqueline K. Barton
Jacqueline K. Barton has pioneered the application of transition metal complexes as tools to probe recognition and reactions of double helical DNA. With these transition metal probes, she has also shown that electrons can be transported for significant distances along the DNA double helix. Her work provides a completely new approach to the study of DNA structure and dynamics and is critical to understanding the chemical consequences of free radical damage to DNA within the cell.
Barton has received numerous awards including the Alan T. Waterman Award of the National Science Foundation and the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Pure Chemistry. She has also received the ACS Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, the ACS Baekeland Medal, the Fresenius Award, the ACS Garvan Medal, the ACS Tolman Medal, the Mayor of New York's Award in Science and Technology, the Havinga Medal, the Paul Karrer Medal, the ACS Nichols Medal, the Weizmann Women and Science Award and the ACS Ronald Breslow Award in Biomimetic Chemistry.
She was a fellow of the Sloan Foundation, a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, and an NSF Presidential Young Investigator. Barton was a recipient of a prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and she has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society (2000), and the National Academy of Sciences (2002).
Ivan R. King '47
Ivan R. King '47, Research Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington, focuses on the structure, dynamics and populations of the star systems known as globular clusters. King's current research, which relies almost completely on images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, measures internal motions in these clusters, using high-precision astrometric methods. His past work dealt with dynamical modeling of star clusters (the "King models"), the structure and content of the Milky Way and other galaxies, and techniques of measurement and reduction of astronomical images.
King graduated from Hamilton College in 1947 and was awarded his doctorate from Harvard University in 1952. He served on active duty with the U.S. Naval Reserve and the Department of Defense from 1952-56 as a methods analyst. King became a professor at the University of Illinois in 1956 and a professor at the University of California Berkeley in 1964, where he is at present emeritus professor.
He has served as president of the American Astronomical Society and of the Astronomy Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980 and of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982.
The honorary degree recipients are Jacqueline K. Barton, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, and Hamilton graduate Ivan R. King '47, Research Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington. Degree recipients are selected by a Board of Trustees committee and are usually recognized during commencement ceremonies at the end of the academic year. The dedication of Hamilton's 209,000-square foot science center offered an appropriate occasion to recognize these scientists. Ian Rosenstein, associate professor of chemistry and member of the honorary degree selection committee says, "Both professors Barton and King are outstanding scientists who have made numerous important contributions to science. Hamilton's Science Center represents the college's investment in the sciences. It is only appropriate that we should honor two people who reflect the same level of commitment to science in their professional lives."
Jacqueline K. Barton
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Jacqueline K. Barton
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Barton has received numerous awards including the Alan T. Waterman Award of the National Science Foundation and the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Pure Chemistry. She has also received the ACS Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, the ACS Baekeland Medal, the Fresenius Award, the ACS Garvan Medal, the ACS Tolman Medal, the Mayor of New York's Award in Science and Technology, the Havinga Medal, the Paul Karrer Medal, the ACS Nichols Medal, the Weizmann Women and Science Award and the ACS Ronald Breslow Award in Biomimetic Chemistry.
She was a fellow of the Sloan Foundation, a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, and an NSF Presidential Young Investigator. Barton was a recipient of a prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and she has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society (2000), and the National Academy of Sciences (2002).
Ivan R. King '47
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Ivan R. King
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King graduated from Hamilton College in 1947 and was awarded his doctorate from Harvard University in 1952. He served on active duty with the U.S. Naval Reserve and the Department of Defense from 1952-56 as a methods analyst. King became a professor at the University of Illinois in 1956 and a professor at the University of California Berkeley in 1964, where he is at present emeritus professor.
He has served as president of the American Astronomical Society and of the Astronomy Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980 and of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982.
