31st Annual SSRL Users' Meeting

October 20-22, 2004 :: Menlo Park, California

W.E. Spicer Young Investigator Award

William E. Spicer (1929-2004) was an esteemed member of the international scientific community as a teacher and researcher in electrical engineering, applied physics and materials science. Bill spent the past 40 years as a professor at Stanford where he pioneered the technique of ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy and its subsequent expansion into the use of synchrotron radiation. In 1972, Bill together with Sebastian Doniach founded the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Project which evolved into today's SSRL. He was a prolific author with over 700 works and the recipient of many honors and awards including the Lifetime Mentor Award by the AAAS in 2000, reflecting his tireless effort on the behalf of under-represented minorities and women. Though retired for some years, Bill continued to actively advise students at SSRL up until his death.

In honor of his many contributions, professional and personal, to our community, SSRL has established the W.E. Spicer Young Investigator Award to be awarded annually to a young scientist. The Spicer Award will be presented at the annual SSRL users' meeting to a new investigator who has made important technical or scientific contributions that benefit from or are beneficial to SSRL or the synchrotron community. The award, which is open to senior graduate students and those within seven years of entry into their professional scientific field at the time of nomination, will consist of a certificate and $1,000.

Nominations in the form of a letter or e-mail summarizing the technical or scientific contributions of the candidate should be sent by the September 1, 2004, deadline to Cathy Knotts via e-mail, regular mail or fax:

Cathy Knotts
Manager, User Research Administration
SSRL SLAC
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 99
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-926-3191
Fax. 650-926-3600
knotts@slac.stanford.edu

NOMINATIONS DUE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST.