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NewsmakersStatistician Chernoff wins honorary degree from University of Rome

Herman Chernoff, professor of statistics, will be awarded an honorary degree by the University of Rome (Universita degli Studi di Roma) in a ceremony on April 22. The honorary degree, or laurea "honoris causa" in the Statistical, Demographic, and Social Sciences, will be awarded to Chernoff for his "incomparable accomplishments in scholarship."

Chemist Friend presents American Chemical Society award

Cynthia M. Friend, professor in the Department of Chemistry, presented the Theodore William Richards Medal of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society in a ceremony at Harvard last month. The medal, which is awarded every two years "for conspicuous achievement in chemistry," is named after the 1914 Nobel laureate in chemistry and professor of physical chemistry at Harvard. Friend, who is chair of the Richards Medal Award Committee, presented the award to Professor JoAnne Stubbe of M.I.T. in recognition of her work on enzymes.

Tomlinson receives honorary degree for work on tropical plants

P. Barry Tomlinson, Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology at the Harvard Forest, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Tomlinson, who held appointments at the University of Malaya and the University of Ghana before coming to Harvard in 1971, was cited for his "pioneering work on the growth and structure of tropical plant species, [which] has drawn attention to the enormous diversity . . . of tropical rain forests." The degree was awarded at the University of Guelph's winter convocation ceremonies in February.