KSG's Scherer Named Fellow by Economics Group

F.M. Scherer, Aetna Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, was the recipient of the first distinguished fellow citation, awarded Jan. 4 by the Industrial Organization Society, a group of economists working in the field of industrial organization. The criteria for designation as a distinguished fellow include substantial and original contributions to research, education, and policy in the field of Industrial Organization. Scholars in the field focus on the pricing, technological innovation, and marketing strategies of business enterprises through oligopoly to monopoly and study the effectiveness of such governmental policies as regulation, deregulation, and antitrust.

Maher Receives Honorary Degree, Award

Brendan Maher, Edward C. Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Dr.Phil.) honoris causa by the University of Copenhagen. He was recognized for his scientific contributions to the study of psychopathology, schizophrenia in particular, and for contributions to graduate education in Denmark and the United States.

In addition, Maher has received the Joseph Zubin Award from the Society for Research in Psychopathology at its annual meeting in Cambridge in November 1998. The award was given for lifetime contributions to the field of psychopathology.

Wilson Receives Benjamin Franklin Medal

The American Philosophical Society gave Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor, its 1998 Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences. The presentation was made at an awards dinner late last year in Philadelphia. The Society is the oldest learned society in the United States devoted to the advancement of scientific and scholarly inquiry.

The Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Society's most prestigious award in science, stems from a medal created in 1906 to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.

Two First-Year Students Selected in Magazine Feature

Teen People magazine's February issue includes a list of "20 teens who will change the world." Two of the people featured are members of the Class of 2002, Tatyana M. Ali, an actress and singer from Long Island, N.Y., and Meredith Osborn, a feminist activist from San Francisco.