Wangari Muta Maathai, PhD, EBS Personal Date of birth: April 1, 1940 Nationality: Kenyan Family: Three children (Waweru, Wanjira and Muta)   Education PhD, Anatomy, University of Nairobi (1971) MS, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (1966) BS, Biology, Mount St. Scholastica College, USA (1964)   Personal Achievements Director, Kenya Red Cross (1973–1980) Founder and…

(in German) 1927: Günter Grass wurde am 16. Oktober als Sohn eines Kolonialwarenhändlers geboren. 1933-44: Besuch der Volksschule und des Gymnasiums in Danzig. 1944-45: Luftwaffenhelfer und Soldat. Verwundung bei Cottbus, Lazarettaufenthalt in Marienbad und amerikanische Kriegsgefangenschaft in Bayern. 1946: Entlassung aus der Kriegsgefangenschaft, danach Landarbeiter und Arbeiter in einem Kalibergwerk bei Hildesheim. ab 1947: Steinmetzlehre…

  Born: Brooklyn, NY, June 30, 1926 Address: 838 Santa Fe Ave., Stanford, CA 94305 Education 1948 B.S., Pennsylvania State University 1952 Ph.D., Western Reserve University Professional Background 1950-52 Predoctoral Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health. 1952-54 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, American Cancer Society Dr. H. M. Kalckar, Institute of Cytophysiology, Copenhagen, Denmark Dr. Arthur Kornberg,…

Birth: 5 July 1936, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Civil Status: Married, 1961-1993, two children     Education 1941-54 Primary School and Douglas Ewart High School Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1954-57 Edinburgh University MA Mathematics and Natural Philosophy 1957-62 Cambridge University, Trinity College 1958 and 1959: Mathematical Tripos, Parts II and III 1963 Cambridge University Ph.D. in…

Born: September 15, 1937, Yakima, Washington, USA Address: 460 West Barry Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657, USA   Education 1959 University of Chicago, B.A., History 1964 University of Chicago, Ph.D., Economics   Fellowships and honors 1955-59 Proctor and Gamble Scholarship 1959-60 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 1961-62 Brookings Fellowship 1963 Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship 1966-67 Ford Foundation Faculty…

BERTRAM NEVILLE BROCKHOUSE: Born July 15, 1918 at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Son of Israel Bertram and Mable Emily (Neville) Brockhouse Educated: King George High School, Vancouver, B.C. Served in the Royal Canadian Navy 1939-1945 B.A. 1947 (Mathematics and physics) University of British Columbia M.A. 1948 and Ph.D. 1950 (Physics: Solid State) University of Toronto Married…

Born: December 13, 1911, in Skedsmo, Norway     Education 1930 Examen artium (secondary school) 1933 Cand. oecon. (undergraduate degree) in Political Economy, University of Oslo 1946 Dr.phil., University of Oslo     Positions and appointments 1933 – 38 Research Assistant, Institute of Economics, University of Oslo 1938 – 39 Lecturer in Statistics, University of…

  Born in Paris May 31, 1911, Paris, France Education 1931-1933 Ecole Polytechnique, ranked first on graduation 1934-1936 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris 1949 University of Paris, Faculty of Science, Doctor-Engineer Academic appointments 1944 – Professor of Economics, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris 1944-1970 Director, Group of Economic and Social Research, Paris 1946…

Born: July 4, 1921, Calais, France Civil Status: Married (to Françoise Bled, June 1945), two daughters, Chantal and Florence     Education 1941-44 École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France 1956 D.Sc., Université de Paris, France     Academic appointments 1946 Agrégé de l’Université, Paris, France 1946-48 Research Associate of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,…

Sir Paul M. Nurse, born January 25, 1949 Address: Address: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, P.O. Box 123, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK   Academic Education and Appointments 1970 B.sc., University of Birmingham 1973 Ph.D., University of East Anglia 1996- Director-General, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, Head of Cell Cycle Laboratory   Selected Honours…