Monday, March 1, 1999
Community Briefs
Fowler to present clothing exhibition
The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History will present a major
exhibition, "Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress of the Minangkabau
of Indonesia," opening May 2 and continuing through Sept. 12.
The exhibition will contain an array of 250 objects ranging from
ceremonial textiles to spectacular silk cloths.
"The ceremonial arts of the Minangkabau people are fantastic as
the well-promoted, traditional arts of Bali," said Anne
Summerfield, a co-curator of the exhibition. "But the artistry of
the Minangkabau has not yet been recognized in the West. This
exhibition opens a window on their remarkable artistic
achievements."
For centuries, the Minangkabau have lived in the central
highlands of the Bukit Barisan mountains in Indonesia. Their
diverse artistry serves many purposes varying from celebration of
marriage to education on the Minangkabau’s belief system.
"Walk in Splendor" draws from the museum’s renowned collections
and from private holdings. The Getty Grant Program and the National
Endowment for the Arts’ private donations made the exhibition
possible.
Chancellor holds office hours yet again
Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s next student office hour will be
held on Monday, March 8, 1999, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Like past student office hours with the Chancellor, interested
students must submit a request via e-mail with a daytime telephone
number to reserve a space. The e-mail address is
[email protected]. Requests must be received by 5 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 2.
Requests will be entered in a random drawing, and those selected
for an an appointment will be notified via e-mail Wednesday, March
3.
Chemist, former chancellor dies
Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Nobel Laureate chemist, discoverer of 10
atomic elements including plutonium and one that now bears his
name, Associate Director-at-Large of the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, University Professor of Chemistry for the University of
California, and co-founder and chairman of the Lawrence Hall of
Science, died last night. He was 86.
Seaborg’s death came while he was convalescing at home. The
internationally renowned chemist and educator had suffered a stroke
on August 24, 1998, while in Boston for the national meeting of the
American Chemical Society. At the meeting, Seaborg was named one of
the "Top 75 Distinguished Contributors to the Chemical
Enterprise."
To say that Seaborg had a high-profile career is an
understatement. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records for
having the longest entry in "Who’s Who in America." In addition to
sharing the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with the late Edwin
McMillan for research into the transuranium elements (those beyond
uranium on the periodic table), Seaborg received the National Medal
of Science in 1991, this nation’s highest award for scientific
achievement.
He was a member of the Manhattan Project, Chancellor of the
University of California at Berkeley (1958-1961) and Chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission (the predecessor to today’s U.S.
Department of Energy) under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon
(1961-1971).
Commenting on Seaborg’s death, Berkeley Lab Director Charles
Shank said, "Dr. Seaborg was a true giant of the 20th Century, a
legend in the annals of scientific discovery. His daily commitment
to matters of the laboratory, even in retirement as associate
director-at-large and as an active researcher, was an inspiration
to us all. Berkeley Lab is proud to have been Dr. Seaborg’s home
for so many of his discoveries, and we are fortunate to have
benefited from his international acclaim.
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