Crystallographers

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 1998 Gregori Aminoff prize, given for pioneering work in crystallography, to Aloysio Janner, Ted Janssen and Pieter Maarten de Wolff, all from the Netherlands. The three were cited for `their contributions to the theory and practice of modulated structure analysis'. Unfortunately, de Wolff was too ill to attend the award ceremony, and died some days after receiving the medal at his home in Delft (see Obituary, in this issue, by Janssen & Tuinstra [J. Appl. Cryst. (1998). 31, 829–830]). He was a professor emeritus at the Technical University of Delft. Janner is a professor emeritus and Janssen is a professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Nijmegen.

Eleanor Dodson, University of York, England, was presented with the Fankuchen Memorial Award at the ACA meeting in Arlington, Virginia, in July. This award, given every three years, recognizes contributions to crystallography by individuals known to be effective teachers. Dodson has been selected for `developing and implementing major computational techniques for macromolecular crystallography and for teaching countless students how to use the resultant programs'. Dodson helped develop the CCP4 suite of programs that is widely used for macromolecular crystallography, and she actively teaches protein crystallographers through the CCP4 bulletin board as well as at many schools and workshops.

Dr Herbert Göbel, of Siemens AG, München, Germany, has received the J. D. Hanawalt Award for excellence in the field of X-ray powder diffraction. The J. D. Hanawalt Award is presented every three years for important, recent contributions to the field of X-ray powder diffraction, and consists of a citation and a cash gift of $1000. The award was presented at the 47th Annual Denver X-­ray Conference in Colorado Springs, CO, USA.

Dr Frank C. Hawthorne, University of Manitoba, was presented with the Rh Institute Foundation Award at the Fall 1997 Convocation of the University of Manitoba. This award recognizes outstanding research accomplishments of a University of Manitoba Faculty Member, and was awarded for the first time this year.

Robert M. Hazen, Carnegie Institute of Washington and George Mason University, has received the 1998 Elizabeth Wood Science Writing Award. This was presented at the ACA meeting in Arlington, Virginia.