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The 1975 Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal
Z 1975 ACTA
METALLURGICA
GOLD ME DAL
Professor Dr. W. G. Burgers, 1975 winner of the .-lcrc~Mertzkr~gicn Gold Medal. The 1975 Acta ~~t~il~~rgjc~ Gold Medal has been awarded to Professor Dr. W. G. Burgers, Professor Emeritus of the University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. The medal is an international award t,o recognize demonstrated ability and leadership in materials research. Professor Burgers has published approximate1~ 200 scientific papers on X-ray structural analysis. textures, nucleation, phase transformations. recrystallization, twining, diffusion, and stress-induced martensitic transformations. His famous book, Rekristallisation
support from Pergamon Press Ltd. Nominations for the award may be made by any of the twenty-one professional societies of fifteen countries that support Acru Metahrgica, Inc. in publishing the international scientific journals. .Icta Metallurgica and Scripta ~~ietal~l~rg~ca.
Professor Burgers’ scientific achievements have been widely recognized internationally. He is a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and an Honorary Member of The Royal Netherlands Chemical Society. the SociCtt Francaise ~ezfttrmter .&stand und ~r~iu~~ ~Re~r~~ta~li:at~~n de Metallurgie. The Metals Society (‘London) and the and Recocery of Deforrn~d Metafs), published in 1941 American Society for Metals. He has received the Luigi Losana Medai of the Soci&t Italienne de and, in English, in 1944, was highly esteemed throughout the scientific world, and a standard refer- Metallurgic. the Heijn-Denkmiinze of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fir Metallkunde. the Gold Medal of thk ence work for many years. In addition to his publica“Stichting Gilles Holstfonds” of the Royal Nethertions, Professor Burgers has contributed to materials science by his lectures and through his students, who lands Academy of Sciences, and the Gustave Fraenjoyed his wit, sense of humor, and the simple yet senster Medal of the Association des fngenieurs sortis de t’universit& de Liege. He has been awarded by elegant ways in which he has explained complicated Queen Juliana of The Netherlands the titles of problems. “Knight” (Ridder Nederlandse Leeuw) and “ComThe Acra Merallurgica Gold nifedal is awarded mander” (Commandeur Oranje Nassau), and has annually by Acta Metallurgica Inc.. with financial
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Gold Medal Award
received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Paris. Strasbourg. Leuven and Brussels. Professor Burgers was nominated for the Gold Medal by the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, one of the cooperating societies of Acra Me~alltrrgica, and the medal will be presented at the annual winter meeting of that society on 17 December in Amster-
dam. He was selected by an international panel of judges, themselves distinguished practitioners of materials research. The judges were Professor R. C. G&ins, University of Melbourne; Professor J. L. Meijering, Technical University of klft; and Professor R. E. Smallman, University of Birmingham,
METALLURGICA
GOLD ME DAL
Professor Dr. W. G. Burgers, 1975 winner of the .-lcrc~Mertzkr~gicn Gold Medal. The 1975 Acta ~~t~il~~rgjc~ Gold Medal has been awarded to Professor Dr. W. G. Burgers, Professor Emeritus of the University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. The medal is an international award t,o recognize demonstrated ability and leadership in materials research. Professor Burgers has published approximate1~ 200 scientific papers on X-ray structural analysis. textures, nucleation, phase transformations. recrystallization, twining, diffusion, and stress-induced martensitic transformations. His famous book, Rekristallisation
support from Pergamon Press Ltd. Nominations for the award may be made by any of the twenty-one professional societies of fifteen countries that support Acru Metahrgica, Inc. in publishing the international scientific journals. .Icta Metallurgica and Scripta ~~ietal~l~rg~ca.
Professor Burgers’ scientific achievements have been widely recognized internationally. He is a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and an Honorary Member of The Royal Netherlands Chemical Society. the SociCtt Francaise ~ezfttrmter .&stand und ~r~iu~~ ~Re~r~~ta~li:at~~n de Metallurgie. The Metals Society (‘London) and the and Recocery of Deforrn~d Metafs), published in 1941 American Society for Metals. He has received the Luigi Losana Medai of the Soci&t Italienne de and, in English, in 1944, was highly esteemed throughout the scientific world, and a standard refer- Metallurgic. the Heijn-Denkmiinze of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fir Metallkunde. the Gold Medal of thk ence work for many years. In addition to his publica“Stichting Gilles Holstfonds” of the Royal Nethertions, Professor Burgers has contributed to materials science by his lectures and through his students, who lands Academy of Sciences, and the Gustave Fraenjoyed his wit, sense of humor, and the simple yet senster Medal of the Association des fngenieurs sortis de t’universit& de Liege. He has been awarded by elegant ways in which he has explained complicated Queen Juliana of The Netherlands the titles of problems. “Knight” (Ridder Nederlandse Leeuw) and “ComThe Acra Merallurgica Gold nifedal is awarded mander” (Commandeur Oranje Nassau), and has annually by Acta Metallurgica Inc.. with financial
IO?
Gold Medal Award
received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Paris. Strasbourg. Leuven and Brussels. Professor Burgers was nominated for the Gold Medal by the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, one of the cooperating societies of Acra Me~alltrrgica, and the medal will be presented at the annual winter meeting of that society on 17 December in Amster-
dam. He was selected by an international panel of judges, themselves distinguished practitioners of materials research. The judges were Professor R. C. G&ins, University of Melbourne; Professor J. L. Meijering, Technical University of klft; and Professor R. E. Smallman, University of Birmingham,