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On this joyous occasion, Betty and I salute you for the legendary accomplishments and we wish you many more fruitful years to come. ALBERT S. KOBAYASHI
University of Washington
It was during my graduate student days in the late 1960s at Kyoto University, Japan, that I got to know Prof. Werner Goldsmith through his text book Impact. Since the book had been my excellent guide to impact problems during my Ph.D. work and later research, I believe I am one of his former students through the text book. I first met Werner on a terribly hot day in August 1985 at Kyoto during his second visit to Japan. I was highly impressed by his enthusiasm and toughness in doing everything; seminars, professional discussions and even sightseeing, in spite of his poor health as he had just had a big orthopedic operation on his vertebra. In my sabbatical leave in 1986, I stayed in his laboratory for one year. Werner and Penny have always been kind hosts to me and my family. I am sure that his many collaborators were attracted by Werner and Penny's generosity and hospitality. Through my correspondence with Werner, I have admired him for his quick response in any time not minding to write back to any inquiry. This expresses his sincere and energetic personality. On the occasion of his seventieth anniversary, I should like to express my hearty thanks for both his long years professional activities and personal kindness extended to me and I wish Werner and Penny a happy and healthy future. TOMOAK! KUROKAWA Associate Professor Kyoto University, Japan
I have been acquainted with Prof. Werner Goldsmith for more than 20 years, first, as his Ph.D. student, and later as a very close friend. Although we live in two different countries--thousands of miles apart--Werner has continued to be involved, all this time, in my professional and academic life. I have consulted him and asked for advice before any major step in my professional career. I regard him, as do many of my colleagues in RAFAEL and in the Technion, as one of the most prominent scientists in the area of impact engineering. He combines an excellent experimental record with theoretical work in the field--not an easy achievement. The experimental measurements of impact phenomena require a lot of experience and knowledge of modern equipment. The theoretical treatment of impact is also a complicated matter since it involves the dynamic behavior of materials, short time durations and non-linearities on mathematical treatment of the phenomena. Werner Goldsmith was able to combine these two paths in the most successful way, and therefore he became one of the best in his area of expertise. On his 70th birthday we would like to wish him, first of'all, good health, and secondly, a continuation of his enormous contribution to the science of impact engineering. DR BENJAMIN LANDKOF
Haifa, Israel
On this occasion of Werner Goldsmith's seventieth birthday I am pleased and honored to join his friends, colleagues and students in wishing him "Happy Birthday." This wish is all-the-more heartfelt, since I fall into each of the categories above.
Tributes
On this joyous occasion, Betty and I salute you for the legendary accomplishments and we wish you many more fruitful years to come. ALBERT S. KOBAYASHI
University of Washington
It was during my graduate student days in the late 1960s at Kyoto University, Japan, that I got to know Prof. Werner Goldsmith through his text book Impact. Since the book had been my excellent guide to impact problems during my Ph.D. work and later research, I believe I am one of his former students through the text book. I first met Werner on a terribly hot day in August 1985 at Kyoto during his second visit to Japan. I was highly impressed by his enthusiasm and toughness in doing everything; seminars, professional discussions and even sightseeing, in spite of his poor health as he had just had a big orthopedic operation on his vertebra. In my sabbatical leave in 1986, I stayed in his laboratory for one year. Werner and Penny have always been kind hosts to me and my family. I am sure that his many collaborators were attracted by Werner and Penny's generosity and hospitality. Through my correspondence with Werner, I have admired him for his quick response in any time not minding to write back to any inquiry. This expresses his sincere and energetic personality. On the occasion of his seventieth anniversary, I should like to express my hearty thanks for both his long years professional activities and personal kindness extended to me and I wish Werner and Penny a happy and healthy future. TOMOAK! KUROKAWA Associate Professor Kyoto University, Japan
I have been acquainted with Prof. Werner Goldsmith for more than 20 years, first, as his Ph.D. student, and later as a very close friend. Although we live in two different countries--thousands of miles apart--Werner has continued to be involved, all this time, in my professional and academic life. I have consulted him and asked for advice before any major step in my professional career. I regard him, as do many of my colleagues in RAFAEL and in the Technion, as one of the most prominent scientists in the area of impact engineering. He combines an excellent experimental record with theoretical work in the field--not an easy achievement. The experimental measurements of impact phenomena require a lot of experience and knowledge of modern equipment. The theoretical treatment of impact is also a complicated matter since it involves the dynamic behavior of materials, short time durations and non-linearities on mathematical treatment of the phenomena. Werner Goldsmith was able to combine these two paths in the most successful way, and therefore he became one of the best in his area of expertise. On his 70th birthday we would like to wish him, first of'all, good health, and secondly, a continuation of his enormous contribution to the science of impact engineering. DR BENJAMIN LANDKOF
Haifa, Israel
On this occasion of Werner Goldsmith's seventieth birthday I am pleased and honored to join his friends, colleagues and students in wishing him "Happy Birthday." This wish is all-the-more heartfelt, since I fall into each of the categories above.