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Acta metallurgica gold medal
METiALLURGfCA GOLD MEDAL
The 1981 &rn .~~et~~~~~~g~e~ Gold Medal has been awarded to Professor Morris Cohen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The medal is an international award, established in 1974 to recognize outstanding ability and leadership in materials research. Dr Cohen. Institute Professor, Emeritus, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus, has made major contributions to the undecstand~ng of the structure of matter and the ways in which various materials. particularly iron and steel, can be processed to provide improved structures and devices. His work. including elucidation of the martensitic transformation, on which the hardening of steel is based. has been central to the development of modern high-strength steels. He has published more than 230 professional papers. 140 of which are concerned with the properties of iron and steel. His influence has been enlarged by the continuing fine work of over 200 graduate students and post-doctoral scientists whom he taught and advised over the last 40 years. The rictu Metallurgicn Gold Medal is awarded annually by Acta Metallurgica Inc., with financial support from Pergamon Press Ltd. Nominations for the award may be made by any of the 25 professional societies of 17 countries that support Acta Metallurgica Inc. in publishing the international journals rlcra bfecnflurgicu, Scriprn .Cfataflurgica. and .tfurerials and Sociery. Professor Cohen was nominated by both the Metallurgical Society of AIME and the Indian Institute of Metals. A certificate of the award will be presented to him by the IIM during a visit to India in late 19Yl. and the medal wit1 be presented February 16. 1982 at the AIME Annual :Meeting in Dallas, Texas. Vorris Cohen received the degrees of Bachelor of Science i1933) and Doctor of Science (19361 at the !vfassachusetts Institute of Technology. He advanced from Instructor of Metallurgy at M.I.T. in 1936 to Professor of Physical Metallurgy in 1946, Ford Professor of !vfaterials
Science and Engineering in 1962. and Institute Professor in 1975. During World War If. Dr Cohen was Associate Director of the Manhattan Project at M.I.T. and also served as an Official Investigator for the Office of Scientific Research and Development. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the Department oi Defense, and a member of several government panels and advisory committees. including the NationaS Materials Advisory Board in 1969-72. From 1970 to 1975 he was chairman of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on the Survey of Materials Science and Engineering (COSM.\T). Recommendations of that study, published in a S-volume report “Materials and Man’s Needs”, had a major influence on U.S. policies concerning support of materials research and education as well as the impact of materials on human affairs. In 1945 and again in 1939, Professor Cohen was a joint recipient of the ASM Howe Medal. He also received the Institute of Metals Award of AIME in 1950. the Kamani Gold Medal of the Indian Institute of Metals in 1952, the Mathewson Gold Medal of AIME in 1953. the Clamer ,MedaI of The Frank&n Institute in 1959, the Goid Medal of the American Society for Metals in 196% the Gold Medal of the Japan Institute of Me&s in 1970, La %edialle Pierre Chevenard of the Societe Francaise de Metallurgic in 1971. the Procter Prize of the Research Society of North America (Sigma Xi) in 1976. and the Albert Sauveur Achievement Award of the American Society for Metals in 1977. Professor Cohen received the U.S. kational Medal of Science for 1976. At the White House presentation ceremony, President Carter called this award the “‘highest expression of this nation’s appreciation for the important accomplishments of individual scientists.” In 1979 he received the Joseph R. VileRa .-\ward of the American Society for Testing and hfaterials.
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In 1977 Professor Cohen w-as awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Technology by the RoyaI Institute of Technology in Stockholm. and m 1979 the honorary degree of Doctor of Science and Technology from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. In I980 he was awarded honorary professorships at the Beijing L’niversity of Iron and Steel Technology and at the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the People’s Republic of China. Professor Cohen is a member of both the Nationat Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Metals and the !vletallurgicaI Society of AIME. and an honorary member of AIME, AS&I. the British Metals Society, the Indian Institute of Metals, the Korean Institute of Xletals, the Japan Institute of IMetals, and the Japanese Iron and Steel Institute. He is a member of the American Physical Society, American Society for Engineering Education. Society of Sigma Xi. American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Society for Stereology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the New York Academy
Gold %&la1 of Sciences. He was chairman of the Institute of Yetals Division of AI>fE in 1953, vice president of AS%f in 196849. and president in 1969-70. Professor Cohen presented the Campbell Memorial Lecture of ASM in 1936, the Institute of Metals Lecture in 1957, the Coleman Lecture of The Franklin Institute in 1960, the Houdremont Memorial Lecture of the International Institute of Weiding in 1961, The Howe Memorial Lecture of the British Iron and Steel Institute in 1962. the Japan Institute of Metals Lecture in 1970, the Rurtz Memorial Lecture at Technion Haifa in 1975, the Office of Naval Research Lecture and the Proctor Lecture of Sigma Xi in 1976. the Honorary Membership Memorial Lecture of the Japan Institute of Metals in 1973. the Si_ema Xi National Lecture in 1977-78, and the Nelson W. Taylor Lectures at the Pennsylvania State University in 1980. Professor Cohen was selected for the .4cru Yerallurgica Gold Medal by a distinguished international panel of judges, consisting of Professor J. B. Cohen. Northwestern University; Professor Mats Hillert. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm; and Professor Jen-ichi Takamura, Kyoto University.
The 1981 &rn .~~et~~~~~~g~e~ Gold Medal has been awarded to Professor Morris Cohen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The medal is an international award, established in 1974 to recognize outstanding ability and leadership in materials research. Dr Cohen. Institute Professor, Emeritus, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus, has made major contributions to the undecstand~ng of the structure of matter and the ways in which various materials. particularly iron and steel, can be processed to provide improved structures and devices. His work. including elucidation of the martensitic transformation, on which the hardening of steel is based. has been central to the development of modern high-strength steels. He has published more than 230 professional papers. 140 of which are concerned with the properties of iron and steel. His influence has been enlarged by the continuing fine work of over 200 graduate students and post-doctoral scientists whom he taught and advised over the last 40 years. The rictu Metallurgicn Gold Medal is awarded annually by Acta Metallurgica Inc., with financial support from Pergamon Press Ltd. Nominations for the award may be made by any of the 25 professional societies of 17 countries that support Acta Metallurgica Inc. in publishing the international journals rlcra bfecnflurgicu, Scriprn .Cfataflurgica. and .tfurerials and Sociery. Professor Cohen was nominated by both the Metallurgical Society of AIME and the Indian Institute of Metals. A certificate of the award will be presented to him by the IIM during a visit to India in late 19Yl. and the medal wit1 be presented February 16. 1982 at the AIME Annual :Meeting in Dallas, Texas. Vorris Cohen received the degrees of Bachelor of Science i1933) and Doctor of Science (19361 at the !vfassachusetts Institute of Technology. He advanced from Instructor of Metallurgy at M.I.T. in 1936 to Professor of Physical Metallurgy in 1946, Ford Professor of !vfaterials
Science and Engineering in 1962. and Institute Professor in 1975. During World War If. Dr Cohen was Associate Director of the Manhattan Project at M.I.T. and also served as an Official Investigator for the Office of Scientific Research and Development. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the Department oi Defense, and a member of several government panels and advisory committees. including the NationaS Materials Advisory Board in 1969-72. From 1970 to 1975 he was chairman of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on the Survey of Materials Science and Engineering (COSM.\T). Recommendations of that study, published in a S-volume report “Materials and Man’s Needs”, had a major influence on U.S. policies concerning support of materials research and education as well as the impact of materials on human affairs. In 1945 and again in 1939, Professor Cohen was a joint recipient of the ASM Howe Medal. He also received the Institute of Metals Award of AIME in 1950. the Kamani Gold Medal of the Indian Institute of Metals in 1952, the Mathewson Gold Medal of AIME in 1953. the Clamer ,MedaI of The Frank&n Institute in 1959, the Goid Medal of the American Society for Metals in 196% the Gold Medal of the Japan Institute of Me&s in 1970, La %edialle Pierre Chevenard of the Societe Francaise de Metallurgic in 1971. the Procter Prize of the Research Society of North America (Sigma Xi) in 1976. and the Albert Sauveur Achievement Award of the American Society for Metals in 1977. Professor Cohen received the U.S. kational Medal of Science for 1976. At the White House presentation ceremony, President Carter called this award the “‘highest expression of this nation’s appreciation for the important accomplishments of individual scientists.” In 1979 he received the Joseph R. VileRa .-\ward of the American Society for Testing and hfaterials.
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In 1977 Professor Cohen w-as awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Technology by the RoyaI Institute of Technology in Stockholm. and m 1979 the honorary degree of Doctor of Science and Technology from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. In I980 he was awarded honorary professorships at the Beijing L’niversity of Iron and Steel Technology and at the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the People’s Republic of China. Professor Cohen is a member of both the Nationat Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Metals and the !vletallurgicaI Society of AIME. and an honorary member of AIME, AS&I. the British Metals Society, the Indian Institute of Metals, the Korean Institute of Xletals, the Japan Institute of IMetals, and the Japanese Iron and Steel Institute. He is a member of the American Physical Society, American Society for Engineering Education. Society of Sigma Xi. American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Society for Stereology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the New York Academy
Gold %&la1 of Sciences. He was chairman of the Institute of Yetals Division of AI>fE in 1953, vice president of AS%f in 196849. and president in 1969-70. Professor Cohen presented the Campbell Memorial Lecture of ASM in 1936, the Institute of Metals Lecture in 1957, the Coleman Lecture of The Franklin Institute in 1960, the Houdremont Memorial Lecture of the International Institute of Weiding in 1961, The Howe Memorial Lecture of the British Iron and Steel Institute in 1962. the Japan Institute of Metals Lecture in 1970, the Rurtz Memorial Lecture at Technion Haifa in 1975, the Office of Naval Research Lecture and the Proctor Lecture of Sigma Xi in 1976. the Honorary Membership Memorial Lecture of the Japan Institute of Metals in 1973. the Si_ema Xi National Lecture in 1977-78, and the Nelson W. Taylor Lectures at the Pennsylvania State University in 1980. Professor Cohen was selected for the .4cru Yerallurgica Gold Medal by a distinguished international panel of judges, consisting of Professor J. B. Cohen. Northwestern University; Professor Mats Hillert. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm; and Professor Jen-ichi Takamura, Kyoto University.