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Jan. 18, 2001
AWARDS & HONORS
Honors for lifetime achievements
Thomas Hughes (1989)
Lee Copeland
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Thomas
P. Hughes, Ph.D., Mellon Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology
of Science, has become the first historian and one of only a few Americans
to receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology
in Stockholm, Sweden. Hughes received the honor along with three other
recipients in a ceremony at Stockholm City Hall Nov. 10. The institute
cited Hughes for his groundbreaking contributions to the history
of technology, including noted works on the history of electricity
and society and on major inventors.
Hughes, who joined the Penn faculty in 1973, helped establish the institutes
history of technology department, now considered one of the best in the
world.
Lee
Copeland, FAIA, Paley Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban
Planning, is the recipient of the 2001 Topaz Medallion, awarded jointly
by the American Institute of Architects and the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture. The award is given annually to honor an individual
who has made outstanding contributions to architectural education for
at least 10 years. The award recognizes Copelands dedication to
both the practice of architecture and the education of architects. Copeland
served as Dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts from 1979 to 1991.
Marjorie
A Bowman, M.D., M.P.A., chairperson of family practice and community
medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, received this
years Thomas W. Johnson Award from the American Academy of Family
Physicians. The award recognizes those who have significantly contributed
to education and family practice in undergraduate, graduate and continuing
education. Since Bowmans arrival at Penn in 1996, her department
has started an academic fellowship, a family practice residency, a clerkship
in family medicine and a family practice research program.
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