ILLINOIS IN THE NEWS A WARDS Illinois Engineering Professor wins AIP Science Writing Award Bill Hammack recognized for his public radio pieces explaining engineering to the public T HE A MERICAN Institue of Physics awarded its 2004 Science Writing Prize in Broadcast Media to Bill Hammack. The award consists of a $3,000 cash prize, an inscribed Windsor Chair, and a certificate. The prize will be presented at the 2005 March meeting of the American Physical Society in Los An- geles. Previous winners include David Kestenbaum from National Public Ra- dio, Jon Palfreman of NOVA/Frontline, and several reporters from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The American Institute of Physics The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowl- edge of physics and its application to hu- man welfare. Bill Hammack The AIP awarded Hammack their 2004 Science Writing Award, which consists of a $3,000 prize and an inscribed Windsor Chair for his public radio work on Marketplace and other public radio programs. It is the mission of the Institute to serve physics, astronomy, and related fields of science and technology by serving its Member Societies and their associates, individual scientists, educators, R&D leaders, and the general public with pro- grams, services and publications.
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