Petr Zuman, Clarkson College, Potsdam, NY

   "How a Modest Czech Scientist Became a Nobel Prize Winner?"

Zdenek P. Bazant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

   "Struggle and Thrill in a Quest to Prevent Fracture

   and Collapse of Structures"

Martin Harwit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Washington, DC

   "The Universe of Infrared Wavelengths"

Vladimir Slamecka, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

   "Building a New Academic Discipline: Informatics"

Doug Ubelaker, National Museum of Natural History,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

   "Ales Hrdlicka and the Development of American Physical Anthropology"

Josef Brozek, St. Paul, MN

   "Between Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Africa"