MUDDERINGS Outstanding Alumni Honorees 2013


Outstanding Alumni Awards are given by the Alumni Association Board of Governors to those who have made signifi cant contributions to science and society. Talks given during Alumni Weekend by Paula Diehr ’63, P90, Henry Kapteyn ’83 and Michale Sailor ’83 can be viewed on HMC’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/harveymuddcollege.


Paula Diehr ’63, P90 HEALTH SERVICES EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE D


Diehr is a champion of health services research, using statistical methods to draw out meaningful data. An educator and researcher, she has tackled diverse subjects such as the statistical diagnosis of headaches, methodologies for analyzing medical costs and health issues experienced by older adults. In 1970, Diehr joined the faculty at the University of Washington, Seattle, where she spent her entire career. As professor of biostatistics and health services, she taught, sponsored and mentored doctoral and master’s degree students. As professor emerita, she focuses on issues surround- ing aging and longevity. She is the author of more than 200 papers and a fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Association for Health Services Research and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her son, Michael Diehr ’90, is also an HMC graduate.


Henry Kapteyn ’83 LASER INNOVATOR AND ENTREPRENEUR K


Kapteyn is best known for his research in femtosecond lasers. With his wife, Margaret, he created a tabletop X-ray laser and applied it to pioneering studies of material behavior. He is a founding member of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center in Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology and co-founder of KMLabs, a successful laser company. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His awards include the Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology (2009), the R.W. Wood Prize (2010), the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science (2010) and the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics (2012). He was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences this year. In 1999, he joined the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he is professor of physics.


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