Dr. Sidney Borowitz, Chairman of the Physics Department of New York University, was honored at a luncheon yesterday at the Hotel Plaza, as the first American recipient of a John F. Kennedy Fellowship at the Weizmann Institute of Science at Rehovoth, Israel.
Selected by an international committee of scientists, Dr. Borowitz, on sabbatical leave from New York University, will depart on August 8th for a year’s stay at the Weizmann institute. The award carries with it a stipend of $10,000 and a traveling allowance of $12,500 for family. He will work with Weizmann scientists in the Institute of Nuclear Research.
Tendered by the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, yesterday’s luncheon was addressed by Dr. I.I. Rabi, Professor of Columbia University, 1944 Nobel Laureate in Physics. Meyer W. Weisgal, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Weizmann Institute presided. Dr. Rabi stated that work at the Weizmann Institute in the field of nuclear science is among the most advanced in the world.
Following the assassination of President Kennedy, the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1964 announced it would create a $5,000,000 John F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation to provide 46 Fellowships at the Institute, one for each year of the late President’s life. The fund includes $1,000,000 from the Weizmann Institute of Science, with the balance representing gifts from the Government of Israel, from Israeli and American contributors.
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