Creator:John McKetta,Peter Gibbs
Date Created:October 1977
Place Created:
Keywords:Willard Gardener Prize
Context:letters to Tracy Hall
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AUSTIN, TEXAS 78712
John J. McKetta, P.E. The E.P. Schoch Professor
October 20, 1977 Re: #221
Dr. H. Tracy Hall
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Brigham Young University 226 ESC
Provo, Utah 84602 Dear Tracy:
I'm so sorry to hear that you have had a serious illness. I hope that everything is now under control. Of course, you should extend your time. It would not really hurt me too badly if I got your article as late as the first of December.
Best personal wishes,
JJM:rc
UTAH ACADEMY OFSCll-NCES, ARTS, AND LETTERS Office of the President c/o Utah Endowment for the Humanities Ten Iter Broadway - Suite 200 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
October 12, 1977
Dr. H. Tracy Hall Department of Chemistry Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602
Dear Dr. Hall:
It is my pleasure to inform you of your selection by the awards committee of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters to be the recipient of its biennial Willard Gardner Prize in the Natural Sciences.
This prize is awarded in recognition of the most significant contribution in the sciences within the State of Utah during the five years preceding the award. It carries with it a stipend of $1500.
It would be our pleasure to present this award to you at our biannual conference which will be held on December 2, at the University of Utah. It is a tradition of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters that recipients of this prize make a thirty-five to forty-five minute presentation concerning their work and contributions during the past five years.
I would appreciate hearing from you at your earliest convenience concerning your willingness to accept this award.
Delmont R. Oswald General Secretary
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Should you have any questions about either the prize or the presentation, please contact Dr. John H. Gardner, Department of Physics, Brigham Young University.
My sincere congratulations,
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Peter Gibbs President
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