“Transportation & The Environment”
The 1999 Seaborg Symposium and Dinner
1999 Seaborg Medal Winner
1999 Symposium Photos
1:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Roberto D. Peccei,
Dean, Physical Sciences, UCLA
1:10 pm
Jesse H. Ausubel
Director, Program for the Human Environment
Rockefeller University
“Transport: The Past 2000 Years, the Next 100”
1:50 pm
John H. Seinfeld
Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech
“Mathematical Modeling of the Atmosphere: State-of-the Science”
2:30 pm
James M. Lents
Director, Environmental Policy and Corporate Affiliates Program
U.C. Riverside
“Growing Vehicle Population and its Impact on Urban and Global Environments”
3:40 pm
Mary D. Nichols
Secretary for Resources, State of California
“Transportation and Environment: Successes and Challenges for California”
4:20 pm
John H. Gibbons
Former Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
“Environment and Transportation: Can We Weave the Threads into Tapestry?
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal Presentation Award Dinner
Honoring John P. McTague
Welcome and Acknowledgements
Chairman Emil Reisler
Introductions
Professor Christopher S. Foote
Reflections
Professor Daniel Kivelson
Remarks
Mrs. Helen Petrauskas
Vice President,
Environmental and Safety Engineering
Ford Motor Company
Presentation
Executive Vice Chancellor, Wyatt R. Hume
Acceptance Remarks
Dr. John P. McTague
Symposium Speakers and Schedule
Corporate Benefactors, Patrons & Sponsors
Student Sponsors
Award-Winning Faculty of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Statistics of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
About Dr. John P. McTague
Dr. John P. McTague has had notable careers in academia, government, and industry. He earned an undergraduate degree with honors in Chemistry from Georgetown University in 1960 and a Ph.D. from Brown University in 1965.
Dr. McTague began his professional career at the North American Rockwell Science Center and then joined the UCLA Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor in 1970. He soon rose to the rank of professor and became a member of the Institute of Geophysics and and Planetary Physics. Dr. McTague’s seminal research on the dynamics and interactions of condensed matter included the first observations of collision-induced light scattering, magnetoviscosity in magnetic colloids, and the collective dynamics of monolayer films. His theoretical and computational work highlighted the unique role of the body-centered cubic phase in crystallization and of the existence of orientational epitaxy in incommensurate films.
In 1982, Dr. McTague became the first cdhair of the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He then served at the White House as Deputy Director and then Acting Director of the Office of Science and Technology policy. In 1986, Dr. McTague joined the Ford Motor Company where he spent more than 12 years, first as Vice President, Research and then Vice President, Technical Affairs. At Ford, he established USCAR, a unique research collaboration involving Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors.
Dr. McTague is Chairman of the Board of Overseers of Fermi National Laboratory, serves as Co-Chair of the Department of Energy’s Advisory Board. He is a member of the National Academy of Enngineering and a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Brown University in 1997, and, in 1998, he was the recipient of the Pake Prize of the American Physical Society.
Alumni Luncheon
