October 14, 1998 Contact: Beth Fox 615-322-NEWS (6397) beth.fox@vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt professor to receive physics award

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Leonard Feldman, professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University, has been named by the American Physics Society to receive the 1999 David Adler Lectureship Award. Feldman will receive the award for distinguished research and lecturing on ion beam analysis, semiconductor surfaces and thin film growth.

David Ernst, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, said, "It is a great honor to receive such an award from the APS. This is a great success for Professor Feldman."

The award, "was established to recognize an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics, who is noted for the quality of his/her research, review articles and lecturing" according to the APS.

Feldman will receive the award at the APS' Centennial Meeting in March 1999 in Atlanta. He also has been invited to address the American Physics Society about his research.

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Vanderbilt University is a private research university of approximately 5,900 undergraduates and 4,300 graduate and professional students. Founded in 1873, the University comprises 10 schools, a public policy institute, a distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, education and human development, engineering and music, and a full range of graduate and professional degrees.

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