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Historian Richard White, an illustrious scholar and revered teacher at the University of Washington, has accepted an offer to teach at Stanford. White is a leading historian of the American West, a MacArthur Fellow and a well-known writer. He is the author of a history of the West: It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own. Statistics Professor David L. Donoho was one of 60 Americans and 15 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences for their achievements in original research. Donoho, the 107th Stanford faculty member to receive the high honor, studies theoretical statistics. Assistant Professors Kefeng Liu of mathematics and Scott Thomas of physics were among 100 researchers awarded Sloan Fellowships designed to give recipients a boost at the early stages of their careers. Each will receive a $35,000, two-year grant to pursue their lines of interest. Paul Bodnar, a junior majoring in political science and classics, is one of 69 students nationwide to win a $30,000 Truman Scholarship. He argued that environmental protection issues should be analyzed from an international security perspective. Paul A. Wender, the Francis W. Bergstrom Professor of Chemistry, received the 1998 Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in March from the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Five faculty members and one member of the academic staff have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for their "distinguished contributions to science, scholarship, public affairs and the arts": Hans U. Gumbrecht, professor of literature; Helen R. Quinn, senior staff physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Leonard G. Ratner, professor emeritus of music; Richard H. Scheller, professor of molecular and cellular physiology; Edward I. Solomon, professor of chemistry; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Richard W. Tsien, professor of molecular and cellular physiology. Faculty members Christopher F. Edwards, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Timothy Lenoir, professor of history, have been selected to receive the 1998 Bing Fellowships for Excellence in Teaching. The awards are for a three-year term and carry a stipend of $10,000 a year.

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