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"Say you wake up on the morning of your 100th birthday, having achieved the
pinnacle of recognition in your chosen field and the warm esteem of family,
friends and colleagues. How would you celebrate the day ahead?
“Work,” quipped Caltech chemistry professor Rudy Marcus at a lunch in honor of
his centenary Friday.
But the university where he’s been on the faculty for 45 years had other plans,
so the Nobel laureate good-naturedly agreed to a symposium in his honor.
Generations of Marcus’ colleagues and former students gathered at the
Athenaeum, Caltech’s faculty club, to celebrate a scientist who still reports
to the book-lined office he has occupied on the Pasadena campus since 1978, and
whose inquisitiveness and generous spirit remain undimmed.
“He’s an excellent example of what it is to be a scientist: the curiosity, the
energy, the enthusiasm and the excitement for figuring things out,” said
Stephen Klippenstein, a former doctoral student of Marcus’ who is now a
theoretical chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
“I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say a harsh word to anyone,” Klippenstein
added, echoing others who described Marcus as a role model both in and out of
the lab. “He leads by example: Work hard and solve hard problems.”"
Via Kenny Chaffin.
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