Robert Wald, University of Chicago, ``For his contributions
to the understanding of classical and quantum gravity; especially for
his seminal role in the development of a rigorous basis for quantum
field theory in curved spacetime.''
Jorge Pullin
Penn State
pullin@phys.psu.edu
Several members of the Topical Group on Gravitation were elected APS fellows.
Nominated through the Topical Group on Gravitation:
Robert Wald, University of Chicago, ``For his contributions
to the understanding of classical and quantum gravity; especially for
his seminal role in the development of a rigorous basis for quantum
field theory in curved spacetime.''
Rainer Weiss, MIT, ``For his pioneering work in the
development of laser-interferometric detectors for gravitational
radiation, and his contributions to the study of the spectrum and
anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background. ``
Nominated through the Division of Astrophysics:
James Bardeen, University of Washington, ``For his seminal
contributions to the theory of cosmological density perturbations,
relativistic astrophysics, and galactic structure.''
Edmund Bertschinger, MIT, ``For his outstanding
contributions to theoretical cosmology, especially in the
understanding of structure formation in the universe.''
Nominated through the Forum for International Physics:
Rodolfo Gambini, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo,
Uruguay, ``For distinguished research in field theory and gravitation,
notably on geometrical techniques and the loop representation of gauge
theories, and for mentoring theoretical physicists in Latin America.''
The complete list of new fellows can be seen in http://www.aps.org/fellowship/96indx.html