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The life and work of NAS President Emeritus Ralph J. Cicerone were honored during a memorial program on Friday, April 28, 2017. A recording of the session and a list of speakers is below. Links to the commemorative publication and other tributes follow:
Ralph J. Cicerone Memorial Commemorative Publication »
Read Veerabhadran Ramanathan's Retrospective on Ralph J. Cicerone in PNAS. »
Learn more about the life and legacy of Ralph J. Cicerone. »
Program
Master of Ceremonies
Kenneth R. Fulton, National Academy of Sciences
Welcome on Behalf of the National Academy of Sciences
Marcia K. McNutt, National Academy of Sciences
A Letter in Appreciation
Senator Lamar Alexander
A Principled Visionary and a Truly Wonderful Guy
C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., National Academy of Engineering
On Behalf of the National Academy of Medicine
Victor J. Dzau, National Academy of Medicine
On Behalf of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences
Diane E. Griffin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
On Behalf of the National Research Council and its Staff
Bruce B. Darling, National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council
Scientific Legacy and a Long Friendship
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, University of California, San Diego
Far-reaching Impacts on Science
Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University
When You Come to a Fork in the Road
Philip Needleman, Washington University
Fostering the Next Generation of Scientists
Susan E. Trumbore, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and University of California, Irvine
Impact on Science Policy as Scientist and President of the NAS
John P. Holdren, Havard University
The International Science Community
Martin Rees, Cambridge University and Royal Society
Character: A Steady Guide in Science and Science Policy
Harold T. Shapiro, Princeton University
A Man of History
Daniel J. Kevles, Yale University, Emeritus
On Behalf of his Family
Carol and Sara Cicerone