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David
Oxtoby Named a Fellow of The American Association for
the Advancement of Science
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David W. Oxtoby, president of Pomona College, has been
awarded the distinction Fellow by the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Fellows are selected
based on their efforts toward advancing science applications
that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.
Oxtoby was recognized by the AAAS Chemistry Section “for
career-long contributions to understanding dynamics of
liquids and gases, and for energetic leadership in
strengthening undergraduate education.”
He became president of Pomona College in 2003, following a
long career as a professor of chemistry at the University of
Chicago where he was dean of physical sciences. He is a
long-time member of the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr
College, and earlier this year was elected to the Board of
the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
As a research chemist, Oxtoby is author or co-author of more
than 165 scientific articles and co-authored two nationally
popular textbooks in chemistry, “Principles of Modern
Chemistry,” (with H. Pat Gillis) now in its fifth edition
and in use at institutions across the country; and
“Chemistry: Science of Change,” (with Wade Freeman and Toby
Block) which is now in its fourth edition and has been
translated into Italian and Korean. He has also been invited
as a guest lecturer at conferences and institutions around
the globe.
This year’s class of AAAS Fellows numbers 449. They were
announced in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal
Science on November 24, 2006.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society,
and publisher of the journal, Science (www.sciencemag.org).
AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 262 affiliated
societies and academies of science, serving 10 million
individuals. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874.
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