The William C. Shaw Lecture Series

Professor William C. Shaw (1908-1977) was a dedicated physicist and educator long associated with Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He was Professor of Physics from 1959 to 1973 and Professor Emeritus from 1973 to 1977. He was a skilled and clever teacher with a special dedication to education of the general student. To commemorate the many contributions Professor Shaw made during his long scientific career and to further the cause of general education to which he devoted much of his energy, his family and friends established the William C. Shaw Memorial Fund at SIUE. Proceeds of this fund were used in the construction and equipping of the William C. Shaw Sky Lab, which permits students to experience and study first hand the wonders of the night sky, keeping alive Professor Shaw's love of teaching astronomy. The William C. Shaw lecture series is also supported in part by the Shaw Memorial Fund. The Shaw Lectures are presentations in science aimed at the interested, informed layperson, and the lecturers have been chosen because of their outstanding achievements in science, their ability to provide lectures on stimulating topics and their skill at communicating with the general public.

Previous Shaw Lecturers

NO.	YEAR	SPEAKER	LECTURE TITLE
1	1979	Frank D. Drake Cornell University	Extraterrestrial Intelligence
2	1980	Max Dresden S.U.N.Y at Stony Brook	Black Holes: Science or Fantasy
3	1982	William A. Fowler California Institute of Technology (Nobel Laureate)	The Age of the Universe
4	1984	Alvin M. Weinberg Institute for Energy Analysis	A Second Nuclear Era: Prospects and Perspectives
5	1986	Allan Sandage Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatory	Creation of the Universe: Astronomical Style
6	1987	Sheldon L. Glashow Harvard University (Nobel Laureate)	Challenge of Particle Physics
7	1991	Laurie M. Brown Northwestern University	The Passion for Unity and the Possible End of Physics
8	1995	Harrison Schmidt Apollo 17 astronaut	A Trip to the Moon and Beyond
9	2001	Mildred Dresselhaus Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Big Prospects for Small Science: Opportunities in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
10	2002	Virginia Trimble University of California, Irvine University of Maryland	Cosmology: Man's Place in the Universe
11	2005	Michael Turner National Science Foundation University of Chicago	The Dark Side of the Universe: Beyond Stars and the Starstuff We Are Made Of
12	2007	Dr. Christopher Sorensen Kansas State University	Fire, Fractals, and the Divine Proportion

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