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Howard Alper

Howard Alper is currently Visiting Executive at the International Development Research Center (IDRC), and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Ottowa.   Mr. Alper researches both organic and inorganic chemistry, with potential applications in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and commodity chemical industries.  He has discovered new reactions using homogeneous, phase transfer, and heterogeneous catalysis (such as

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Natalia Almada

Natalia Almada has been appointed as a Guggenheim Fellow in filmmaking.  As she explained in a narrative account of her career, she uses film as a means to explore "how the past defines who we are today and to create a visual memory that reflects [her] view of the world…[M]aking films is about posing questions." 

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Samuel K. Allison

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1935–36: ALLISON, SAMUEL KING:  Appointed for a study of the technique of nuclear investigation as developed at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England; tenure, six months from April 1, 1935. Born November 13, 1900, at Chicago, Illinois. Education: University of Chicag

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