2015 Platzman Memorial Fellowships awarded
The Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowships for 2015 have been awarded to 11 recipients. Recipients will visit between June-October 2015.
Established by bequest of George W. Platzman (1920-2008), Professor in Geophysical Sciences, the research fellowships are named in memory of George’s brother Robert Platzman (1918-1973), Professor of Chemistry and Physics and member of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago during World War II.
The annual Platzman Fellowships provide funds for visiting researchers whose projects require on-site consultation of University of Chicago Library collections, primarily but not exclusively materials in Special Collections, with priority given to beginning scholars. This year’s group of fellows brings the total number of scholars supported by the Platzman program since its inception in 2006 to eighty.
