As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, he asked her the usual question, "And what would you like for Christmas?"
The child stared at him open mouthed and horrified for a minute, then gasped, "Didn't you get my text?"
First William Procter PrizeIn 1950, the first winner of the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement was named on the opening day of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. The award was given at a session three days later to Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, a former president of MIT. He was recognized for his achievement at that institution and for his contributions to research on the atomic bomb. The $1,000 award was presented to Compton by the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society of America. The Prize was established by Dr. William Procter, a director of Procter & Gamble, Co., who was also an authority on the marine and insect life in the region of Mount Desert Island, Maine, site of his laboratory. The 2013 recipient was infectious disease expert Rita Colwell.« |
