The Month at Caltech

Staff (1957) The Month at Caltech. Engineering and Science, 21 (3). p. 36. ISSN 0013-7812 https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:21.3.themonth

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Health Center; Honors and Awards

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THE MONTH AT CALTECH Health Center CALTECH's Archibald Young Health Center has its official opening on December 15. Located at 1239 Arden Road, the $200,000 unit is adjacent to Tournament Park, and just south of Arden House, the residence of the Master of Student Houses. The T-shaped building is residential in character to blend in with the surrounding architecture. One section contains two four-bed wards and two isolation wards: another section containe two doctors' offices. a psychia- trist's office, three treatment rooms, and x-ray, physio. therapy and waiting rooms. There is also a convalescert room, a lounge and a kitchen. Named in honor of the late Archibald Young, Pasadena attorney and philanthropist, the new building is a gift from Mrs. Young. Honors and Awards ROBERT F. BACHER, chairman of the division of phys. ies, mathematics and astronomy, is one of 5 new members added to President Eisenhower's Science Advisory Committee. Headed by I. I. Rabi, professor of physics at Columbia University, the committee has now been moved from the Office of Defense Mobilization to the White House in order to bring it into a closer working relationship with the President and James R. Killian, Jr., his newly-appointed special assistant for science and technology. Besides Dr. Bacher, the 17 man committee also includes H. P. Robertson. Caltech professor of physics. HOMER J. STEWART, professor of aeronautics, is one of two scientific consultants appointed by the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee for its investigation of the U.S. missile and satellite programs. The second con-sultant, William Houston, a former Caltech professor, is president of Rice Institute in Texas. WILLIAM H. PIcKERiNG, director of Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, received the James H. Wyld Me. morial Award for outstanding application of rocket power at the American Rocket Society's annual meeting in New York City on December 5. CRESCENT ARMORED CABLE ANNEALED COPPER CONDUCTOR VC COLORED TAPES JUTE FILLERS TAPE SYNTHOL IMPERVIOUS SHEATH INTERLOCKING ARMOR Three Conductor Varnished Cambric Insulated - 5000 Volts This construction of Power Cable provides speed and economy of installation indoors as well as outdoors as it can be attached to building surfaces or run in trays or racks, or hung from steel supporting cables between buildings. CRESCENT INSULATED WIRE & CABLE CO. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY OVER 70 YEARS EXPERIENCE, 36 ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE