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Speaker(s): Jim Enstrom (’65)

I will describe how I have used my 1965 HMC B.S. in physics to rise, at least briefly, to the top of two vastly different branches of science: first, a very hard science—experimental elementary particle physics at Stanford University, and second, a very soft science—environmental epidemiology at UCLA.

My talk will explain the important roles that HMC, creative thinking, academic freedom, and scientific integrity have played in my career. I will relate these factors to my current area of epidemiologic research: air pollution health effects, something that impacted every person at HMC in the early 1960s.

I will conclude by making suggestions for current HMC physics majors who want to pursue a career in physics or a related science, based on my experience as the sixth HMC physics major to obtain a PhD in physics.

Colloquium

Junior and senior physics majors attend our biweekly colloquium series, held on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. in Shanahan B460. The talks are open to all students and to the public, and are frequently attended by scientists from the other Claremont Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona, and others. The series features speakers from a broad range of institutions and fields of physics.