Veritas, Vol. 20, No. 09, January 14, 1980

              University of Miami President Henry King Stanford addressed the Fforida Joint Legislative Commission on Postsecondary Education when it held public hearings in the Law School Auditorium Jan. 7 and 8. The Commission is deliberating proposals for change and reform in postsecondary education made by the Academy for Education, a private consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Hearings will also be held in JacksonvilleJan. 17-18, and in Tampa, Feb. 18-19, before the Commission makes its final recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by March 1,1980. Excerpts from Dr. Stanford’s address are on page two.
IIM takes part in Miami Film Fest
x\ohcl Iviiu reates to attend Orbis Scicntiac
Proton lifetime is one of the most talked about new theories in physics today. Researchers are conducting experiments which could prove, contrary to long-held opinions, that all matter eventually decays.
Proton lifetime will also be the focus of the 17th annual Orbis Scientiae, an invitational meeting of scientists and mathematicians, sponsored by UM’s Center for Theoretical Studies.
Dr.Behrarri Kursunoglu, director of the Center, expects nearly 100 participants, including Nobel Laureates RA M. Dirac and Samuel C. C. Ting, to attend the four-day meeting, Jan. 14-17, at the Hotel InterContinental in Miami.
A highlight of the meeting will be the awarding of the 12th annual J. Robert Op-penheimer Prize to Dr. Richard H. Dalitz, a Royal Society research professor at Oxford University, for his work in this field.
Three of the past recipients of the Op-penheimer award, Abdus Salam (1971), Steven Weinberg (1973) and Sheldon Glashow (1977), received this year’s Nobel Prize for their work on unified field theory which indicates some forms of radioactive decay within the atomic nucleus involving the breakdown of protons into lighter subatomic fragments. Protons are one of the fundamental particles in the nuclei of all atoms, which in turn, form the bulk of matter in the universe.
In a recent (Dec. 31, 1979) Time magazine article, physicist Larry Sulak is quoted as saying that "If proton decay is true, then dust doesn’t go to dust and diamonds are indeed not forever.”
Among those addressing the theory on
The 12th annual J. Robert Oppenheimer Prize will be awarded to physicist Richard Henry Dalitz of Oxford, England, for his contributions to elementary particle physics.
The Oppenheimer Prize is awarded by UM's Center for Theoretical Studies "for outstanding contributions to the theoretical natural sciences and to the philosophy of science.’’ The recipient is chosen by the international selection committee of the Center’s Scientific Council.
Nobel Laureate P. A. M. Dirac, recipient of the first Oppenheimer Award, will present the gold medal to Dr. Dalitz at a formal dinner on Jan. 15th at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell Dauer on Miami Beach. Dr. Dauer is a member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Miami.
A native of Dimboola, Australia, Dr. Dalitz earned his bachelor’s degree at Melbourne University and his doctorate at Cambridge University. He has lectured and conducted research in the United States at Cornell University, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, the Brookhaven National laboratory and at the University of Chicago.
A fellow of the Physics Society’, Royal Society’, American Physics Society’ and Sigma Xi, he has been a Royal Society research professor at Oxford University since 1963. His publications include Strange Particles and Strong Interactions ( 1962) and Hyper-nuclei and the Hyperon-nucleon Interaction (1965).
Dr. Behram Kursunoglu, director of the CTS, said the prize was established to honor the name and the influence on science and society’ of the late J. Robert Oppenheimer, distinguished physicist who headed the U.S. atomic energy project during World War II, and for many years before his death, was
the Miami program are Maurice Goldhaber and Nicholas P. Samios of Brookhaven National Laboratory; Samuel C. C. Ting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sydney Meshkov, National Bureau of Standards; Pierre Raymond, Fredrik Zachariasen and George Zweig, California Institute of Technology; Frede rich M. Cooper, Richard Sal-ansky and Geoffrey B. West of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Boris Kayser, National Science Foundation.
Sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, and 1:30 to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.
"Dr. Oppenheimer,” Kursunoglu continued, "was a guiding spirit in the formative years of UM’s Center for Theoretical Studies. His roles as an original scientist, as an inspiring mentor to young physicists, as a writer and philosopher interested in all the sciences and in many aspects of human endeavor, have left a profound mark on the science of our time.”
The prize includes a $1,000 honorarium, a gold medal and a certificate.
McDonald to speak at Law School Commencement
Florida Supreme Court Justice Parker Lee McDonald will be the commencement speaker for the University of Miami School of Law Sunday, Jan. 20, at 11:30 a.m. in Gusman Concert Hall.
Dr. Soia Mentschikoff, dean of the law school, will present the 72 candidates, and UM President Henry King Stanford will confer the degrees.
There are 57 candidates for the Juris Doctor degree, 12 for the Master of Laws degree and three for the Master of Comparative Law degree.
Father Henry N. F. Minich of the Episcopal Church Center at UM will give the invocation and benediction. Gil Wagener will provide the music.
A reception for graduates and guests w ill be held at the law school following the commencement ceremony.
A special program for the hearing-impaired community will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in Beaumont Cinema as part of the Greater Miami International Film Festival.
The evening will mark the premiere of "Think Me Nothing,” a full-length feature film produced, directed and performed by the hearing-impaired in American sign language, with a soundtrack for all audiences to enjoy.
Bernard Bragg, leading performer of the National Theatre of the Deaf, and David Jarashow, actor and co-producer of the film, will make special appearances, along with Bobbo Goldberg’s Pantomine Theatre.
The event was developed by Lynda Sloan, special projects coordinator for the festival, assisted by Paul Enfinger, representing the hearing-impaired community, and Clifton Rhodes, a counselor for the deaf in Miami. Admission is $5.
Festival films to be shown at Beaumont Cinema will be "Klondike Fever,” "Tilt,”
"Quartarmass Conclusion,” "American Boy,” "Italian American,” "Other People’s Money,” "Effects" and "J-Men Forever.”
Times for the screenings and directors’ workshops will be announced in local newspapers.
Appearing in directors’ workshop« at Beaumont will be Robert Wise, whose latest film is the newly-released "Star Trek.” He will screen "The Day the Earth Stood Still,” a science fiction film released in 1951,
and "The Andromeda Strain,” (1970), another suspenseful thriller-
Director Agnes Varda will screen "Cleo from 5 to 7,” a film which studies a woman’s despair while she waits to find out if she has a terminal illness, and "One Sings, The Other Doesn’t.” John Frankenheimer, will screen "The Manchurian Candidate,” a political thriller filmed in 1962 and "Black Sunday,” a suspense film about terrorists’ attempt to sabotage the Sup>er Bowl.
Russ Meyer, a humorist in the delicate area of erotic filmmaking, will screen "Vixen,” (1968), and "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens,” (1979).
Italian born Director Franco Brusati, best known for "Bread and Chocolate,” will screen "To Forget Venice,” the official entry for this year’s best foreign film by Italy for Oscar nominations.
Others to appear are Ralph Rosenblum, William Wolf, Rudy Durand, Vilmos Szgimond, and Richard Kline.
Besides feature films, selected documentaries and short subjects will be shown at various Mia mi-a rea theatres, including Gusman Cultural Center downtown and the Konover Theatre on Miami Beach, during the Jan. 18-27 festival.
The Festival has four divisions—the Fèstivàl Premiere Competition, Film Market, Trade Fair and Special Directors Program.
For information on admission prices and brochures, call the Festival office at 673-5700.
Dalitz to receive Oppenheimer Prize
Brooke Shields in Rudy Durand's “Tilt.” to be shown at Beaumont Cinema.