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Inamori Foundation E-mail News, Vol. 004
April 20, 2010
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01: Information related to the Kyoto Prize
- Birthday celebration for Mr. Pierre Boulez held at the Pompidou Centre (March 9)
- Kyoto Prize Intellect Network
Visiting former Kyoto Prize laureates Drs. Leonard Herzenberg and Donald Knuth (February 15, 16)
- 2010 Kyoto Prize Symposium to be held in San Diego, U.S.A. (April 20-22)
- Kyoto Prize Commemorative Symposium to be held at Princeton University in U.S.A. (April 27)
- Full text of the commemorative lectures by the laureates of the 2009 Kyoto Prize
02: Information related to the Inamori Foundation
- The announcement of the 2010 Inamori Ethics Prize recipient (April 14)
03: Obituary
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01: Information related to the Kyoto Prize
-Birthday celebration for Mr. Pierre Boulez held at the Pompidou Centre (March 9)
On the evening of March 9, the Pompidou Centre in Paris was the scene of a soiree to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Pierre Boulez, who turned 85 on March 26. The event began with speeches from the host, Pompidou Centre President Alain Seban, as well as Frédéric Mitterrand, French Minister of Culture and Communication, followed by a video presentation on the Kyoto Prize, which Mr. Boulez won last year. After this, there was an advance viewing of a television documentary, Pierre Boulez: A Radical Adventurer. The documentary was aired on nationwide television in France. Attended by some 300 guests, mainly people from cultural circles, the party was a lively affair.
Mr. Boulez is still vigorously active. Indeed, on the day of the party, he was conducting a rehearsal at the Cité de la Musique and took the time out to speak with Inamori Foundation Senior Managing Director Toyomi Inamori before attending the event held in his honor. Speaking to Mr. Inamori for the first time in four months, Mr. Boulez expressed his eagerness to perform a public rehearsal and to meet with local students at the Kyoto Prize Symposium in San Diego this April.
+[Photo News]Birthday celebration for Mr. Pierre Boulez held at the Pompidou Centre
-Kyoto Prize Intellect Network
Visiting former Kyoto Prize laureates Drs. Leonard Herzenberg and Donald Knuth (February 15, 16)
One of the aims of the Inamori Foundation is to establish the Kyoto Prize Intellect Network by promoting continued interaction with former Kyoto Prize laureates. We recently caught up with Dr. Leonard Herzenberg (the 2006 laureate) and Dr. Donald Knuth (the 1996 laureate), both of Stanford University, California.
On February 15, we visited Dr. Herzenberg's residence on the campus of Stanford University. Dr. Herzenberg and his wife both have a deep interest in Japanese culture and have a self-designed Japanese garden in their yard. The doctor belies his age with his sprightly energy - he is 78 years old - and he maintains a habit of inviting his "extended family" of researchers, friends and their families to his home once a week to maintain warm friendship. What is more, Dr. Herzenberg is passionate about nurturing subsequent generations of researchers, and his laboratory has around thirty young research fellows from a wide variety of countries. Dr. Herzenberg plans to visit Japan this summer.
The following day, we stopped by the laboratory of Dr. Knuth, also at Stanford University. We had not met Dr. Knuth since he received the Kyoto Prize fourteen years ago, but the atmosphere was just as relaxed and cordial as if we had been in regular touch. Dr. Knuth is currently busy writing the sequel to The Art of Computer Programming, which he donated to the Kyoto Prize Library. Regarding the Inamori Foundation's activities, Dr. Knuth said, "I think it is wonderful how President Inamori inspires people to change for the better. I hope that I, too, can live an ethical life and have some small positive influence on others in my own way."
+[Photo News]Kyoto Prize Intellect Network
Visiting former Kyoto Prize laureates Drs. Leonard Herzenberg and Donald Knuth
+The 2006 Laureate / Advanced Technology / Biotechnology and Medical Technology
Leonard Arthur Herzenberg
+The 1996 Laureate / Advanced Technology / Information Science
Donald Ervin Knuth
-2010 Kyoto Prize Symposium to be held in San Diego, U.S.A.
The 2010 Kyoto Prize Symposium featuring the 2009 laureates will be held from April 20 to 22 in San Diego, California, U.S.A. The Symposium is hosted jointly by the Kyoto Symposium Organization and three San Diego-based universities (University of San Diego, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego State University), with cooperation of the citizens of San Diego. The local residents and neighborhood high school students as well as members of the universities attend the symposium, which is continued over a few days.
+North American Kyoto Prize Web Site
-Kyoto Prize Commemorative Symposium to be held at Princeton University in U.S.A. (April 27)
Kyoto Prize Commemorative Symposium will be held at Princeton University in New Jersey, U.S.A. on April 27, in honor of the 2009 laureates Drs. Peter and Rosemary Grant, and 2 former laureates Prof. Simon Levin and Dr. Daniel Janzen. The related event of the Kyoto Prize is the first held on the East coast of U.S.A.
+Evolution, Ethics and Environment: Biological Perspectives on Achieving a Sustainable Future
-Full text of the commemorative lectures by the laureates of the 2009 Kyoto Prize
The full texts of the commemorative lectures by the laureates of the 2009 Kyoto Prize are now available on the Inamori Foundation website in Japanese and English as PDF documents. To view the transcripts, click on the links below.
+The 2009 Laureate / Advanced Technology / Electronics
Isamu Akasaki
+The 2009 Laureate / Basic Sciences / Biological Sciences
Peter Raymond Grant
Barbara Rosemary Grant
(Text is the same as that of Dr. Peter R. Grant)
+The 2009 Laureate / Arts and Philosophy / Music
Pierre Boulez
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02: Information related to the Inamori Foundation
The announcement of the 2010 Inamori Ethics Prize recipient (April 14)
The 2010 recipient for the Inamori Ethics Prize has been announced by the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. on April 14. This year's recipient is Mr. Stanley Edward Brock, founder of the volunteer organization, Remote Area Medical (RAM).
In cooperation with Case Western Reserve University, the Inamori Foundation supports the annual Inamori Ethics Prize, established by the university in 2008. The Prize seeks to foster ethical leadership based on man's conscience.
+Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence
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03: Obituary
Astrophysicist and professor emeritus at Kyoto University Dr. Chushiro Hayashi (laureate of the 1995 Kyoto Prize) passed away on February 28 aged 89. Through studies of stellar evolution and the solar system, Dr. Hayashi developed theories explaining many astronomical phenomena and contributed immeasurably to the maturation of modern astrophysics. Dr. Hayashi donated his Kyoto Prize money to the Astronomical Society of Japan for the establishment of the Hayashi Chushiro Prize. Since 1996, the Hayashi Chushiro Prize has been awarded annually to astronomers of outstanding achievement. We offer our prayers for the souls of the departed.
+The 1995 Laureate / Basic Sciences / Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Chushiro Hayashi
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