The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 11, March 18, 2007, Article 14

STOLEN BERKELEY NOBEL MEDAL FOUND

Regarding last week's report that the Nobel Prize medal of the 1939 
winner in Physics was missing from its display case at Berkeley, Dan 
Demeo writes: "The missing medal was already found, a couple days after 
the original report."

"A much cherished Nobel Prize medal stolen from the University of 
California, Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science late last week has 
been recovered and a suspect has been arrested, university police 
announced today (Wednesday, March 7). 

"Campus police received a tip about the theft that led them to the 
suspect, a UC Berkeley student who worked in the building where the 
medal was in a locked display case. The student told police that he 
took the medal on a whim. 

"The medal was awarded in 1939 to Professor Ernest O. Lawrence for 
his discoveries in physics. It was the first Nobel given to a UC 
Berkeley professor. The medal's value to the university and the 
Lawrence Hall of Science, where it had been placed in a special 
memorial room to honor the scholar, is immeasurable, officials said. 

"Hall officials said the medal will be secured until it is unveiled in 
a new and even more secure display setting as part of the commemoration 
of the 40th anniversary of the Lawrence Hall of Science in May 2008. 
Plans already were under way prior to the theft for an updated display."

To read the complete Berkeley press release, see: Full Story

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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