Talk:Ralph Asher Alpher
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[edit] Conflict notice
I am not (merely) name-dropping when I state that I knew Dr. Alpher. I do this to alert other editors to my potential conflict of interest. Around 1990, he reviewed and rejected two of my scientific papers, responding to me with personal letters. I do not feel, what ever else one thinks of him, that he deserved the anti-Semetic comments on this talk page (see the history of this page if you wish). So I have erased them as vandalism. I updated the article to reflect his death at the age of 86, and made other copy edits. Bearian 19:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
The comment did not appear to be antisemitic to me. The article says that his scholarship was withdrawn possibly because he was Jewish. The comment on the talk page quoted this and then asked whether or not MIT was really that antisemitic at the time. Deleting it seems like the wrong move to me, since it is probably an honest question. 130.64.102.208 13:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
The comment also doesn't seem anti-semitic to me. Limits on the number of Jews accepted at universities were common at the time, as it was in my time, 20 years later. I supplied a reference to the NY Times obituary of 18 Aug 07,hedged a bit by noting that Alpher believed that this was the reason. Bellagio99 14:03, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] National Medal of Science
I deleted the following paragraph explaining in some detail what the [National Medal of Science] is. Instead, I cross-linked to the NMS WP article.
- The President's National Medal of Science Laureates are chosen by a committee within the National Science Foundation. John F. Kennedy presented the first Medals. Since that time, fewer than 500 such Laureates have been selected across all fields of science for outstanding contributions to science generally and to the leadership of the United States in all fields. Some refer to these awards as "lifelong career contribution" awards, unlike the Nobel and other prizes, which are typically made for specific contributions. Bellagio99 14:03, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cause of Death
I supplied a bit more detail on cause of death, once again from the NY Times obit. Bellagio99 14:03, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
