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Unveiling Ceremony/Reflections
Listed below are a few speeches from the unveiling ceremony, as well as many written reflections submitted by Millie’s friends and family. The written reflections are new content, submitted after the memorial and published here for the first time.
If you are interested in submitting your own reflections and stories about Millie, please let us know. We would like to add to and expand this section. If you are interested but are worried your English skills are not good enough to submit a written piece, please contact us anyway; we are happy to assist.
MD
Published: Sep 24, 2018
In honor of the establishment of the APS' Millie Dresselhaus Fund for Science and Society, we reprint an article from 1985 in which Millie reflects on her presidency of APS.
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RT
Published: Jun 22, 2018
The Weizmann Institute also held a memorial lecture for Millie Dresselhaus. Here, you can read the proceedings.
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Published: May 23, 2018
Jeanne Ridolfi reflects on Millie's kindness and dedication to chamber music.
KK
Published: Jun 27, 2018
Katrin Kneipp remembers when she first met Millie, on an elevator on the way to the Spec Lab. That first meeting led to a long and fruitful collaboration.
SD
Published: May 15, 2018
Marianne Dresselhaus Cooper, the eldest of Millie's children and the only girl, describes what it was like to grow up with Millie and Gene as parents.
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Published: May 15, 2018
Siu-Wai Chan remembers Millie and her impact on students and collaborators like herself.
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Published: May 16, 2018
A reflection on Millie as a mentor and a friend, written by Mingda Li the night after he heard Millie had passed away.
EW
Published: May 15, 2018
Edith Wang shares a story of herself and Millie enjoying the spring in LA.
NL
Published: Mar 20, 2018
Nancy Lapid and Remon Lapid reflect on the passing of their cousin, Millie.
HK
Published: May 15, 2018
Hiroshi Kamimura remembers Millie's impact on his research career and how she helped the Japan Physical Society to become closer to APS.
JT
Published: May 15, 2018
James C. Tsang gives a speech on how Millie mentored him in carbon and in cooking... and on how MIT has changed over time.
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Published: Mar 20, 2018
Yeou-Cheng Ma recalls playing chamber music with Millie Dresselhaus and Mary Raugust Howell.
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Published: May 15, 2018
Jean-Paul Issi reflects on his lifelong collaboration with Millie and Gene.
SD
Published: May 15, 2018
Millie's granddaughter, Shoshi Dresselhaus Cooper, tells everyone about the finite and infinite Millie.
