Edelstein to Receive Industrial-Physics Award

William Edelstein, a retired GE physicist, will receive the biennial American Institute of Physics Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics in November. He is receiving the award “for his pioneering developments leading to commercialization of high-resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for medical applications,” according to AIP’s announcement. As part of the award, which is co-sponsored by General Motors and AIP Corporate Associates, Edelstein will receive $10 000 and a certificate citing his contributions. A resident of Schenectady, New York, he will accept the honor during the three-day 2005 annual Industrial Physics Forum (see page 67). In 1977, AIP established the prize “to publicize the value of physics research in industry, to encourage physics research in industry, and to enhance students’ awareness of the role of physics in industrial research.”