Tributes to Hans Bethe continue

I very much enjoyed the special issue on Hans Bethe, one of the greatest physicists of our time. However, I was a little disappointed that save for a single sentence on page 36 almost no mention is made of Bethe the teacher. The American Association of Physics Teachers recognized him as a “teacher of teachers as well as students.” I had the honor of presenting him with AAPT’s 1993 Oersted Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the teaching of physics. Bethe remarked to me that he cherished that medal as much as any he had received. I believe only Bethe and Richard Feynman have received both the Oersted Medal and the Nobel Prize in Physics. Bethe’s address as part of the Oersted Award was published in 1993 in the American Journal of Physics , volume 61, page 971.