advances in the study of meteorology". Panofsky married Adèle Irène DuMond, daughter of his PhD advisor in 1942. Adèle Panofsky was also known at SLAC for her role in the building of the mounted Paleoparadoxia fossil skeleton display at the SLAC Visitors Center. Awards and Honors Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1961) California Institute of Technology Alumni Distinguished Service Award (1966) California Scientist of the Year Award (1967) Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968) National Medal of Science (1969) Franklin Medal (1970) Elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1971) Annual Public Service Award, Federation of American Scientists (1973) Enrico Fermi Award (1979) Leo Szilard Award (1982) Shoong Foundation Hall of Fame in Science (1983) Elected to the American Philosophical Society (1985) Hilliard Roderick Prize (AAAS-1991) Honorary doctorates from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science at Uppsala University, Sweden, and from Princeton University Matteucei Medal (Rome, 1997) International Scientific and Technological Award from the People's Republic of China (2001) Death Panofsky died at the age of 88 on September 24, 2007, in Los Altos, California, from a heart attack. Panofsky stayed active at SLAC until his last day of life. He was survived by his wife of 65 years, Adele Panofsky, their five children, 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Publications Classical Electricity and Magnetism by Wolfgang Panofsky and Melba Phillips (1955, 1962, 1983, 1990) References External links Michael Schaaf und Hartwig Spitzer: Immediately after the explosion I fell asleep (PDF; 513 kB), Interview mit Wolfgang Panofsky, Arbeitsgruppe Naturwissenschaft und Internationale Sicherheit in der Universität Hamburg, 6. Juli 2006 Obituary in The New York Times Obituary in The Times, 2 October 2007 W.K.H. Panofsky's SLAC web page SLAC Archives and History Office Panofsky web page July 2006 Interview with Dr. Panofsky (PDF) Peace talk: My life negotiating science and policy by W. K. H. Panofsky (PDF) Oral history interview transcript with Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky 15 May 1973, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives SLAC Director's Office THE KELVIN ABSOLUTE VOLTMETER and the speed of light, a physics laboratory course experiment whose apparatus was designed by Panofsky A measurement of the value of h/e by the determination of the short wavelength limit of the continuous x-ray spectrum at 20kV See also Panofsky Prize Michael Schaaf und Hartwig Spitzer: Immediately after the explosion I fell asleep (PDF; 513 kB), Interview mit Wolfgang Panofsky, Arbeitsgruppe Naturwissenschaft und Internationale