linking laboratory plasmas to space and astrophysical plasmas." Carl de Boor (Ph.D. Mathematics 1966), known for pioneering work o splines, National Medal of Science 2003; John von Neumann Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 1996 Arleigh Burke The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System, an entire class of destroyers is named in his honor. Robert Cailliau winner of an ACM award jointly awarded to Berners-Lee for the creation of the world wide web Edgar Codd In 2004, SIGMOD renamed its highest prize to the SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award, in his honour. Chuck Coleman won two Collier Trophies for his involvement in the development of the McDonnel Douglas C-17 Globemaster (1994) and Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne (2004). Natalie Zemon Davis (Ph.D. 1959) CC, Canadian and American historian of the early modern period; awarded the 2010 Holberg International Memorial Prize, David DeWitt ACM Fellow; He received the ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award in 1995 Walter Feit (Ph.D. 1955), winner of the 7th Cole Prize in 1965; known for proving the Feit–Thompson theorem Stephanie Forrest ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award (2011) Gerald Ford honored with navy ship CVN-78, the Gerald Ford, as well as an entire class of aircraft carriers named for him Donald N. Frey (BS MTL 1947, MSE 1949, PhD 1951, D. Eng. hon. 1967), chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell for 17 years; received the National Medal of Technology in 1990 Frederick Gehring (AB 1946), T. H. Hildebrandt Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; recipient of the 2006 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement Aaron Hamburger (BA 1995), writer; his short story collection The View from Stalin's Head (2004) was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome; his novel Faith for Beginners (2005) was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award Alice Hamilton pioneer in industrial health, honored with a 55 cent postage stamp in the Great Americans series; winner of the Lasker Award Gabrielle Hamilton chef, author, winner of James Beard Award Theophil Henry Hildebrandt, UM instructor of mathematics starting in 1909, where he spent most of his career; chairman of the department from 1934 until his retirement in 1957; received the second Chauvenet Prize of the Mathematical Association of America in 1929 Jessica Hollander