The Alan S. Tetelman Fellowship , endowed in memory of a JE alumnus and professor of metallurgy at UCLA who was killed in a 1978 plane crash , supports lectures and research fellowships at Yale . It is administered by the Head of JE , who invites distinguished scientists and science advocates to give the semesterly Tetelman Lecture . Past lecturers include Robert Ballard , Harry Blackmun , Ben Carson , Murray Gell-Mann , the Dalai Lama , David Lee , Amartya Sen , Maxine Singer , and James Watson . The Tetelman Fellowship also supports undergraduate research in the natural and applied sciences
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