Corinne A. Manogue

Mary Lyon Award

February 27, 1992

Corinne Manogue, class of 1977, we recognize your outstanding contributions to your chosen field of physics, not only in research and teaching, but also in encouraging young women to follow your footsteps into a nontraditional field.

You received your A.B. degree summa cum laude, with a double major in mathematics and physics. After a year as a graduate student at your alma mater, you moved to the University of Texas, Austin, where you received your Ph.D. degree in physics in 1984. After this, you did two years of postdoctoral work at Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study and then went to the University of Durham, U.K. as a postdoctoral research fellow and to India as an Indo-American Fellow of the Council for the Exchange of Scholars. In 1988, you joined the department of physics at Oregon State University, Corvallis, as an assistant professor and have spent a six-month leave as a research professor at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California.

Combining mathematics and particle physics to study and write about superstring theory and quantum gravity, you continue to make seminal advances in the theory of strings. You also are a truly outstanding teacher. As the first female member of your department, you are a role model who has helped increase substantially the number of women studying physics at Oregon. You have been very active in organizing the Women in Physics group, which supports physics students at all levels, and you are a vibrant participant in your department.

In short, you are fulfilling admirably the three roles of research, teaching, and service, upon which a successful academic career is based. In recognition of your achievements in and contributions to your chosen field, the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College is proud to present you with its Mary Lyon Award.