Roderic Lakes
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Department of Engineering Physics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
24 August 2001
Marc Brodsky
(via e-mail)
CEO and
Executive Director
American
Institute of Physics
One Physics
Ellipse
College
Park, Maryland 20740
For Physics
Today —
The firing
of Jeff Schmidt is reminiscent of the old Soviet Union. A public apology to the physics community is
called for in addition to the reinstatement of Jeff Schmidt.
Sincerely,
Roderic Lakes
Engineering Mechanics Program
Biomedical
Engineering Department
Materials
Science Program
Rheology
Research Center