Dutch universities split over physicist Debye’s rehabilitation
JAN 25, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021878
Science : Allegations that the late Dutch physicist Peter Debye was cozy with the Nazis before and during World War II have produced a split decision among schools who once honored him. Following the advice of an independent committee, Utrecht University last week exonerated the Nobelist by restoring the name of its Debye Institute for NanoMaterials Science. But Maastricht University, in Debye’s hometown, rejected the advice and removed his name from a scientific prize permanently.
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