H. H. Goldsmith Award

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced that the first presentation of the award established in honor of the late Hyman H. Goldsmith, one of the founders and a former editor of the Bulletin, has been made to Walter Gellhorn, professor of Law at Columbia University, for his book Security, Loyalty, and Science, published in 1950 by the Cornell University Press. The prize of $200 was established at the time of Goldsmith’s death, which occurred as the result of a swimming accident in August 1949. It was decided that a fitting commemoration would be “an annual award for the best article, book, or public pronouncement which contributes to the clarification of the right relations between science and politics.” In the opinion of the Committee of Award, Gellhorn’s book, a study of security policies and secrecy in the United States as they have concerned science, best fulfilled the terms of the award for the year 1950. The committee included S. K. Allison, director of the Institute for Nuclear Studies, and C. S. Smith, director of the Institute for the Study of Metals, both of the University of Chicago, and Clifton Utley, the radio commentator.