H.B.G. Casimir

Professor H.B.G. Casimir, the distinguished Dutch physicist famous for the "Casimir Effect," died this year at the age of 80. Prof. Casimir attended several Pugwash meetings and in the 1980s served as a member of the Bellerive Group, founded and financed by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, which concerned itself with important social and scientific problems, including nuclear weapons and arms control. Casimir worked for many years for the Philips industrial corporation in the Netherlands, helping to develop their extensive line of electronic devices. Prof. Casimir had a quiet, modest yet persuasive personality, and he was greatly liked and respected by all who worked with him.

-Martin Kaplan