SEPT. 26

An unidentified man present Bigelow Professor of Ichthyology Karel E. Liem with a $5000 check to bad our the professor's financially troubled course. Biology 7b "Introductory Biology.

The anonymous donation came after Ltem one week earlier told the class that unless he received additional University funding the course would face serious problems including cancelled labs and review and the possibility of shutting down completes.

OCT. 17

Professor of Physics Carlo Rubbia wins the 1984 Nobel Prize of physics for his research into the basis forces of nature.

Rubbia, who shared the Prize with Simon van der Meer of Holland, headed a team that used a 200-ton atom smasher to produce clear evidence of the subatomic W and Z particles. These particles, sought by physicists for 10 years, are believed to carry the "week force," one of the four fun damental natural forces in the universe.

NOV. 5

Harvard Astronomy professor announces the completion of a study which art historians said might lead to a re-evaluation of traditional interpretations of some of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings.

Basing his novel theory on a year-long scientific analysis of mysterious astronomical patterns in several van Gogh paintings. Professor of Astronomy Charles A. Whitney concluded that Van Gogh produced an almost exact reproduction of the night sky in his own time.

DEC. 3

The first man to undergo a heart transplant in New England dies after his Harvard doctors tried in vain to find him a third heart.

Gerald Boucher of South Hadley. Mass., died from rejection of his second heart after doctors at the Harvard's affiliated Brigham and woman's Hospital and the donor mine himm a new leave on life to mouths earlier.