ROBERTS PRIZE AWARDED TO BOK FOR ASTRONOMY STUDY

Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and Director of the Observatory, announced last night that B. J. Bok, Wilson Teaching Fellow, and tutor in the division of Physical Sciences, had been awarded the Roberts Prize for research concerning the absorbtion of matter in interstellar space.

News of the award was received yesterday at the Harvard Observatory in a letter from Hans Ludendorf, president of the Astronomical Society and director of the National Astronomical Observatory at Potsdam, Germany. The prize was established only a few months ago, and Dr. Bok was the first of the annual winners.