Peter van Nieuwenhuizen named "Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw"

At a reception held at the Institute on May 3, 2004 colleagues of Distinguished Professor Peter van Nieuwenhuizen celebrated on the occasion of his receiving one of his home country's highest honors, Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, or member of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

The Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw is the oldest honorary civil society in the Netherlands, dating from 1815. It was created to recognize exceptional achievement and service in all professions. The list of each year's inductees is published by the government of the Netherlands on the Queen's birthday (April 30), and Peter was presented with the medal of the Order in New York City on that day by the Consul General of the Netherlands. At the Institute, his colleagues presented him with a stuffed lion in the spirit of light-hearted congratulations.

In his over twenty five years on the Stony Brook faculty, Peter has maintained close links with science in the Netherlands. The influence of his physics research, his students and former associates is strong in the Netherlands, in America and throughout the world community of theoretical physics.

Photo credit: Martin Rocek

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