Awards

• Arlie O. Petters, professor of mathematics and physics at Duke University, was honored with an appointment by Queen Elizabeth II to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The award cited Professor Petters’ “services to science and education.”

Petters is a native of Belize, formerly known as British Honduras. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the City University of New York and a Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT.

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