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Life outside the lab
From arias to Ahi tuna,
College faculty balance life and work harmoniously
By David Pescovitz
Photos by Bart Nagel
From master chef to opera singer, professors do have a life beyond
the classroom and lab. For Berkeley’s engineering faculty,
the balance between life and work is a precarious and precious
one. Innovation comes not just from seeing far, but also seeing
wide — drawing fulfillment and inspiration from art, music,
culture, cuisine, literature, and, of course, family.
The four esteemed professors we profile here and many others (see
below) have achieved that balance, finding time to feed their
minds outside the laboratory to help fuel their efforts inside.
Click on the icons below to see their stories.
Here's an even wider sampling of the richness and diversity of
College faculty lives outside the lab, still only the iceberg's
tip:
- Bob Brodersen (EECS) and his wife hiked from
Tahoe to Whitney, 420 miles, in two one-month trips.
- Daryl Chrzan (MSE) is an accomplished skateboarder
and surfer.
- Ron Gronsky (MSE) is an accomplished guitar
player and composer.
- Karl Hedrick (ME), an avid tennis player,
was nearly seeded in his youth.
- Roger Howe (EECS/ME) is an expert fly-fisherman.
- Richard Karp (CS/BioE) is an avid amateur
chess player.
- Dorian Liepmann (BioE) is a double black
diamond skier.
- Jennifer Mankoff (CS) has played the viola
for 23 years.
- Gene Myers (BioE) is an accomplished scuba
diver/skier.
- Benson Tongue (ME) and son are gold cup
winning Scottish dancers.
David Pescovitz is a contributing writer to
Wired and the creator of Lab
Notes, the College's online research digest. His work
has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, the
New York Times, and Salon. |
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FOREFRONT takes you into the
labs, classrooms, and lives of professors, students, and alumni
for an intimate look at the innovative research, teaching, and
campus life that define the College of Engineering at the University
of California, Berkeley.
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