UC Santa Cruz’s sixth annual Founders Celebration Friday, October 12 will feature a free public lecture by Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, followed by a gala dinner honoring Rees, Gordon and Betty Moore, George and Gail Michaelis-Ow, UCSC alumna Shannon Brownlee, and UCSC distinguished professor Gail Hershatter.
The lecture and dinner are just two in a series of public events in October, celebrating the research, teaching, and ideals of the UC Santa Cruz campus founded 47 years ago.