Professors Sir Paul Callaghan and Sir Peter Gluckman honoured in Wellington

Professors Sir Paul Callaghan and Sir Peter Gluckman, both former Chairs of aCoRE, were honoured at a function in Wellington in December.

The evening was attended by representatives of each of the eight Centres of Research Excellence and their Boards, as well as the Vice-Chancellors of their host institutions.

Guest speaker for the event was Minister of Finance and Acting Prime Minister the Honourable Bill English, who read citations and presented greenstone mere to the two men in recognition of their roles as science leaders.