Fraser Stoddart Reception

On Wednesday, May 2, 2007, colleagues, students and friends gathered in the Winstein Commons in Young Hall (UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry) to raise a toast to Sir Fraser Stoddart on his recent awards, most recently the King Faisal Award. He shared the rather exotic experience it was for him and his daughter to travel to Saudi Arabia. .................................................... ............................. Sir Fraser's adventures in Saudi Arabia.

Ken Houk doing something to get ready for the Reception	Adam Smith, Ying Li and Gert Kiss help arrange the room	.......Sir Fraser setting up his mementoes
Alex Levine and Robin Garrell	Fraser's group and Ken's rear	Checking out the Saudia Arabian photo album
Sir Fraser and Yassry Botras (who accompanied Fraser to Saudia Arabia)	Students and Craig Merlic waiting for the event to begin	Mike Jung and Shimon Weiss deep in conversation
Graduate student Kaushik Patel	Charles West and Cathy Clarke	Mike Jung and others looking at the Saudi trip memorabilia
The Award	Looking at Saudi trip memorabilia	Ken Houk, introducing Sir Fraser
	who makes a few remarks
Graduate students and postdocs listening intently	Roberto Peccei, Vice Chancellor Research, UCLA
David Eisenberg in foreground with unidentified graduate students		Craig Merlic, Ken Houk, Mike Jung and Yassry Botras
Ken Houk, about to toast Sir Fraser	Sir Fraser speaking with librarian Marion Peters	Sabeeha Merchant speaking with Paula Diaconescu
Robin Garrell in foreground		Ohyun Kwon with new friend