A tribute to Dale Corson (1914-2012), Cornell's eighth president
and a distinguished physicist.  A professor of physics emeritus
at Cornell, Corson was a polymath whose achievements in physics
and engineering date to 1940 when he discovered astatine,
element 85 in the periodic table of the elements. During World
War II he helped introduce the use of radar into military
operations.  But his finest moments came as Cornell's president
from 1969 to 1977. Modest and mild-mannered, he led Cornell
through the era of student protest against the Vietnam War and
for civil rights and restored the university to stability.