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1Breeding Investigations, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Coll. Station, Tex. 1921-29; Prof. of Animal Breeding, Iowa State Univ. (fmrly. Iowa State Coll.) 1930-, semi-retirement 1966-; Nat. Research Fellow, Denmark 1934; Visiting Prof. Rural Univ. of Minas Gerais, Brazil; Lecturer Food and Agricultural Org. Training Centre, India 1954, and missions for various orgs., in Britain, Australia and Argentina; mem. Nat. Acad. of Sciences; Hon. degrees (Uppsala, Giessen, Copenhagen, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas State, Wisconsin, Zurich, Norway); First Morrison Award, Borden Award in Dairy Production, Hermann von Nathusius Medal, Nat. Medal of Science 1968. Publications: Animal Breeding Plans 1937, The Genetics of Populations 1948. Leisure interest: travel. Address: 3226 Oakland Street, Ames, Iowa 50010, U.S.A. Telephone: 515-292-1344.
3LÜST, Reimar, DR.RER.NAT.; German physicist; b. 25 March 1923, Barmen; s. of Hero and Grete (née Strunck) Lüst; m. Dr. Rhea Kulka 1935; two s.; ed. Univs. of Frankfurt/M and Göttingen; Research Physicist, Max Planck Insts. Göttingen and Munich 1950-60, Enrico Fermi Inst., Univ. of Chicago 1955-56, Princeton Univ. 1956; Head, Dept. for Extraterrestrial Physics, Max Planck Inst. for Physics and Astrophysics 1960, Dir. Inst. of Extraterrestrial Physics 1963-72; Visiting Prof., Univ. of New York 1959, M.I.T. 1961, Calif. Inst. of Tech. 1962, 1966; Chair. German Research Council 1969-72, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt 1968-72; Pres. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft June 1972-; mem. Int. Acad. Astronautics, Royal Astronomical Soc., Bavarian Acad. Sciences; Hon. Foreign mem. American Acad. of Arts and Sciences; Officier Ordre des Palmes Académiques. Publications: articles on space research, astrophysics and plasmaphysics. Address: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., 8 München 2, Residenzstrasse 1a; 8000 München 45, Sondermeierstrasse 70, Federal Republic of Germany (Home).
5LUSTIG, Arnošt; Czechoslovak writer; b. 21 Dec. 1926, Prague; s. of Emil and Terezie Lustig (née Löwy); m. Věra Weislitz 1949; one s. one d.; ed. Coll. of Political and Social Sciences, Prague; in concentration camps at Terezín, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Second World War; Radio Prague corresp. in Arab-Israeli war 1948, 1949; Ed. Mladý svět (weekly) 1958-59, screenplay writer for Studio Barandov 1960-68, for Jadran-Film Yugoslavia 1969-70; now resident U.S.A.; mem. Cen. Cttee. Union of Czechoslovak Writers 1963-69, mem. Presidium 1963-69; mem. Int. Writing Program 1970-71; Visiting Lecturer Univ. of Iowa 1971-72; Visiting Prof. Drake Univ., Iowa 1972-73; Assoc. Prof. of Literature and Film, American Univ., Washington, D.C. 1973-; Klement Gottwald State Prize 1967; Bne'i Brit'h Prize 1974. Publications: Démanty noci (Diamonds of the Night—short stories, two of which were filmed 1961, 1964) 1958, Blue Day (story, filmed for TV) 1960, Night and Hope (short stories) filmed as Transport z ráje (Transport from Paradise) 1962, Modlitba za Kateřinu Horovitzovou (A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova—novel, filmed for TV) 1965, Dita Saxova (novel, filmed 1968), E 1962, The Street of Lost Brothers 1962, Nobody will be Humiliated (long stories) 1965, The White Birches in Autumn (novel) 1966, Bitter Smell of Almonds (novel) 1968, Darling (novel) 1969, Darkness Casts No Shadow (novel) 1976, Children of Holocaust (3 vols., collected stories) 1977-78, Z deníku sedmnáctileté Perly Sch. (From the diary of seventeen years old Pearl Sch.—novel) 1978; TV documentaries: Theresienstadt (U.S.A.) 1965, Stolen Childhood (Italy) 1966; text for symphonic poem Night and Hope (with Otmar Macha). Leisure interests: sport, swimming, travelling, skiing, soccer. Address: 4000 Tunlaw Road N. W., Apartment 825, Washington, D.C. 20007, U.S.A. Telephone: 202-3385357.
7LUTERBACHER, Franz; Swiss lawyer and business executive; b. 11 Jan. 1918, Burgdorf; s. of Dr. Otto Luterbacher and Klara Morgenthaler; m. Felicitas Frey; one s. one d.; ed. Gymnasium Burgdorf, and Faculty of Law, Univ. of Berne; Head, Legal Dept., Fed. Finance Admin. 1948; Financial Man. Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, Zurich 1954, Pres. Exec. Bd. 1958, Pres. Bd. of Dirs. 1964; Exec. Vice-Pres. Brown, Boveri and Cie. 1967, Chair. Bd. of Dirs. 1970-; mem. Bd. of Dirs. Swiss Bank Corp., Heberlein Holding AG, Wattwil; mem. Supervisory Bd., Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt Hoechst AG, Frankfurt. Leisure interest: hiking. Address: Brown, Boveri et Cie., 5401 Baden; Im Maiacher, 8126 Zumikon, Switzerland (Home). Telephone: 056-75-11-11 (Office); 051-89-36-93 (Home).
9LUTFI, Ashraf Taufiq, B.A.; Kuwaiti civil servant (retd.); b. 1 Jan. 1919, Jaffa, Palestine; s. of Taufiq and Murruat Lutfi; m. Winfriede Knoblich 1951; ed. Scots Coll., Safad, Palestine; teacher in elementary and secondary schools 1938-46, Welfare Officer 1946-48; Sec. to State Sec. in Govt. Secr. 1948-55, Asst. Sec. of State 1955-61; Dir. of Office of Emir of Kuwait 1961-64; Adviser on Oil Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Industry 1964-65; Sec.-Gen. Org. of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 1965-67; Adviser on Oil Affairs to Ministry of Finance and Oil 1967-69; mem. Bd. Kuwait Nat. Petroleum Co. 1961-70; Chair. Bd. Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Co. 1962-71; Assoc. Dir., Petrologue Int., Beirut. Publications: Arab Oil: A Plan for the Future 1960, OPEC Oil: A Review of its Problems 1966. Leisure interests: tennis, music, travel, photography. Address: Gartenweg 3, 79 Ulm/Donau, Federal Republic of Germany.
11LUTOSŁAWSKI, Witold; Polish composer and conductor; b. 25 Jan. 1913, Warsaw; s. of Józef and Maria Lutosławski; m. Maria-Danuta Dygat 1946; ed. Warsaw Conservatoire; mem. Swedish Royal Acad. of Music 1963-; Hon. mem. Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg 1966-, Int. Soc. for Contemporary Music 1969-, Polish Composers' Union 1971-, American Acad. of Arts and Letters, Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters 1975, R.A.M. 1976-, Guildhall School of Music 1978; Extraordinary mem. Akademie der Künste Berlin 1968-; Corresp. mem. Deutsche Akad. der Künste, Berlin (D.D.R.) 1970-, Bayerische Akademie der schönen Künste, Munich 1973; Vice-Pres. Polish Composers' Union 1973-; Hon. D.Mus. (Cleveland Inst. of Music) 1971, (Glasgow Univ.) 1977, Dr. h.c. (Univ. Warsaw) 1973, (Lancaster Univ.) 1975, Hon. Dr. Fine Arts (Northwestern Univ. Evanston-Chicago) 1974, City of Warsaw Music Prize 1948, Polish Music Festival Prize 1951, State Prizes 1952, 1955, 1964, 1978 (First Class), Prime Minister's Prize for Children's Music 1954, Polish Composers' Union's Prize 1959 and 1973, Minister of Culture's Prize 1962, Koussevitzky Int. Recording Award 1964; Plaque of the Freie Akad. der Künste, Hamburg 1966, Gottfried-von-Herder Prize, Vienna 1967; Sonning Music Prize, Copenhagen 1967; Award Int. Rostrum of Composers, UNESCO 1958, 1964, 1968; Prize ad honorem of Pres. of France 1971; Maurice Ravel Prize 1971, Prize Sibelius de Wihuri 1973; Order of Builder of People's Poland 1977. Works include: Symphonic Variations 1938, Variations on a Theme of Paganini (two pianos) 1941, Folk Melodies (piano) 1945, Symphony 1947, Overture (string orch.) 1949, Little Suite for Orchestra 1951, Silesian Triptych (voice and orch.) 1951, Bucoliques for Piano 1952, Dance Preludes (clarinet) 1953, Concerto for Orchestra 1954, Musique Funèbre (string orch.) 1958, Five Songs (female voice and instruments) 1958, Jeux vénitiens 1961, Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux (choir and orch.) 1963, String Quartet 1964, Paroles tissées (tenor and chamber orch.) 1965, Second Symphony 1967, Livre pour orchestre 1968, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra 1970, Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings 1972, Les espaces du sommeil (for baritone voice and orchestra) 1975, Mi-parti (for orchestra) 1976; chamber, piano, vocal and children's music; compositions for theatre, films and radio. Leisure interests: literature, other arts, yachting. Address: Ul Śmiała 39, 01523 Warsaw, Poland. Telephone: 39 23 90.
13LUTYENS, Elisabeth, C.B.E.; British composer; b. 9 July 1906, London; d. of late Sir Edwin Lutyens, O.M. (architect); m. 1st Ian Glennie 1931, 2nd Edward Clark 1940; two s. two d.; ed. Ecole normale de musique, Paris, and Royal Coll. of Music, London; First film score 1944, radio score 1946; sole agent The Olivan Press Universal Edn.; Hon. D. Mus. (York) 1977. Major works: O saisons, O châteaux (cantata for soprano and strings) 1946, The Pit (dramatic scene) 1947, String Quartet No. 6 1952, Motet (Wittgenstein) 1953, Music for Orchestra I 1954, Valediction (for clarinet and piano) 1956, Infidelio (for soprano and tenor soli and seven instruments) 1956, De Amore (cantata) 1957, Wind Quintet 1960, Quincunx (for large orchestra) 1959-60, Symphonies (for piano, solo, harp and percussion) 1961, Catena (for soprano and tenor soli and 22 instruments) 1962, Music for Orchestra II 1963, Music for Orchestra III 1964, String Trio No. 2 1964, Scena (for violin, cello and percussion) 1964, Hymn of Man (for men's chorus) 1965, The Valley of Hatsu-se (for soprano and four instruments) 1965, In the Temple of a Bird's Wing (song cycle) 1965, Akapotik Rose (for soprano and instrumental ensemble) 1966, And Suddenly it's Evening (for tenor and instrumental ensemble) 1966, Novenaria (for orchestra) 1967, Essence for our Happinesses (for tenor, chorus and orchestra) 1968, Temenos (for organ), Requiescat (Igor Stravinsky) (for soprano and string trio) 1971, The Tears of Night (for counter-tenor, six sopranos and three instrumental ensembles) 1971, The Linnet from the Leaf (for five singers and two instrumental groups) 1972, Rape of the Moone (for wind octet) 1973, The Numbered (opera), Time off? Not a Ghost of a Chance! (a charade), Isis and Osiris (opera), Winter of the World (for orchestra) 1974, about 100 film scores and 100 radio scores. Publication: A Goldfish Bowl (autobiog.) 1972. Address: 13 King Henry's Road, London, N.W.3, England. Telephone: 01-722 8505.
15LUVSANGOMBO, Sonomyn; Mongolian politician; b. 1924; ed. Higher Mil. School, Ulan Bator, Acad. of Mil. Eng., U.S.S.R. and Higher School of Civil Eng.; army technician, instructor, divisional supply officer 1948-56; Sr. Eng., Ministry of Construction 1956-59;
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