Inside the Community

This book is a collection of articles about women and men in the Caltech community, written by Laura Marcus, wife of Caltech professor of chemistry and Nobel laureate Rudy Marcus. The articles draw on oral history interviews she conducted as well as archival research. Twenty-five of the articles appeared in three different publications: Caltech Women's Club Bulletin, Caltech News, and On Campus, between 1987 and 1999; eight other articles are almost all previously unpublished, and thirty-one illustrations accompany the text. Edited by their son Kenneth Marcus and Rudy, Inside the Community shows how the women and men of Caltech created an exceptional community of science and engineering, whose members shared common interests and social bonds. With a foreword by Professor of Chemistry Harry Gray and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Provost David Tirrell.