Keywords: CarlDjerassiDortmund 038.jpg en International Symposium In Dortmund Pays Tribute To Carl Djerassi Carl Djerassi ™s literary work was the focus of a 3-day international symposium at Dortmund University April 23-25 The university conferred an honorary doctorate on Djerassi not for his scientific achievements as a chemistry professor at Stanford but for his more than 25 years as a novelist and playwright Numerous panelists many of them former colleagues examined Djerassi ™s major themes interdisciplinary questions between culture and the natural sciences transatlantic cultural phenomena as well as the legacy of German-language exiles in the United States The symposium was hosted by American studies Professor Walter Gruenzweig and sponsored by the U S Embassy and Consulate General Duesseldorf http //duesseldorf usconsulate gov/program_events2009_1 html U S Consulate Duesseldorf Public Affairs 2009-04-23 PD-USGov Scientists of the United States Stanford University Carl Djerassi |