Contact: Ross West (541) 346-2060 Aug 14, 1997 EUGENE--University of Oregon scientist Russell Donnelly has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a prestigious learned society based in Britain. In October of 1996 he received a grant for $5 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a prototype "cryostat," a device that will allow physicists to explore previously immeasurable aspects of turbulence and convection. Since joining the UO physics faculty in 1966, Donnelly has researched experimental and theoretical low-temperature physics and fluid mechanics. He has published more than 200 papers and several books and directed 25 doctoral candidates. The Institute of Physics promotes physics, both pure and applied. Fellowship is the senior class of membership indicating a very high level of achievement and outstanding contribution to the profession. The title bestowed on Donnelly guarantees that a physicist's competence in terms of education, experience and professional responsibility has been critically scrutinized and assessed to the satisfaction of the Institute's Council. The majority of the Institute's members are based in the United Kingdom, but ten percent of its membership comes from other parts of the world. -30- #O-7303/OrSci