Distinguished Service Award
Ken Wachter received the Distinguished Service Award of the Division of
Social Sciences, UC Berkeley, on 20 May 2008. It was presented by Dean Jon
Gjerde, with Vice Chancellor George Breslauer attending. About thirty students,
faculty, staff, and alumni of the Department of Demography joined the celebration.
Ken's six-year term as Chair and nine-year term as member of CPOP, the Committee on Population
of the National Research Council, comes to an end in October 2008. Prof. Linda Waite
of the University of Chicago is the new CPOP Chair. Gene Hammel served as the first
Chair of the Committee. Ken continues to serve on the Aging Advisory Committee for the
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council.
