August 17, 2016

The Kaczmarczik Lecture Series is established to honor the late physics professor emeritus Paul Kaczmarczik ’48, starting a tradition that lasts 20 years and counting. Among the 20 high-caliber physicists who have spoken at the public lectures are seven Nobel Laureates and major headliners like Kip Thorne, who last year confirmed the existence of gravitational waves, and planetary scientist and engineer S. Alan Stern, who is leading the New Horizons Mission to study Pluto. The Kaczmarczik family, including a Drexel graduate-turned-adjunct professor and a Drexel graduate-student-turned-Academy-of-Natural-Sciences employee, regularly attend the events.