News Writer:
Cynthia Eller

From left to right: Ted Jenkins (Caltech Board of Trustees), Thomas Schmitt (founder of the Schmitt Prize), Joseph Shepherd (Dean of Graduate Studies), Maria I. Lopez, and Edward Stolper (Interim Caltech President)
Credit: Bob Paz
Thomas W. Schmitt, former associate vice president for human resources, remarks, "I think Caltech does a better job of including staff as part of the community than any other place I know of."