Awards Ceremony

Lyman Page is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton University.
He received his BA from Bowdoin College in 1978 and, following a five-year break, his PhD from MIT in 1989. In the years between college and graduate school, he was a research technician in Antarctica. Upon returning, he rebuilt and sailed a 37’ wooden ketch on the Eastern seaboard and the Caribbean. He was a founding member of the WMAP satellite project and the founding Director of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) project. He currently works on the Simons Observatory as well as ACT. He has received a number of awards for his research and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Founded in 2014, Opus 21 is dedicated to bringing an eclectic repertory of chamber music to Princeton University and beyond.
Consisting of a select roster of undergraduate pianists and string players, Opus 21 presents innovative programming, embracing both traditional and contemporary repertoire. Members have performed as soloists with the top symphony orchestras in the United States, including the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and have played chamber and orchestral music in the world’s leading summer festivals and concert halls including Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, and Alice Tully Hall.