The gift was made by Prof. Al Goshaw, his wife, Jene, and his children, David Goshaw and Christina Goshaw Hinkle, by funds from the estate of Dr. Goshaw’s late mother, Dorothy D. Goshaw.
Prof. Henry Newson, James B. Duke Professor of Physics, was a pioneer in experimental nuclear physics and a member of the Duke University faculty from 1948 until his death in 1978. He was the founding director of the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL).