During his academic career in physics, Professor Emeritus James Dufty “was fortunate to do pencil and paper research,” which he says made him very mobile. He traveled the world as often as he could. Dufty has collaborated with scientists in every European country, as well as in India, Korea, and Mexico. Dufty’s greatest joy was mentoring PhD and postdoctoral fellows. “I appreciated being able to share intellectual, cultural, and cross-cultural ideas,” he says. “Early on, I decided to support education. It’s rewarding to foster and enhance advanced research, particularly with an international component.”
To achieve that goal, Dufty has made the University of Florida Department of Physics a beneficiary in his will, and he is able to disperse part of the endowment annually. “I’m grateful that the university allows this flexibility.”
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