City Honors Six Harvard Faculty Men

Five Harvard Nobel Prize winners and a fellow of the College were among seven Boston' citizens presented with the new "Boston medal for distinguished achievement" yesterday.

Honored at a noon luncheon in the War Memorial Auditorium were Harvard's William P. Murphy, John F. Enders, James D. Watson, Edward M. Purcell, Konrad E. Bloch and Charles A. Coolidge '17. The seventh man honored was Charles H. Townes, provost of M.I.T. and 1964 Nobel winner in physics.

Many Attend Ceremonies

Attended by leaders in sciences, technology, education, and business, the luncheon was part of the week-long dedication ceremonies at the new auditorium. Edward A. Weeks of the Atlantic Monthly served as toastmaster.

Murphy, winner of the 1934 Nobel in medicine, was saluted for his "long and distinguished career as physician, lecturer, teacher, and citizen of Greater Boston." Murphy received his MD from Harvard in 1922 and presently is lecturer on Medicine Emeritus.

Enders, winner of the Nobel prize and Lasker Foundation Award in 1954, was cited for bringing "priceless gifts to the vast vault of man's burgeoning knowledge." He has been in Harvard's department of bacteriology and immunology since 1929.

Watson, professor of Biology, received the Nobel in 1962 for his research into the structure of the genetic material DNA.

Purcell was one of the first scientists to tune in on radio waves emitted by hydrogen clouds in outer space. The Gerhad Gale University Professor, he won the 1952 Nobel in physics.

Bloch received the Nobel last year for his study of intermeditary metabolism in living cells and of organic manufacturing of cholesterol. He is the Higgins Professor of Biochemistry.

The only non-scientist to receive honors at the luncheon was Coolidge, a member of the law firm of Ropes and Gray. He is presently serving as a fellow of the College and a trustee of Radcliffe.