DIY: Two Mentors Create Opportunity
April 07, 2017
If you want to know what's special about a Caltech education, talk to Professor Tom Soifer (BS '68).
"We prize giving students opportunities to do something new—giving them freedom and responsibility," he says. "Caltech encourages people to do spectacular things."
![Infrared pioneers Tom Soifer (left), Gerry Neugebauer (right), and Keith Matthews (BS '62), who stayed on to become a staff scientist at Caltech.](https://divisions-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/root/images/Screen_Shot_2017-04-06_at_3.33.53_PM_9ybrQ3J.width-450.jpg)
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Infrared pioneers Tom Soifer (left), Gerry Neugebauer (right), and Keith Matthews (BS '62), who stayed on to become a staff scientist at Caltech.
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