Gunnar Heckscher
Heckscher was born in Djursholm, son of economist Eli Heckscher. He graduated from Uppsala University in 1927 and obtained a PhD 1934. He lectured in political science at Uppsala between 1933 and 1941 and at what later became Stockholm University between 1941 and 1948. He was Dean of the Social Institute of Stockholm 1945-1954. He became a professor in 1948 and worked at both the Social Institute and at Stockholm University.
Heather Lewandowski
Lewandowski grew up in Laurium, Michigan. She studied physics at Michigan Technological University and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1997. Whilst at Michigan Technological University, Lewandowski was a member of the Husky Pep Band. She joined the University of Colorado Boulder for her graduate studies, working with Eric Allin Cornell on Bose gases. During her PhD she observed Bose–Einstein condensate gases, where she could see atoms in different spin states. She described a simplified system to create Bose–Einstein condensate in Rb. Her system included a compressed Ioffe-Pritchard trap and large, powerful laser beams. The trap includes powerful permanent magnets and low power electromagnetic coils. She completed her PhD thesis "Coherences and correlations in an ultracold Bose gas" in 2002. She was a finalist for the American Physical Society Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in AMO Physics Award.