Doctors-in-law share in conferring honours By Shelly Simonds He's getting a PhD in muscular physiology. She'll be named a doctor in philosophy. Although they may occupy opposite branches of academia, fate has positioned them on the same family tree. Thanks to ANU romances, they are brother- and sister-in-law, and soon to be doctor's-in-law at the upcoming ANU conferring ceremony. Jorgen Mould has earned his PhD from the John Curtin School of Medical Research while his sister-in-law, Fiona Webster, has completed her PhD in Philosophy at the Faculties. Ms Webster met her husband, Daniel Sloper, while living in ANU's Burgmann College in 1990. Daniel's sister, then Katie Sloper, met her husband Jorgen, two years ago at a JCSMR retreat on the south coast. The proud parents-in-law will celebrate the double conferring at a Canberra restaurant. The two doctors are among more than 400 students who will graduate in morning and afternoon ceremonies. Director of the newly established Centre for the Mind and 1997 Australian Prize winner, Professor Allan Snyder, will deliver the morning conferring address. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deane Terrell, will present the 1997 Awards for Excellence in Teaching - to Dr Alastair Greig in the Department of Sociology and the Thai Language Program teaching team of Dr Anthony Diller, Preecha Juntanamalaga and Chintana Sandilands. The Speaker for the afternoon ceremony will be Prof Nicholas Thomas, Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research. The Council Awards for General Staff Excellence will also be awarde. The winners include Elisabeth Kat, in the National Thai Studies Centre; Loc Luu of Fenner Hall; Margaret Miller in the Registrar's Division and the Secretary's Division; Giles Pickford in the Public Affairs Division and Dana Sanchez, in the Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.