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CORVALLIS - "The Continuing Revolution in Biology" will be the focus of a presentation by Horace Freeland Judson, who will present Oregon State University's Convocations and Lecture Committee winter term talk on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Judson's lecture, which is free and open to the public, starts at 7:30 p.m. in OSU's LaSells Stewart Center, at 26th Street and Western Boulevard.

Judson is best known for his work "The Eighth Day of Creation," a history that tells of molecular biology's search for the secret of life and the works and thoughts of its pioneers from its origins to the early 1970's. He is also director of the Center of History of Recent Science and a research professor of history at The George Washington University.

The presentation is the second of OSU's Convocations and Lecture Committee series. The final speaker of the year, Michael Dombeck, is scheduled on April 16. Dombeck, who has directed both the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, will speak on "The Big Ten Conservation Challenges for a New Century: Where Do We Go from Here?"

The first speaker in the series, Indian activist and outspoken critic of biotechnology Vandana Shiva, addressed the issue "Earth Democracy: Creating Alternatives for Peace, Democracy and Justice," on Nov. 20.

The OSU Convocations and Lectures Committee sponsors three to four major speakers each academic year. The topics selected by the committee are intended to broaden the intellectual and spiritual knowledge of the community. Lecture topics typically reflect the development of the humanities and sciences, while stimulating individual thought.