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405 to the Centre worked mostly on fundamental science, but applied science was not despised۔For thirty years, Salam fought unending and successful battles to keep the Centre afloat۔He developed formidable talents as a fund-raiser۔He raised funds from the Italian government, from the City of Trieste, from the UN, from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, from a host of foundations and private benefactors۔He bore much of the administration load as Director of the Centre, besides providing the intellectual leadership۔The Centre remains a monument to his energy, his vision, and his unselfish dedication to the task of bringing all peoples together in a common pursuit of science۔Salam used to say when he first came to England that in his country there were only two honorable professions۔To enjoy the esteem of the public, you had to be either a general or a poet۔Thanks to his effort and his example, the situation in Pakistan has changed۔He is now honored in his own country, together with the generals and the poets۔But Pakistan and the other third-world countries still have far to go۔The rich countries have become even less inclined to help the poor than they were thirty years ago۔Salam has left us with a huge responsibility to the third world, a responsibility that we are fulfilling very badly۔quoted: Let me end this brief memoir with the words from the Koran that he often The Lord changeth not what is with a people until the People change what is in themselves۔" Freeman Dyson is a distinguished physicist and educator best known for his speculative work on the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations۔He is the author of several books, including Disturbing the Universe (1979), Weapons and Hope (1984), Origins of Life (1985), and Infinite in All Directions (1988)۔Zakaria Virk, Sorry no photograph available! ABDUS SALAM, 1926-1996 Biographical memoir for American Philosophical Society Published in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 143, Freeman J۔Dyson۔'Institute for Advanced Study۔Princeton, New Jersey 345-350