Winners of National Medals of Science and Technology Announced

August 26, 2008 -- President George W. Bush announced the recipients of the 2007 National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honors for science and technology research. Many are members of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or Institute of Medicine.

The National Medal of Science honors individuals for pioneering scientific research that has led to a better understanding of the world around us, as well as to innovations and technologies that give the United States its global economic edge. NAS President Ralph Cicerone served as an ex officio member of the committee that chose this group. The National Medal of Technology and Innovation recognizes those who have made lasting contributions to America's competitiveness, standard of living, and quality of life through technological innovation.

The 2007 National Medal of Science Laureates:

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (NAS)
Leonard Kleinrock, University of California, Los Angeles (NAE)
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Duke University, Durham, N.C. (NAS/IOM)
Bert W. O’Malley, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (NAS/IOM)
Charles P. Slichter, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (NAS)
Andrew J. Viterbi, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and Viterbi Group, LLC, San Diego (NAS/NAE)
David J. Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colo. (NAS)

The 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates:

Paul Baran, Novo Ventures Inc., Atheron, Calif. (NAE)
Roscoe O. Brady, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. (NAS/IOM)
David N. Cutler, Microsoft Corp., Medina, Wash. (NAE)
Armand V. Feigenbaum, General Systems Company Inc., Pittsfield, Mass. (NAE)
Adam Heller, University of Texas, Austin (NAE)
C. Grant Willson, University of Texas, Austin (NAE)
EBay Inc., San Jose, Calif.
Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Palmdale, Calif.

• National Medal of Science
• National Medal of Technology and Innovation