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Academy Members to Receive National Medals of Science, Technology and Innovation

By Maureen O'Leary

September 18 - President Obama announced the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honors for science and technology research. Many recipients are members of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or Institute of Medicine. They will receive their awards on Oct. 7 at a White House ceremony.

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. 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.

National Medal of Science recipients are:

  • Berni J. Alder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif. (NAS)
  • Francis S. Collins, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. (NAS, IOM)
  • Joanna S. Fowler, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N.Y. (NAS)
  • Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University, New York City (NAS, IOM)
  • James E. Gunn, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. (NAS)
  • Rudolf E. Kalman, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (NAS, NAE)
  • Michael I. Posner, University of Oregon, Eugene (NAS, IOM)
  • JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (NAS)
  • J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego (NAS)

    • National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipients are:

  • Forrest M. Bird, Percussionaire Corp., Sandpoint, Idaho
  • Esther S. Takeuchi, State University of New York, Buffalo (NAE)
  • Team: John E. Warnock (NAE) and Charles M. Geschke (NAE), Adobe Systems Inc., Los Altos, Calif.
  • Company: IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y.


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