Academy Members Honored With National Medals
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Last update January 6, 2025
President Biden recently named several members of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine as recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation — the nation’s highest honors for science and engineering.
Recipients of the National Medal of Science
Richard B. Alley (NAS)
Larry Martin Bartels (NAS)
Bonnie L. Bassler (NAS/NAM)
Angela Maria Belcher (NAS/NAE)
Helen M. Blau (NAS/NAM)
Emery Neal Brown (NAS/NAE/NAM)
John O. Dabiri
Ingrid Daubechies (NAS/NAE)
Cynthia Dwork (NAS/NAE)
R. Lawrence Edwards (NAS)
Wendy L. Freedman (NAS)
Keivan G. Stassun
G. David Tilman (NAS)
Teresa Kaye Woodruff (NAM)
Recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Martin Cooper (NAE)
Jennifer A. Doudna (NAS/NAM)
Eric R. Fossum (NAE)
Paula T. Hammond (NAS/NAE/NAM)
Kristina M. Johnson (NAE)
Victor B. Lawrence (NAE)
David R. Walt (NAE/NAM)
Paul G. Yock (NAE)
Feng Zhang (NAS/NAM)
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