2008 National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation
Posted on September 19, 2009 Comments (2)
The winners of the 2008 National Medals of Science, and National Medals of Technology and Innovation, have been announced. The recipients will receive the awards a White House ceremony in October.
“These scientists, engineers and inventors are national icons, embodying the very best of American ingenuity and inspiring a new generation of thinkers and innovators,” President Obama said. “Their extraordinary achievements strengthen our nation every day – not just intellectually and technologically but also economically, by helping create new industries and opportunities that others before them could never have imagined.”
National Medal of Science
Dr. Berni Alder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA
Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health, MD
Dr. Joanna Fowler, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY
Dr. Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University, NY
Dr. James Gunn, Princeton University, NJ
Dr. Rudolf Kalman, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Dr. Michael Posner, University of Oregon, OR
Dr. JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
Dr. J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute, MD & CA
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Dr. Forrest M. Bird, Percussionaire Corp., ID
Dr. Esther Sans Takeuchi, University at Buffalo, SUNY, NY
Team: Dr. John E. Warnock and Dr. Charles M. Geschke (Adobe Systems Inc., CA)
Company: IBM Corporation, NY
Related: 2007 National Medals of Science and Technology – National Science and Technology Medals (for 2005 and 2006) – 2004 Medal of Science Winners (including Norman E. Borlaug)
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September 20th, 2009 @ 11:35 pm
When i was a child, i was dreaming to be a scientist the whole day and night. With growth up, i
realized that not everyone could be a scientist. except for the progress they do ,what’s more? maybe
there is some gift from they were born.
October 2nd, 2009 @ 9:38 am
When i was a child, i was dreaming to be a scientist the whole day and night. With growth up, i realized that not everyone could be a scientist. except for the progress they do ,what’s more? maybe there is some gift from they were born.