Obama Honors Scientists, Innovators
President Obama on Thursday named the recipients of the 2009 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists, engineers and inventors. Recipients will receive their awards Oct. 7 at a White House ceremony.
"These scientists, engineers and inventors are national icons, embodying the very best of American ingenuity and inspiring a new generation of thinkers and innovators," Obama said in a statement. "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."
Recipients of the National Medal of Science are:
Dr. Berni Alder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Joanna Fowler, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dr. Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University
Dr. James Gunn, Princeton University
Dr. Rudolf Kalman, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Dr. Michael Posner, University of Oregon
Dr. JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute
Recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation are:
Dr. Forrest M. Bird, Percussionaire Corp.
Dr. Esther Sans Takeuchi, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Team: Dr. John E. Warnock and Dr. Charles M. Geschke (Adobe Systems)
Company: IBM Corp.
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