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NSF - December 15, 1997
Time Change for Presidential Ceremony!!!
President Clinton to
Honor Recipients of Nation's Highest Technology and Science Awards
NOTE: This event is for media and prearranged guests only.
President Clinton will present the nation's most prestigious technology
and science honors, the National Medal of Technology and the National
Medal of Science, to fourteen outstanding scientists, inventors and business
leaders from around the country. The innovations and discoveries of this
year's laureates have led to revolutionary achievements in areas such
as: the understanding of the human genetic code; development of the Internet;
improved cancer diagnosis and treatment; and enhanced motion picture
sound.
WHAT: President Clinton to Honor 1997 National Medal of Technology
and National Medal of Science laureates.
WHO: National Medal of Technology Laureates - Norman R. Augustine
(Lockheed Martin Corp.); Ray M. Dolby (Dolby Laboratories); Robert S.
Ledley (Georgetown Univ. Medical Cntr.); and the team of Vinton G. Cerf
(MCI) and Robert E. Kahn (Corporation for National Research Initiatives).
National Medal of Science Laureates - William K. Estes and
Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University); Darleane C. Hoffman and Harold S.
Johnston (Univ. of California-Berkeley); Marshall N. Rosenbluth (Univ.
of California-San Diego); posthumously to Martin Schwarzschild (Princeton
University); James D. Watson (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY); Robert
A. Weinberg (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology); and George W. Wetherill (Carnegie Institution,
DC).
WHERE: Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), Rm. 450 (Immediately
following the ceremony, interviews with the 1997 laureates will be conducted
in OEOB Rm. 472.)
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WHEN: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 at 9:30 a.m.
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CONTACT: Media wishing to cover the event should call the White
House Press Office at 202-456-7150 for clearances. The Press Office will
give guidance on time and location of entry for the event.
For more information on the medallists contact:
Cheryl Mendonsa at 202-482-8321,
Bill Noxon at 703-306-1070,
or Jeff Smith at 202-456-6047.
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