People

The following were named recipients of the 2005 National Medal of Technology:

• Alfred Cho, adjunct vice president of semiconductor research at Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J.
• Dean Sicking, professor of civil engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Team in Madison, N.J.
• Genzyme Corporation in Cambridge, Mass.
• Semiconductor Research Corporation in Durham, N.C.
• Xerox Corporation in Stamford, Conn.

Gary Carter is stepping down as the executive director of the Tax Increment Financing Commission in Kansas City to become a senior vice president of Davenport One, a regional economic development agency in Davenport, Iowa.



Augustine Cheng was appointed managing director of Arizona Technology Enterprises.



Steve Gage announced he will retire as president of MAGNET, the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, effective July 13. Fatima Weathers will serve as acting president for the manufacturing advocate in Northeast Ohio, beginning July 16.



Craig Heim was named licensing manager for start-up companies at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.



Victor Hwang, the immediate past president of Larta Institute, has co-founded T2 Venture Capital.



Nick Sacia is the new executive director of the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce in St. Augustine, Fla.



Paul Tonko was elected as president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Tonko replaces Peter Smith, whose resignation is effective at the end of June.



Randy Weiss will serve as an entrepreneur-in-residence within the University of Iowa Research Foundation.



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