Recipients for National S&T Medals Announced

The recipients of the 2000 National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest science and technology honors, were announced this week. The National Medal of Science, established by Congress in 1959 and administered by the National Science Foundation, honors individuals for contributions to the present state of knowledge across a variety of science frontiers. Ten of the twelve researchers received NSF support for portions of their academic careers or research and two of the medalists are Nobel Prize winners. The recipients of the 2000 National Medal of Science are:

• Gary Becker, University Professor of Economics and Sociology, University of Chicago
• Nancy C. Andreasen, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry, University of Iowa
• Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden and Englemann Professor of Botany, Washington University in St. Louis
• Carl R. Woese, Stanley O. Ikenberry Professor of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• John D. Baldeschwieler, J. Stanley Johnson Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
• Ralph F. Hirschmann, Rao Makineni Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
• Yuan-Cheng B. Fung, Professor Emeritus, Research Bioengineer, University of California at San Diego
• John Griggs Thompson, Graduate Research Professor of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville
• Karen K. Uhlenbeck, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Chair in Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin
• William E. Lamb, Regents Professor, University of Arizona
• Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Provost and Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy, Princeton University
• Gilbert F. White, Gustavson Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography, Institute of Behavioral Science

Established in 1980 and administered by the Department of Commerce, the National Medals of Science and Technology recognize technological innovation and advancement of the nation's global competitiveness benefiting society and contributing to the national standard of living. The individual National Medal of Technology winners are:

• Douglas C. Engelbart, Bootstrap Institute, Atherton, California,
• Dean Kamen of DEKA Research & Development Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire.

The team medal was awarded to Corning Glass researchers Donald B. Keck, Robert D. Maurer, and Peter C. Schultz. The IBM Corporation and Louis V. Gerstner, CEO, received the company medal.