just seemed odd - working for a right-wing special interest tax-exempt organization
probably nothing -- in case anyone is interested on who got rewarded
Richard L. Garwin "has spent about half his time working for the U.S. Government in technology and security, in fields ranging from the technology of nuclear weapons to arms control, satellite reconnaissance and the global-positioning system (GPS). In 1996 he received from the U.S. foreign intelligence community the R.V. Jones Award for Scientific Intelligence. That same year he also received the Enrico Fermi Award from the Department of Energy and the President for his work with nuclear weapons and their control. From 1994 until 2001 he chaired the State Department's Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board."Bush Awards Science and Technology Medals
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WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday awarded the highest honors he can bestow in science and technology to 16 individuals and the DuPont Co., for achievements in fields ranging from physics to genetics to the development of semiconductors.
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The president often raised his eyebrows in amazement as each honoree's achievements — in a dizzying array of areas such as string theory and quantum physics — were recited.
The National Medal of Science winners were: James E. Darnell Jr., Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y.; Evelyn M. Witkin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.; John I. Brauman, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.; Leo L. Beranek, BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass.; James G. Glimm, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y.;
Richard L. Garwin, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, N.Y.; W. Jason Morgan, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.; and Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.
The National Medal of Technology winners were: Calvin H. Carter Jr., Cree Inc., Durham, N.C.; Haren S. Gandhi, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich.; Carver A. Mead, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.; John J. Mooney and Carl D. Keith of the Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, N.J.; Nicholas Holonyak Jr., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.; M. George Craford, LumiLeds Lighting, San Jose, Calif.; Russell D. Dupuis, Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta, Ga.; and DuPont Co., Wilmington, Del.
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