MEDIA ADVISORY
July 24, 2007

Technology Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, DC 20230
www.technology.gov

President to Award 2005-2006 National Medals of Technology and National Medals of Science Honoring Nation’s Leading Researchers, Inventors and Innovators

Washington (July 24) – President George W. Bush will present the 2005 and 2006 National Medals of Science and Technology at a White House ceremony on Friday, July 27, at 2:00 pm. The ceremony will be carried live by satellite feed and Web cast on the White House Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov.

Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, whose agency administers the National Medal of Technology program for the President, will attend the ceremony with Dr. John H. Marburger, III, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Dr. Arden L. Bement, Director of the National Science Foundation, which manages the National Medal of Science program.

Who: President George W. Bush will present the National Medal of Technology to seven individuals, three companies, and one four-person team; and the National Medal of Science to 16 researchers. Complete list below.

Where: The White House, East Room

When: Friday, July 27, 2:00 pm.

Satellite Coordinates: 1:15 p.m. testing time, ceremony 1:40-2:45 p.m., off air 3:00 p.m.
(V= Vertical) (H=Horizontal)

Ku-BAND (ANALOG): Galaxy 17 (Ku), Transponder 12 Orbital Slot: 74 West Bandwidth: 36 MHz UPLINK FREQUENCY: 14240 (H) DOWNLINK FREQUENCY: 11940 (V)

C-BAND (ANALOG): AMC-3 (C), Transponder 14 Orbital Slot: 87 West Bandwidth: 36 MHz UPLINK FREQUENCY: 6205 (H) DOWNLINK FREQUENCY: 3980 (V)

For press pre-set and final access deadlines, contact the White House Office of Media Affairs @ 202-456-6238.

***If you’re a reporter and would like to cover the awards ceremony, please call the White House Office of Media Affairs at 202-456-6238 by COB, Thursday, July 26, 2007 to request clearance. If you have any further questions, please contact: Kristin Scuderi at 202-456-6124.

The 2005 National Medal of Technology Laureates:

• Alfred Y. Cho – Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ
• Dean L. Sicking – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Team – Madison, NJ
  • Ronald Eby – retired, Syracuse, NY
  • Velupillai Puvanesarajah – Sanford, NC
  • Dace Viceps Madore, retired – Pittsford, NY
  • Maya Koster – Pearl River, NY
• Genzyme Corporation – Cambridge, MA
• Semiconductor Research Corporation – Durham, NC
• Xerox Corporation – Stamford, CT

The 2005 National Medal of Science Laureates:

• Jan D. Achenbach – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• Ralph A. Alpher – The Dudley Observatory, Schenectady, New York
• Gordon H. Bower– Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Bradley Efron –Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Anthony S. Fauci – National Institute of Health, Washington, DC
• Tobin J. Marks – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• Lonnie G. Thompson – Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• Torsten N. Wiesel – The Rockefeller University, New York, NY

The 2006 National Medal of Technology Laureates:

• Leslie A. Geddes – Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
• Paul G. Kaminski – Technovation, Inc., Fairfax Station, VA
• Herwig W. Kogelnik – Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs (Murray Hill, NJ), of Fair Haven, NJ Charles M. Vest – formerly of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), of Arlington, VA
• James E. West – The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), of Plainfield, NJ

The 2006 National Medal of Science Laureates:

• Hyman Bass – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Marvin H. Caruthers – University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
• Rita R. Colwell – University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD
• Peter B. Dervan – California Institute of Technology, San Marino, CA
• Nina V. Fedoroff – Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
• Daniel Kleppner – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), of Belmont, MA
• Robert S. Langer – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), of Newton, MA
• Lubert Stryer – Stanford University, Stanford, CA

* Satellite feed sponsored by the National Medals of Science and Technology Foundation, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit, private/public partnership established in 1991 to enhance the prominence of the National Medals of Science and of Technology and the Laureates.

Contacts: Kristin Scuderi, OSTP
202-456-6124
Marjorie Weisskohl, DOC/TA
202-492-7059 (cell)
Lisa-Joy Zgorski, NSF
202-285-7396 (cell)