The Recipients of the 2006 National Medals of Science and Technology

WASHINGTON-- Today the White House announced the recipients of theNation’s highest honor for science and technology, naming the recipientsof the 2006 National Medals of Science and Technology.

Both the 2005 and 2006 Medals of Science and Technology will bepresented by President Bush to the Laureates during a White House awardsceremony on Friday, July 27, 2007.

The National Medal of Science honors individuals for pioneeringscientific research in a range of fields, including physical,biological, mathematical, social, behavioral, and engineering sciences,that enhances our understanding of the world and leads to innovationsand technologies that give the United States its global economic edge.

The National Science Foundation administers the award, which wasestablished by Congress in 1959. For more information about the NationalMedal of Science visit www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/nms/medal.htm

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

The National Medal of Technology honors America’s leading innovators.

The award is given to individuals, teams, and/or companies/divisions fortheir outstanding contributions to the nation’s economic, environmentaland social well-being through the development and commercialization oftechnology products, processes and concepts; technological innovation;and development of the Nation’s technological manpower. The Departmentof Commerce administers the award, which was established by an act ofCongress in 1980. For more information about the National Medal ofTechnology visit: http://www.technology.gov/medal/

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 FairHaven, NJ

Charles M. Vest-formerly of Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Cambridge, MA) of Arlington, VA

James E. West — The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), ofPlainfield, NJNote: The recipients of the 2005 National Medals of Science andTechnology were announced on May 29 and June 12, 2007, respectively.