Scientific prizes and awards / General

National Medal of Science

National Science and Technology Medals Foundation (NSTMF)

Description

The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences.

Recipients

2004 National Medal of Science Laureates :
Dr. Dennis P. Sullivan, City Univ. of NY Graduate Center & State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook
Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Robert N. Clayton, The University of Chicago
Dr. Stephen J. Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
President George W. Bush
Dr. Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, Texas A&M University
Dr. Edwin N. Lightfoot, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dr. John Marburger, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy