BERG, NEUREITER RECEIVE ACS HONOR

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THE AMERICAN Chemical Society presented its 2011 Public Service Award to Jeremy M. Berg, a chemist who runs a $2 billion-per-year research institute at the National Institutes of Health, and Norman P. Neureiter, the first science and technology adviser at the State Department, at an April 13 ceremony on Capitol Hill. The award honors the scientists for their vision and leadership in science and engineering policy. “I am very pleased that ACS is recognizing two scientists who have dedicated their talents to public service,” ACS President Nancy B. Jackson said in a statement. Berg, director of NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences, “is an effective advocate for basic research who has worked to increase the visibility of chemistry at NIH,” Jackson said. He has also focused his efforts on training and motivating the next generation of scientists and increasing the diversity of the biomedical workforce. Berg plans to leave NIH at the end ...