Abstract
Eight scientists and engineers have been named the 2002 National Medal of Science winners, and another eight people and one company have been named National Medal of Technology winners, President George W. Bush announced on Oct. 22. The science medals are going to John I. Brauman of Stanford University for chemistry; James E. Darnell Jr. of Rockefeller University and Evelyn M. Witkin of Rutgers University for biological sciences; Leo L. Beranek of BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., for engineering; and James G. Glimm, of the State University of New York, Stony Brook, for mathematics. Other winners in the physical sciences are Richard L. Garwin, of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City; W. Jason Morgan, of Princeton University; and Edward Witten of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. The National Science Foundation administers the science medal awards, which honor individuals for pioneering research. The National Medal of Technology laureates include DuPont; Calvin H. ...
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