ALMANAC BETWEEN ISSUES November 30, 2000


Important News Bulletin

National Science Awards Ceremony

to Be Simulcast on Friday, December 1

President Clinton will award the nation's highest science and technology honors to distinguished recipients including Penn chemist Dr. Ralph F. Hirschmann, Rao Makineni Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry, at a ceremony at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on December 1. A live broadcast/webcast of the ceremony can by viewed at www.researchchannel.com/onair or on Penn Video Network's channel 25 on December 1 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Dr. Hirschmann, who will be awarded a 2000 Medal of Science, is being honored for his work in several fields of chemistry with Merck & Co., Inc., which led to the development of many life-saving medicines. Dr. Hirschmann also established a collaborative research program between Penn and industry leading to continued discoveries of biomedical importance. For additional information about Dr. Hirschmann, please see the front page story in the November 21 issue of Almanac, www.upenn.edu/almanac/v47/n13/112100.html.

The National Medal of Science, established by Congress in 1959 and administered by the National Science Foundation, honors individuals for contributions to the present state of knowledge across a variety of science frontiers. Including this year's recipients, the Medal of Science has been awarded to 386 distinguished scientists and engineers. Penn's earlier recipients include: Dr. Britton Chance (1974), Dr. Mildred Cohn (1982), Dr. Paul Gyorgy (1975) Dr. Ruth Patrick (1996) and Dr. Robert J. Schrieffer.


Posted 11/30/2000

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