[NTA] Re: Congratulations to 2 Top National Award Winning African Americans
- From: Eugene deloatch <eugene.deloatch@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hattie.carwell@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:42:25 -0500
Thanks Hattie,
Great news and super achievements by to very deserving individuals.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the recepients of the reply.
Eugene "Gene" DeLoatch
Dean - Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering
Morgan State University
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Hattie Carwell <hattie.carwell@xxxxxxx>wrote:
> President Obama on Friday named twelve eminent researchers as recipients
> of the National Medal of Science and eleven extraordinary inventors as
> recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest
> honors bestowed by the United States Government upon scientists, engineers,
> and inventors. The recipients will receive their awards at a White House
> ceremony in early 2013.
>
> “I am proud to honor these inspiring American innovators,” President Obama
> said. “They represent the ingenuity and imagination that has long made
> this Nation great—and they remind us of the enormous impact a few good
> ideas can have when these creative qualities are unleashed in an
> entrepreneurial environment.”
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> Among the recipients are two African American Physicists that we are so
> proud of:
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> *National Medal of Science*
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> Dr. James Gates:
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> *Sylvester James Gates, Jr.* (born December 15, 1950), known as *S. James
> Gates, Jr*, or *Jim Gates*, is an
> American<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> theoretical
> physicist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics>, known for
> work on supersymmetry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry>,
> supergravity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergravity>, and superstring
> theory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstring_theory>. He is currently
> the John S. Toll <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Toll> Professor of
> Physics at the University of Maryland, College
> Park<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park>and
> serves on President Barack
> Obama <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>'s Council of Advisors
> on Science and
> Technology<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Advisors_on_Science_and_Technology>.
> He was the Charles S. Duke Lecturer at the 2010 NTA Annual Conference.
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> Dr. George Carruthers:
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> *George Carruthers* is an engineer and astrophysicist who retired from
> the Naval Research Laboratory after over 44 years as a researcher. He was
> the principal scientist responsible for the development of the ultra-violet
> camera that made the trip to the moon aboard Apollo 16 in 1972. The camera
> was designed to study the earth’s upper atmosphere, interplanetary and
> interstellar space, stars, and galaxies by making observations of light in
> the far-ultraviolet. Later versions of the camera have flown on Skylab 4,
> two space shuttle flights, and the ARGOS satellite.
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> For many years, he served as the Editor of the National Technical
> Association newsletter and Journal and secretary of the Development Fund
> for Black Students in Science and Technology.
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> The awards are truly wonderful Christmas gifts. Let us join in the
> celebration by showering them with congratulatory e-mails.
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> Sylvester James Gates Jr <gatess@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
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> SpaceScientist16@xxxxxxxxx;
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> Hattie Carwell
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