MEDIA ADVISORY
April 30, 1998
PA/M 98-10 (NSB 98-103)
NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD TO HONOR PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDEES AND SCIENCE LEADERS
The National Science Board (NSB) will host a ceremony and reception on May 6 honoring annual winners of key awards in science and engineering, and public service. The awards will be presented at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Primatologist Jane Goodall and Public Broadcasting's NOVA television series, produced by WGBH, Boston, will receive the NSB's first annual Public Service Award for major contributions toward public understanding of science and engineering.
Robert M. White will receive the science board's Vannevar Bush Award for five decades of scientific research and statesmanship. M.I.T. chemist Christopher Cummins will receive the Alan T. Waterman Award, the National Science Foundation's highest honor for young researchers in science and engineering.
The media are welcome to attend the ceremony at 6 p.m. and the reception, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Media availabilities and/or one-on-one interviews with awardees will take place for about 30 minutes at the start of the reception within the main ballroom on the far right of the ceremony stage.
Who: Jane Goodall, Paula Apsell (NOVA exec. producer)
Robert M. White and Christopher Cummins
What: NSB Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception
When: 6:00-9:00 p.m., Wednesday May 6, 1998
(Ceremony at 6:00 p.m., reception at 7:30 p.m.)
Where: National Press Club (ceremony in ballroom, reception in
the Holeman and First Amendment Lounges)
14th & F Streets N.W., Washington D.C.
For more information contact: Bill Noxon, (703) 306-1070/[email protected]
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