Newswise — ARLINGTON, VA – CRDF Global announces the recipients of the 6th annual George Brown Award for International Scientific Cooperation: Dr. Craig Barrett, former CEO and Chairman of the Intel Corporation and international co-chair of the Skolkovo Foundation Council; Dr. Rita Colwell, Chairman and President of CosmosID, Inc., Senior Advisor of Canon US Life Sciences, Inc., distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University former director of the National Science Foundation, and U.S. science envoy; and Ambassador Thomas Pickering, vice chairman of Hills & Co., International Consultants, a career ambassador at the U.S. Department of State and the former ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan and the United Nations. The 2011 George Brown Award presentation will take place at a special dinner, Wednesday, November 2, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
The George Brown Award recognizes individuals whose life work has advanced the vision of the late California Congressman George E. Brown, Jr. The annual event has become the showcase for many pioneers and heroes of the international science and technology community and has attracted luminaries from the public and private sectors, and representatives of more than 40 nations.
“Under the theme, Vision, Leadership, Progress,” said CRDF Global President and CEO Cathleen Campbell, “it is quite fitting that we recognize the accomplishments of an agent of scientific progress Dr. Rita Colwell; a visionary businessman Dr. Craig Barrett; and a diplomatic leader Ambassador Thomas Pickering. We are quite honored to recognize these three outstanding individuals for their critical work advancing international cooperation through science and technology.”
Previous recipients of the George Brown Award include: Dr. Bruce Alberts, Dr. Norman Borlaug, Dr. John H. “Jack” Gibbons, Dr. E. Daniel Hirleman, Dr. King K. Holmes, Dr. Zafra Lerman, Sen. Richard Lugar, Dr. Yuri Ossipyan and Dr. Brian Tucker.
More information about the 2011 honorees and the award event are available at www.crdfglobal.org/georgebrown.
About CRDF Global CRDF Global is an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress and established in 1995 by the National Science Foundation to promote international scientific and technical collaboration through grants, technical resources and training. CRDF Global has 15 years of experience managing international research funding programs and supporting emerging science and technology infrastructure in more than 30 countries in Eurasia, the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
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