Public Welfare Medal

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The Public Welfare Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public good.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States national award
award for public service
science and technology award
administeredBy National Academy of Sciences Council
awardCriteria leadership in applying science to public policy
use of science for the public good
awardedFor distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public good
country United States of America
describedAs highest award of the National Academy of Sciences
highest honor bestowed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
field public policy
public welfare
science
frequency annual
genre scientific honor
hasPart medal
inception 1914
languageOfName English
locationOfAwardCeremony Washington, D.C.
notableRecipient Anthony S. Fauci
Bill and Melinda Gates
C. Everett Koop
Carl Sagan
Charles M. Vest
David Packard
Detlev W. Bronk
Edward M. Kennedy
George W. Thorn
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold Varmus
Henry A. Kissinger
Ismail Serageldin
J. Erik Jonsson
J. Robert Oppenheimer
James R. Killian Jr.
John H. Sununu
Maxine Singer
Neal Lane
Norman Borlaug
Norman R. Augustine
Paul A. Volcker
Philip Handler
Rita R. Colwell
Robert McNamara
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr.
Vannevar Bush
William D. Ruckelshaus
William H. Foege
William T. Golden
presentedBy National Academy of Sciences

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