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Dr. Chenming Hu from University of California Berkeley
President Barack Obama speaks before awarding the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Established in 1959, the National Medal of Science recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science and engineering. The National Medal of Technology and Innovation, created in 1980, recognizes those who have made contributions to America’s competitiveness, quality of life, and helped strengthen the country’s technological workforce
Dr. Nancy Ho from Green Tech America, Inc. and Purdue University
Dr. Armand Paul Alivisatos from the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Stanley Falkow from Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Mary-Claire King from University of Washington
Dr. Jonathan Rothberg from 4catalyzer Corporation and Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Michael Artin of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Rakesh K. Jain from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Geraldine Richmond from University of Oregon
Dr. Simon Levin from Princeton University
Dr. Arthur Gossard from University of California
Dr. Robert Fischell from University of Maryland
Dr. Mark Humayun from University of Southern California
The Obama Diary 
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