NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY
George Kozmetsky, '38
This high-tech entrepreneur received a 1993 medal from President Bill Clinton "for his commercialization of various technologies" which now "employ tens of thousands of people and export over one billion dollars worldwide."
Joseph Sutter, '43
President Ronald Reagan presented this Boeing engineer with a 1985 medal for his "contributions to the development and introduction of generations of jet-powered commercial aircraft, making the U.S. "the predominant supplier of passenger transport aircraft."
MacArthur Foundation Fellows
Often called "genius" grants, the MacArthur Foundation awards from $250,000 to $500,000 over five years with no strings attached. No one can apply for these fellowships; an anonymous group of 100 "talent scouts" sends names to a secret committee, which makes the final selection. Here are current faculty and alumni who are winners.
Linda Bierds, '69, '71
The former head of the UW's creative writing program, English Professor Linda Bierds is a poet known for her attention to detail and lyrical narratives. She received a PEN/West prize for poetry for her most recent work, The Profile Makers. Fellowship awarded in 1998.
Thomas Daniel
Zoology Professor Thomas Daniel's research focuses on the basic principles of movement and morphology in animals, everything from the physics of animal swimming and flight to the mechanical properties of muscle. Fellowship awarded in 1996.
Michael Dickinson, '89
This Cal Tech professor of bioengineering/biology studies the physiology and mechanics of flight behavior in insects-focusing on the flight control system of flies. Fellowship awarded in 2001.
Victoria Foe
A zoology research professor, Victoria Foe's embryology work explores how living creatures develop from a single, undifferentiated cell. Fellowship awarded in 1993.
Charles Johnson
A novelist, short story writer, essayist, cartoonist and screenwriter, English Professor Charles Johnson won a 1990 National Book Award for his slave trade tale, Middle Passage. Fellowship awarded in 1998.
Richard Kenney
An accomplished poet, English Professor Richard Kenney's work includes The Invention of the Zero and The Evolution of the Flightless Bird and has appeared in The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly. Fellowship awarded in 1987.
Rebecca Nelson, '88
A plant pathology professor at Cornell, Rebecca Nelson studies the genetic background to disease resistance in crops crucial to developing nations such as rice, millet and cassava. Fellowship awarded in 1998.
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John Toews
A specialist on modern Europe history, History Professor John Toews recently edited a new edition of The Communist Manifesto. He has been chair of the UW's Comparative History of Ideas Program since 1982. Fellowship awarded in 1984.
Richard White, '72
Once a UW professor and now at Stanford, Richard White has rewritten the conventional history of the American West in such books as It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own: A New History of the American West. Fellowship awarded in 1995.
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