THE 2009 AWARDEES

Distinguished Career in Science: Robert Reischauer

Dr. Reischauer, a former head of CBO, is currently the President of the Urban Institute. Among his honors and awards are John F. Kennedy Fellow to New Zealand, 1999, Fellow, National Association of Business Economists, 1996, Morris & Edna Zale Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Public Service, Stanford University Public Policy Program, 1995, Maxwell Spirit of Public Service Award from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1994, National Distinguished Service Award from the American Association for Budget and Program Analysts, 1994.

Lamberton Award for Teaching in Secondary Schools: James Egenreider

Jim Egenreider, at one and the same time, is on the Clinical Faculty of Virginia Tech, where he teaches Teach History of Science, interdisciplinary sciences, and Science Education Methods, NASA eClips / National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, where he's involved with STEM teacher training, the Arlington Public Schools, where he is the STEM Professional Development Specialist, an A/P biology teacher, teacher in adult education, and a great deal more.

Biology: Michael Coble

The Research Section Chief of The Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Dr. Coble led the team that positively identified Anastasia and her brothers. He applied the knowledge gained in that endeavor to the identification of fallen service members in Iraq and Afghanistan. Due to his team's efforts, as of Jan. 2009, only one military member is unaccounted for. There are still over 1500 unaccounted service members from Vietnam, 8000 from Korea, and 78,000 from WWII. He has agreed to give a talk for the Academy in the fall.

Health Sciences: Col. Renata Engler, MD

Col. Engler is the director of the Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network, Washington, DC, a Congressionally sponsored collaborative program with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Immunization Program Office (NIP). The network includes four (4) regional sites at WRAMC, Fort Bragg NC), San Antonio (TX), and Portsmouth (VA). She is Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Her awards include (but are not limited to) The General Claire L. Chennault Award for Outstanding Teacher, Walter Reed Army Medical Center the Edward Rhodes Stitt Lecture Award, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States for 106th Annual Meeting Presentation Titled “Clinical Immunology: Force Multiplier for the 21st Century” with a Commendation Medal, The Daniel Goodman Honorary Lecturer Award, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Plenary, the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) for Leadership in the Development and Implementation of the DoD Smallpox Vaccination Program, and “Woman in Allergy” National Recognition Award Annually through the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. She has some 80 significant presentations and publications.

Mathematics: Dr. Eitan Tadmor

The Director, Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling at the University of Maryland, Dr. Tadmor was the Founding Co-Director of the NSF Institute for Pure and Applied mathematics. He has made fundamental contributions to numerical analysis, the general theory of applied partial differential equations and scientific computation. His direct influence may be glimpsed from an article written on the occasion of his 50th birthday and published in Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4, No. 3 in 2004. He holds the University's title of Distinguished University Professor.

Biological Physics: Dr. Eugenie Mielczarek

Dr. Mielczarek founded the Physics Department at George Mason University. Her research early took her into the realm of biophysics where she has been one of the pioneers. In 1970 she performed research in the area of Mossbauer spectroscopy collaborating with a colleague calculating charge densities in iron alloys. In 1976 in collaboration with a colleague from chemistry, she conducted a series of studies on Oscillatory chemical reactions. In 1978 she was "loaned" to NIH to build a low temperature Mossbauer system at NIH to study model hemes. This gave her a chance to spend an academic year at NIH and learn how she might usefully use her Mossbauer research lab to study biological systems. And the rest, as they say, is history. She recently gave the The David Franklin Bleil Memorial Lecture in Physics to the Philosophical Society of Washington.

Physics: Joseph Reader

Dr. Reader is Research Physicist, Atomic Spectroscopy Group, Atomic Physics Division, Physics Laboratory, NIST, where he conducts research in atomic spectroscopy and the measurement of fundamental constants; determines the properties of atoms and ions, in particular energy levels, wavelengths, atomic transitions and transition probabilities; and provides fundamental atomic data needed by researchers for plasma diagnostics, control of semiconductor plasma etching processes, fusion energy diagnostics, laser development, upper atmosphere and remote sensing applications, and astrophysical measurements. Among his awards are the NASA Group Achievement Award (with NIST colleagues), William F. Meggers Award, Optical Society of America, and the DoC Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. It is a matter of some interest that his nomination was endorsed by Nobel Laurate William Phillips.