William T. Golden has dedicated his career to advancing science, science policy, and science education. Intent on integrating more science and technology into the making of foreign policy, he funded a 1999 study with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and urged the appointment of a science and technology advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State. He is most recognized for his work under the Truman Administration, when he established the post of Science Advisor to the President, and the related Office of Science and Technology in the Executive Office of the President. Golden was also involved with the protection of the Black Rock Forest, a 3,700-acre preserve in Cornwall, N.Y., which he bought in 1989 from Harvard University. Mr. Golden has received the NAS Welfare Medal in 1996, NSF’s Distinguished Public Service Award in 1982, and the Benjamin Franklin Award for Distinguished Public Service in American Philosophical Society in 1995.

Norman E. Borlaug was awarded the AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize for his lifetime efforts to help meet the growing demand for high-yield agriculture. He has dedicated himself to saving the lives of millions of people across the globe. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work in reversing food shortages in India and Pakistan. Even today, Dr. Borlaug works with developing countries, teaching the techniques of high-yield agronomy. His achievements have earned him credit for the "Green Revolution." Borlaug serves as a Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture at Texas A & M University, where he teaches one semester a year, and has received more than 46 honorary doctoral degrees from institutions in the United States and abroad.

Guenther Bauer won a AAAS award for his efforts in overcoming cultural and national frontiers, bringing researchers together at multinational meetings funded by both U.S. and international organizations. He has organized numerous scientific collaborations with scientists worldwide. His achievements in the physics of semiconductors demonstrate how much today’s progress in science owes to the internationalization of research. Bauer actively initiated and participated in multinational and bilateral scientific projects, supported by the Austrian government and organizations, European Union agencies, and the National Science Foundation, among others. In addition, he has promoted equal opportunity for women in physics and organized the International Women in Physics Program in Linz.

Leticia Marquez-Magana serves her community by mentoring students of color in the field of science. Marquez-Magana is being honored for two programs she founded in California. At Berkeley, she initiated Scientists of Color, a graduate student organization aimed at creating minority social support and a professional network on campus and, at Stanford, she organized the Stanford Multicultural Scientists, spearheading the development of a minority undergraduate summer research program. In 1997, Hispanic Business magazine named her one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the country, in recognition of her research and for efforts to recruit and train promising minority students. In 1996, she received a $500,000 NSF CAREER Award for her genetic and molecular research on motility in bacteria.

Dr. Etta Zuber Falconer was instrumental in developing one of the most productive science programs at a liberal arts college in the United States and increasing the number of women and minorities entering scientific careers. Wherever she worked during her illustrious career as an educator, Falconer initiated programs and processes aimed at raising the number of underrepresented populations in the study of mathematics and science. A Summer Science Program for pre-freshmen, the college’s annual Science Day, and the NASA Women in Science and Engineering Program are among her many efforts that improved the success rate of science majors. She is the first secretary of the National Association of Mathematics, and, among other honors, the recipient of the Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education from the Association of Women in Mathematics.

Dr. James H. M. Henderson has served generations of students as a role model and mentor at Tuskegee University, a historically black institution of higher learning. An exceptional academician, Henderson has devoted his entire career to research and teaching students at the pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate levels in the biological and agricultural sciences. His summer program aimed at high school students, ENHANCES, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has seen over 40 students pursue a college education. Henderson has served as Commissioner of the Commission on Undergraduate Biological Sciences, and is the former Director of the George Washington Carver Foundation.

Ian N. Stewart has become known for his popular science writing on mathematical themes and for furthering the public understanding of science. His book Nature’s Numbers was short-listed for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books. He delivered the 1997 Royal Institution Christmas lectures on BBC television and repeated them in Japan for the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. Dr. Stewart was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. In addition, he has contributed to a wide range of newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, including New Scientist, Scientific American, and Discover. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre.