winners.jpg The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons
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numerous awards and recognition. These achievements include 126 R&D100 Awards, 102 Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards, seven E. O. Lawrence Awards, and two
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wanted to "work harmoniously with South Africa in dealing with the threats to peace in Namibia and in Zimbabwe in particular", as well as do away with racial
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Development Company in 1951. In 1953, he co-founded the Zapata Petroleum Corporation, an oil company that drilled in the Permian Basin in Texas. In 1954, he was
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Medal, established in 1893, is awarded for important contributions to the understanding of the physical environment. The Henry Medal, established in 1878
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(STB) – spun off as an independent federal agency in 2015 In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
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remaining 550 tons of yellowcake were sold in 2008 to Cameco, a uranium producer in Canada. In late 2019, DTRA established the Discovery of Medical Countermeasures
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Airworthiness Representatives are established in FAA Order 8100.8, Designee Management Handbook. Working procedures for DERs are prescribed in FAA Order 8110.37, Designated
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The family lived in Chicago, Galesburg, and Monmouth before returning to Tampico. In 1920, they settled in Dixon, Illinois, living in a house near the
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created the Aviation Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1914 and established NACA in 1915 to foster aeronautical research and development. Over the next
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Women in Science and Engineering Awards (presented in 1991). Also received the AVS Medard W. Welch Award, which recognizes outstanding research in the fields
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R&D 100 Awards – more than it had ever received in the annual competition. The previous LLNL record of seven awards was reached five times – in 1987, 1988
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technologies in practical settings. In recognition of its efforts in innovation and technology transfer, NREL has received numerous R&D 100 Awards. These awards
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Cadet Programs" was established at the Pittsburgh Army Air Field in the spring of 1943. Accepting young men as "Aviation Cadets" in a delayed enlistment
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91-616) established the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism within NIMH. In 1972, the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act established a National
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The Pentagon in 1958. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1959.jpg The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1959. JCS 1961.jpg The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1961. Joint Chief
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Post editorial board endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012; Hillary Clinton in 2016; and Joe Biden in 2020. In 2024, the Post controversially announced
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First awarded in 1964, only 0.5% of CAP cadets ever earn the Spaatz award. Maryland ranks 9th among the 50 U.S. states in the number of Spaatz awards earned
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pronounced in those residing in counties receiving high fallout. In 1982, a lawsuit brought by nearly 1,200 people accused the government of negligence in atomic
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materials to be used in wartime until those functions were transferred to the newly created Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1979. In 1984, GSA introduced
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