Energy Secretary to Present Enrico Fermi Awards 10/17/2003
From: Tom Welch of the U.S. Department of Energy, 202-586-5806 News Advisory: On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham will present the 2003 Presidential Enrico Fermi Awards. John Bahcall, Raymond Davis, Jr. and Seymour Sack are the winners of the award, one of the government's oldest and most prestigious science and technology awards. Drs. Bahcall and Davis will receive the award for their research in neutrino physics. Dr. Sack will receive the award for his contributions to national security. The winners will receive a gold medal and a citation signed by the President and Secretary of Energy. Dr. Sack will receive a $187,500 honorarium. Drs. Bahcall and Davis will share an award and so will each receive a $93,750 honorarium. Bahcall is Professor of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. Davis was senior chemist at the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, N.Y., for 36 years. Sack retired from DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif., in 1990 and continues as a Laboratory Associate. The award ceremony will close the day-long conference Nuclear Energy and Science for the 21st Century: Atoms for Peace Plus Fifty. Secretary Abraham will be the dinner speaker and present the awards. WHO: -- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham -- Enrico Fermi Award winners (Dr. Andrew Davis will accept the award for his father) WHAT: Enrico Fermi Award reception, ceremony and Atoms for Peace Plus Fifty dinner remarks WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 6 p.m. WHERE: Watergate Hotel, Grand Foyer, 2659 Virginia Ave., NW, Washington, DC |