William K. Boyes, Ph.D 2019 Finalist Career Achievement William K. Boyes, Ph.D Conducted important research on the harm that commonly used chemicals have on eyesight and the central nervous system, leading to new standards to protect the public from overexposure to these toxic substances
Venkatachalam “Ram” Ramaswamy, Ph.D. 2019 Finalist Career Achievement Venkatachalam “Ram” Ramaswamy, Ph.D. Developed a state-of-the-art modeling system to enhance understanding and prediction of global climate and provide earlier and more accurate forecasts of severe weather events, helping save lives and property
Michael G. Kozak 2019 Finalist Career Achievement Michael G. Kozak For nearly five decades, helped shape foreign policy to protect U.S. interests abroad and advance democracy and human rights around the world
Arthur A. Allen 2019 Finalist Career Achievement Arthur A. Allen Pioneered and perfected a modeling program that predicts where people lost at sea will be found, cutting search and rescue times and saving thousands of lives during a 35-year career
Ann McKee, M.D. 2019 Finalist Career Achievement Ann McKee, M.D. Revolutionized scientific research and our understanding of the long-term effects of concussions, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, in veterans and athletes
Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D. 2018 Winner Career Achievement Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D. Pioneered research to understand the prevalence of autism and other developmental disabilities, influencing the expansion of health, social and educational services for children with special needs
John J. Sammarco, Ph.D. 2018 Finalist Career Achievement John J. Sammarco, Ph.D. Led game-changing research over three decades that improved lighting in mines, advanced rescue techniques and reduced accidents and injuries
Judith Lynn Allaire DesHarnais 2018 Finalist Career Achievement Judith Lynn Allaire DesHarnais Directed major flood-protection projects that have saved lives and prevented more than a billion dollars in property damage
Gerald Ankley, Ph.D. 2018 Finalist Career Achievement Gerald Ankley, Ph.D. For three decades, established techniques and standards to identify dangerous chemicals and prevent them from contaminating America’s lakes and waterways
Allen R. Hefner Jr., Ph.D. 2018 Finalist Career Achievement Allen R. Hefner Jr., Ph.D. Developed the “Hefner model” for power semiconductor devices that revolutionized manufacturing of power conversion systems that millions of people use today, leading to trillions of dollars in energy savings worldwide
Joseph J. Seebode 2017 Finalist Career Achievement Joseph J. Seebode Oversaw the $2.1 billion deepening of navigation channels for the Port of New York and New Jersey, as well as restoration and recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy and the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Jitender P. Dubey 2017 Finalist Career Achievement Jitender P. Dubey For more than three decades, has led life-saving research on parasitic diseases that devastate livestock and sicken millions of people around the world
Tedd V. Ellerbrock 2017 Winner Career Achievement Tedd V. Ellerbrock Played a vital role in building, expanding and improving the U.S.-led program that provides medicine and assistance to 11 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS
Hanwant B. Singh 2017 Finalist Career Achievement Hanwant B. Singh Pioneered research for more than 30 years that revealed harmful pollutants in the atmosphere, how long they last, how far they travel and their impact on the climate and human health
Kathleen Hogan 2016 Winner Career Achievement Kathleen Hogan Developed and expanded a series of pivotal national energy efficiency initiatives that have greatly reduced greenhouse gas emissions and saved American consumers and businesses billions of dollars.
Thomas Gordon Morris 2016 Finalist Career Achievement Thomas Gordon Morris Overhauled an SBA program that now generates $6 billion in private investments annually to build businesses, create jobs and stimulate the economy at no cost to the federal government.
Hongwei Hsiao 2016 Finalist Career Achievement Hongwei Hsiao Improved the safety of construction workers, truck drivers, firefighters, police and others in high-risk professions by researching and designing a new generation of personal protective equipment and industrial apparatus.
James McFadden 2016 Finalist Career Achievement James McFadden For nearly 50 years, has been the bedrock of the nation’s hurricane hunter program, flying airplanes into hundreds of violent tropical storms to gather information for more accurate weather forecasts.
Allen Wilcox 2016 Finalist Career Achievement Allen Wilcox Pioneered the epidemiologic study of human reproduction, fundamentally changing both scientific and public understanding of fertility and pregnancy.
Charles E. Milam 2015 Finalist Career Achievement Charles E. Milam Improved the lives of millions of service members and their families by instituting programs that help deployed soldiers stay in touch with loved ones, and increase health and wellness on military bases.
Robert J. Kavlock 2015 Finalist Career Achievement Robert J. Kavlock Transformed how the EPA tests the toxicity of industrial and household chemicals, dramatically increasing the number that are assessed for potential health risks, while reducing the cost, time and need for animal studies.
Hyun Soon Lillehoj 2015 Winner Career Achievement Hyun Soon Lillehoj Led influential research to decrease the use of antibiotics in commercial poultry, ensure the safety of this popular food and make the U.S. poultry industry more competitive overseas.
E. Ramona Trovato 2014 Finalist Career Achievement E. Ramona Trovato Helped transform national environmental health policy by focusing attention on the impact of pollutants on children, and by devising strategies to respond to contamination from a terrorist attack.
Thomas Browne 2014 Finalist Career Achievement Thomas Browne Transformed drug prevention and addiction treatment programs in 70 countries around the world, providing special care and assistance to women and children.
Edwin Kneedler 2014 Winner Career Achievement Edwin Kneedler Argued 125 cases and helped shape the government’s legal position on hundreds more before the Supreme Court, while setting a high standard for integrity and protecting the long-term interests of the United States.
Scott Gerald Borg 2014 Finalist Career Achievement Scott Gerald Borg Directed a world-class research program in Antarctica that uncovered important scientific discoveries about climate change, the origins of the universe, previously unknown sea life and two new dinosaur species.
Robert A. Canino 2014 Finalist Career Achievement Robert A. Canino Pioneered the use of civil rights laws to try human trafficking cases when criminal enforcement and labor laws proved ineffective in defending foreign-born and intellectually disabled workers who were abused and exploited.
Philip Rosenfelt 2013 Finalist Career Achievement Philip Rosenfelt As a federal legal adviser and litigator for more than four decades, improved education and helped ensure equal access to education for all students.
Orice Williams Brown 2013 Winner Career Achievement Orice Williams Brown Provided Congress with impartial analysis and oversight regarding the nation’s financial regulatory system, issuing warnings about potential risks and suggesting ways to improve the implementation of new laws and economic recovery programs.
Michael Gottesman 2013 Finalist Career Achievement Michael Gottesman Throughout a four-decade career, led seminal studies in the treatment of drug-resistant cancer cells and played an instrumental role in improving the rigor of medical research.
Mark DeMaria 2013 Finalist Career Achievement Mark DeMaria Pioneered models to better forecast the path and intensity of hurricanes during the past three decades to help communities and first responders prepare for the severe storms, saving countless lives, homes and businesses.
William J. Borucki 2013 Finalist Career Achievement William J. Borucki Led the design and operation of NASA’s Kepler space mission which discovered Earth-like planets as far as 1,200 light years away, adding an impressive capstone on a 50-year career that began with the Apollo program.
James Cash 2012 Winner Career Achievement James Cash For nearly three decades, has used his engineering expertise to extract information from airplane cockpit recorders and other devices to determine the causes of major transportation accidents.
H. Allen Dobbs 2012 Finalist Career Achievement H. Allen Dobbs Significantly improved the way disaster victims receive health care by creating electronic systems to track those receiving treatment, quickly assign emergency medical teams and assess emerging threats and resource needs.
Patricia Hayes 2012 Finalist Career Achievement Patricia Hayes Spent a career breaking barriers and advancing the health-care needs of women in a male-dominated veterans health-care system.
Sharon W. Bryson 2011 Finalist Career Achievement Sharon W. Bryson Provides assistance and comfort to traumatized survivors and family members of those killed in aircraft accidents and other transportation disasters.
Alfonso Batres 2011 Winner Career Achievement Alfonso Batres Devoted his career to building a national network of small, community-based centers where veterans traumatized by combat obtain counseling, job assistance, medical referrals and other services.
Matthew J. Friedman 2011 Finalist Career Achievement Matthew J. Friedman A pioneer in the field of traumatic stress disorders, who studied, treated and advocated for people psychologically affected by war or other tragedies.
Lawrence Deyton 2011 Finalist Career Achievement Lawrence Deyton Spent three decades improving public health and treating veterans, pioneering ways to fight AIDS, hepatitis C and emerging health threats, and now leading the effort to reduce tobacco-related disease and death.
Neal B. Brown 2011 Finalist Career Achievement Neal B. Brown Helped transform mental health care in the U.S., moving people out of institutions and into community-based care, and giving mental health consumers and their families a voice in treatment options.
Peter Wilhelm 2010 Finalist Career Achievement Peter Wilhelm Developed and deployed 95 satellites, pioneering significant advances from lunar exploration to GPS to global weather forecasting.
Sue Ellen Walbridge 2010 Finalist Career Achievement Sue Ellen Walbridge Helping improve America’s global competitiveness by encouraging more than 300,000 students to consider careers in math and science.
Ronald Sanders 2010 Finalist Career Achievement Ronald Sanders Led major organizational and personnel reforms in critical areas of the federal government that contributed to greater interagency cooperation, and better service and accountability to the American people.
Joseph T. Schaefer 2010 Finalist Career Achievement Joseph T. Schaefer Responsible for creating state-of-the-art systems to better predict and provide earlier forecasts and warnings of tornadoes, saving thousands of American lives every year.
David Leckrone 2009 Finalist Career Achievement David Leckrone Served nearly two decades as lead scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope, which is widely recognized as the most successful scientific mission in NASA history.
Susan Solomon 2010 Winner Career Achievement Susan Solomon Led internationally acclaimed atmospheric research that set us on a path to restoring the ozone layer and demonstrated the long-term harm to the environment caused by global warming.
Fran Ligler 2009 Finalist Career Achievement Fran Ligler Invented and developed various sensor systems that are diagnosing infectious diseases in developing countries, monitoring the air for biothreat agents and supporting clean-up efforts at Superfund sites.
Carol D. Shull 2008 Finalist Career Achievement Carol D. Shull Led the expansion of the National Register of Historic Places to include well over a million properties, recognizing and helping to preserve sites of cultural significance.
Cynthia Bascetta 2008 Finalist Career Achievement Cynthia Bascetta Providing authoritative advice and analysis to Congress and the general public to improve the quality of health care in America.
Stephen O. Andersen 2008 Winner Career Achievement Stephen O. Andersen Played a key role in implementing the landmark Montreal Protocol which has put us on a path to restoring the ozone layer by phasing out 95 percent of the world’s ozone-depleting substances and is leading current federal efforts to combat climate change.
Carole A. Davis 2008 Finalist Career Achievement Carole A. Davis Led the development of federal dietary guidelines and the establishment of the popular MyPyramid.gov website.
Thomas Alexander Waldmann 2009 Winner Career Achievement Thomas Alexander Waldmann Over the course of a 52-year career, made cutting-edge discoveries that have led to effective treatments for previously fatal forms of T-cell leukemia, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple sclerosis.
Audrey Nelson 2009 Finalist Career Achievement Audrey Nelson Explored ways to help nurses and medical practitioners avoid back injuries, which resulted in a $200 million program across the VA to use mechanical lifts and transfer devices when moving patients.
Judah Levine 2008 Finalist Career Achievement Judah Levine Served three decades as “the nation’s timekeeper,” creating a system for synchronizing time for our financial markets and computer networks, which is accessed more than 2.5 billion times a day.
Walter Oleszek 2007 Finalist Career Achievement Walter Oleszek Provided expert advice to Congressional lawmakers and staff for almost 40 years and helped emerging democracies around the world strengthen their legislative assemblies.
John Mather 2007 Finalist Career Achievement John Mather Confirmed the Big Bang Theory to earn the Nobel Prize in Physics.
David Vesely 2007 Winner Career Achievement David Vesely Discovered three hormones made by the heart that benefit the treatment of congestive heart failure, kidney failure and cancer.
Joseph J. Lusczek, Jr. 2006 Finalist Career Achievement Joseph J. Lusczek, Jr. Helped set the system requirements for and design most of the Air Force systems flying today including the F-15, F-16 and B-2 stealth bomber.
George V. DiBiase 2006 Finalist Career Achievement George V. DiBiase Invented the catapult system that is currently used on all U.S. aircraft carriers.
Winfred Malone 2006 Finalist Career Achievement Winfred Malone Led a new field of cancer prevention research.
