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News Release 07-172
President Honors Mentors of Scientists and Engineers
Eleven awards recognize those who broaden opportunities and support success in the sciences
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Winners of the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) were honored at the White House on Nov. 16, 2007. Pictured are: (first row, left to right) Joe Omojola, Frances Draughon, Saundra McGuire, Gayle Slaughter, Katherine McCarter, George Lee, Judith Todd and Juan Arratia; and (second row, left to right) Dan Byers, deputy associate director for technology at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Kathie Olsen, deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Jonathan Earle, David Allison, Ricardo Jacquez, Cora Marrett, assistant director for Education and Human Resources at NSF, and Arden L. Bement, Jr., director, NSF.
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David B. Allison is professor of biostatistics and nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Juan F. Arratia, is director and principal investigator for the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) project at Universidad Metropolitana (Puerto Rico).
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Frances A. Draughon is professor and co-director of the Food Safety Center of Excellence at the University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture.
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Jonathan F. K. Earle is associate dean for student affairs and associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Florida.
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Ricardo B. Jacquez is professor of civil engineering at New Mexico State University.
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George C. Lee is Samuel Capen Professor of Engineering, and former dean of the school of engineering and applied sciences at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY).
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Saundra Y. McGuire is associate dean for University College at Louisiana State University.
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Joe Omojola is dean at the College of Science at Southern University of New Orleans.
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Gayle R. Slaughter is assistant dean for graduate education at Baylor College of Medicine.
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Judith A. Todd is professor of engineering science and mechanics at Pennsylvania State University.
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Katherine S. McCarter is executive director of The Ecological Society of America.
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