The National Science Board presented Erich Bloch with its 2002 Vannevar Bush Award, the NSB’s highest award for scientific achievement and statesmanship, at a ceremony in May in Washington, DC.
Director of NSF from 1984 to 1990, Bloch was recognized for his “notable contributions to electrical engineering and his long-term commitment to the public good as a statesman for science and engineering policy.” He is a founding principal of the Washington Advisory Group, a for-profit firm that offers strategic counsel and management consulting to universities, companies, government, and not-for-profit organizations worldwide. He also is a distinguished fellow with the Council on Competitiveness, a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to improve the US’s competitiveness in the global marketplace, and a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
