Uncommon insight and out-of-the-box thinking have been acknowledged and celebrated by the Franklin Institute, which annually honors trailblazers in the fields of science, business, and technology for their discoveries and achievements. Awards were presented during an April ceremony at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Of the nine receiving awards this year, four do physics-related work.
Norman R. Augustine, retired CEO and chairman of Lockheed Martin Corp, received the Bower Award for Business Leadership. He was selected “for his leadership of Lockheed Martin, his extensive public service, and implications for economic competitiveness driven by innovation and improved science and math education.” Augustine is an author of the 2005 National Academy of Sciences report Rising Above the Gathering Storm (see Physics Today, December 2005, page 25).
Taking home the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science was Steven W. Squyres, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University....
