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President Bill Clinton awards Jared Diamond
the National Medal of Science in 2000.
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Ten UCLA faculty members have been awarded the National
Medal of Science. Click on the names (at left) to learn more about
each honoree.
The National Medal of Science was established by
Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given
to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their
outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological,
mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded
this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences.
(Description of the award taken from the National
Science Foundation web site.)
 National
Medal of Science web page
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