name for its display areas to the Museum of Modern
Human Progress to better reflect its vast collections
and displays covering the 30,000 year history of
modern humanity. Encompassing much, much more
than just the history of computers, the mission and
purpose for the museum nevertheless remains the
same: "To collect, preserve, interpret, and display
the artifacts and history of the information age."
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The 2012 STIBITZ & WILSON AWARDS
When: Thursday, October 4, 2012 @ 7 PM
Lecture & Book Signing by Dr. Edward O. Wilson,
Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Where: Strand Union Building, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
FREE and Open to the Public!
Receiving the 2012 George R. Stibitz Computer
and Communications Pioneer Award:
Bob Metcalfe
For Seminal Contributions to the Development of Ethernet
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Fellow of
the Clint W. Murchison Sr. Chair of Free Enterprise
University of Texas, Austin, TX
Vic Hayes
For Seminal Contributions to the Development of WiFi
The "Father of Wi-Fi" - Senior Research Fellow,
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Economics
of Infrastructures Delft University of Technology,
the Netherlands
For the first time these two seminal contributors to these
incalculable communications revolutions will be together
on one stage.
Receiving the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity
Technology Pioneer Award:
Paul Anastas
For Seminal Contributions to the Foundations
of Green Chemistry
The “Father of Green Chemistry” - Director,
Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of
Chemistry for the Environment,
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
May Berenbaum
For Seminal Contributions to the Understanding
of Insect Chemical Ecology and the Public Understanding
of Biodiversity
Renowned as the world's leading expert on bees and one
of the most famous women scientists in the world.
Professor and Department Head,
Department of Entomology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Gary Strobel
For Seminal Contributions to the Understanding
of Antibacterial, Antifungal and Other Bioactive
Plant Compounds
One of the world's leading microbiologists and fungi
experts, Emeritus Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture,
Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
The Awards Ceremonies are sponsored in part by
Montana State University's College of Engineering
and the College of Letters & Science.
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