The President of the United States annually recognizes the people and institutions that have provided broad opportunities for participation by women, minorities and disabled persons in science, mathematics and engineering at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate and graduate education levels.
No more than 10 persons and 10 institutions are selected each year for recognition. Each award includes a $10,000 grant to provide for continued mentoring work.
The awards are presented during the Spring at a White House ceremony.
Frank T. Bayliss Jr.
San Francisco State University, Calif.
Laura Lynne J. Bottomley
North Carolina State University, N.C.
Goldie S. Byrd
North Carolina A&T State University, N.C.
Suzzette F. Chopin
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas
Lesia L. Crumpton-Young
University of Central Florida , Fla.
Patricia A. DeLeon
University of Delaware, Del.
Nancy L. Elwess
SUNY College, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Benjamin C. Flores
University of Texas, El Paso, Texas
Ashanti Johnson
University of South Florida and Institute for Broadening Participation, Fla.
Susan M. Kauzlarich
University of California, Davis, Calif.
Philip Kutzko
University of Iowa, Iowa
Cato T. Laurencin
University of Virginia, Va.
Jerzy R. Leszczynski
Jackson State University, Miss.
Gabrielle Lyon
Project Exploration, Chicago, Ill.
Mary Anne Nelson
University of New Mexico, N.M.
Steven B. Oppenheimer
California State University, Northridge, Calif.
Stacy Phelps
The American Indian Institute for Innovation, S.D.
Kennedy J. Reed
Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab. and the University of California, Calif.
Kenneth S. Sajwan
Savannah State University, Ga.
Vladimir Strelnitski
Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket, Mass.
Valerie Wilson Cranston
Leadership Alliance, Providence, R.I.
Richard Zare
Stanford University, Calif.