alexandre chorin. national medal of science. alexandre chorin.aliforniaof berkeley, for the development of forlutionary methods realistic fluid flow simulation, ubiquitous in the modeling and design of aircraft engines in the analysis of natural flows. thomas kailath. national medal of science to kailath, stanford university, for transformative fields ofons to the information and system science, for mentoring of young scholars and for translation of ideas into entrepreneurial ventures that have had a significant impact on industry. judith klinman. national medal of science to ofith klinman, university california berkeley, for her fundamentalof fun principles and her leadership in the community of science. [applause] jerrold meinwald. science todal of jerrold meinwald, cornell university, for applying andical principles techniques to studies of plant and insect defense and hisunication, and for seminal role in establishing chemical ecology as a core important to andcultural, forestry environmental science. burton richter. toional medal of science