[applause] eli harari.laughter] national medal of technology and harari,on to eli sandisk corporation, for invention and commercialization technology toge enable ubiquitous data in consumer electronics, mobile computing and enterprise storage. [applause] arthur levinson. national medal of technology and innovation to arthur levinson, pioneering contributions to medicine, leading to the discovery and of novelnt therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. cherry a. murray. national medal of technology and murray,on to cherry a. harvard university school of engineering and applied sciences, for contributions to devices,cement of telecommunications and the use of light for studying matter and for leadership in the of the science, technology, engineering and math workforce in the united states. [applause] mary shaw. national medal of technology and innovation to mary shaw, carnegie mellon university, for pioneering leadership in the development of innovative curricula in compute

one of this year's recipients was eli harari, recognized for his invention of the flash drive. he spoke to reporters about the honor. i feel important. >> i wanted you to talk about what it was like to be at the white house. >> this is on now. privilege to be here today. it is a great honor for my family, myself, the company that i cofounded, sandisk corporation . on a beautiful day like today, it is really very good. the president has been gracious. a great sense of humor and very inspiring to all of us. it is us.so it innovation,ieve in creativity, pushing the envelope , and changing the world. changing the world is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. sandisk, three immigrants, ,hree students, one from india one from china, and one from israel, myself, started this company 26 years ago. we woulded that provide a surge for the portable world that did not exist at that time. or no smartphones, no real digital cameras, no internet. no mp3 players, but we were going to develop storage that you could carry with you so that you could have all of your memories in your pocket.