of principals to the drugs for treatment of cancer and noncancerous diseases. [ applause ] >> mary claire kingapplause ] >> national medal of science to mary claire king, university of washington, washington for pioneers contributions to human genetics, including discovery of the brca-1 gene for breast cancer and genetic matches for victims of human rights abuses with their families. [ applause ] >> simon asher lavin. [ applause ] >> national medal of science to simon asher lavin, princeton university, new jersey for international leadership in environmental science straddling ecology and applied mathematics for conservation. for his impact on a generation of environmental scientists and contributions to ecology, epidemiology, applied mathematics and evolution. [ applause ] >> geraldine richmond. [ applause ] >> national medal of science to geraldine richmond, university of oregon, oregon for her landmark discoveries of the molecular characteristics of water surfaces and how her findings affect environmental, chemical and technological processes around the united states and the globe to promot

[applause] >> mary-claire king. [applause] >> national medal of science to mary-claire king, university of washington, washington. for pioneering contributions to human genetics, including the discovery of the brrca1 susceptability gene for breast cancer. [applause] >> simon asher levin. [applause] >> national medal of science to simon asher levin, princeton university, new jersey, for international leadership in environmental science, straddling ecology and applied mathematics to promote conservation, for his impact on a generation of environmental scientists and for his critical contributions to ecology, epidemiology, applied mathematics and evolution. [applause] >> geraldine richmond. [applause] >> national medal of science to geraldine richmond, university of oregon, oregon, for her landmark discoveries of the molecular characteristics of water surfaces, for her creative demonstration of how her findings impacted many technological processes and for her extraordinary efforts in the united states and around the gl

[applause] >> mary-claire king. pplause] >> national medal of science to mary-claire king, university of washington, washington. for pioneering contributions to human genetics, including the brca1ery of the cancer.ble for breast [applause] >> simon asher levin. [applause] medal of science to simon asher levin, princeton forersity, new jersey, international leadership in environmental science, appliedng ecology and mathematics to promote impact onon, for his a generation of environmental scientists and for his critical to epidemiology, applied mathematics and evolution. [applause] >> geraldine richmond. [applause] medal of science to geraldine richmond, university of oregon, oregon, for her landmark discovers of the molecular characteristics of surfaces, for her creative demonstration of how her impacted many technological processes and for s in theaordinary effort united states and around the globe to promote women in science. [applause] >> national medals of technology and innovation. joseph n. desimone. [applause]