The Arthur S. Flemming Award is an award given annually to employees of the United States federal government. More than 500 individuals have received the award since it was created in 1948. The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration of The George Washington University administers the award. A nomination requires the person to be a federal employee for at least three years and for less than fifteen years. Every year twelve awards are given in five different categories: Leadership and/or Management, Legal Achievement,

Social Science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

, Clinical Trials and Translational Research, Applied Science and

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

, and Basic Science. Federal Agencies are encouraged to nominate outstanding public servants who meet the nomination requirements. Previously nominated individuals include such noted public servants as

Gretchen Campbell Gretchen K. Campbell (born c. 1980) is an American atomic, molecular, and optical physicist associated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She works in the field of atomtronics and has received awards in recognition of her ...

for pioneering accomplishments in the emerging field of atomtronics; and

Fern Hunt Fern Yvette Hunt (born January 14, 1948) is an American mathematician known for her work in applied mathematics and mathematical biology. She currently works as a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where she condu ...

recognized for a sustained record of fundamental contributions to

probability Probability is the branch of mathematics concerning numerical descriptions of how likely an Event (probability theory), event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and ...

, stochastic modelling, and other fields. The awards are given to the annual winners at the George Washington University through its Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, which since 1997 has worked in partnership with the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission.

Noted recipients

''(Non exhaustive list)'' *

Jean Apgar Barbara Jean Francis Apgar (born March 4, 1936) is an American biochemist. She worked on important research on ribonucleic acids (RNA), and on zinc deficiency as a risk factor in reproduction. She won the Federal Woman's Award in 1970, and th ...

* Neil Armstrong * David A. Bray * Samuel Broder *

* George R. Carruthers * John Chancellor *

Francis S. Collins Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is the former director of the National Institutes of Health ( ...

* Sen. Elizabeth Dole * Anthony Fauci * Deborah S. Jin * Robert Gates * Jun Ye *

Bruce Herschensohn Stanley Bruce Herschensohn (September 10, 1932 – November 30, 2020) was an American conservative political commentator, author, and senior fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy in Malibu, California. Herschensohn qui ...

* Ivy Hooks * Robert Hormats *

* Sherwood B. Idso * George Khoury * Kent Kresa *Rep.

Howard Mosby Howard Mosby (born June 20, 1961) is an American politician from Georgia. Mosby is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 90. Early life and education Mosby was born in Atlanta to Gwendolyn Mizell Mosby, a retired ...

* Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan *

Elaine Surick Oran Elaine Surick Oran is an American physical scientist and is considered a world authority on numerical methods for large-scale simulation of physical systems. She has pioneered computational technology to solve complex reactive flow problems, un ...

* Christa Peters-Lidard * William Daniel Phillips * Paul Volcker, Jr. *

Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. Welcome Wade Wilson Sr. (March 17, 1928Dawson, Jennifer, "Welcome words of Wilson wit and wisdom", ''Houston Business Journal'', May 2, 2008, page 1, retrieved online May 1, 2009 – February 16, 2024) was chairman of the Welcome Group—a priva ...

References

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https://tspppa.gwu.edu/history-arthur-s-flemming-awards

External links

Arthur S. Flemming Awards
American awards 1948 establishments in the United States