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File #: 2005-1301    Version: 1
Type: Proclamation Status: Adopted
File created: 4/26/2005 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: 4/26/2005 Enactment #: 237
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Title: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh commends the Carnegie Science Center for raising the profile of science in our everyday lives thanks the Carnegie Science Center Awardees for excellence in innovation. SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAM PEDUTO
Sponsors: William Peduto
Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MR. PEDUTO
Attachments: 1. 2005-1301.doc
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Presented by Mr. Peduto

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WHEREAS, the Carnegie Science Center established the Awards for Excellence program in 1997 to recognize and promote outstanding science and technology achievements in Western Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, the Carnegie Science Center Awards for Excellence raise public awareness of the place of science in our daily lives, as well as underscore the interrelationship of schools and universities, research laboratories, business development and job creation in our region; and

WHEREAS, the 2005 Carnegie Science Center Award for Excellence Honorees are:
· FedEx Ground, Chairman's Award; and
· Paul Arch, Nova Chemicals, Advanced Manufacturing; and
· Steven G. Zylstra, Pittsburgh Technology Council Catalyst Connection, Catalyst; and
· Marlin H. Mickle, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Corporate Innovation; and
· Marguerite Barger, Lisa Faddis, Jim Hopton, Bill Phillips, Jefferson-Morgan School District, Elementary Educator; and
· Peter M. DeComo, Renal Solutions, Inc., Entrepreneur; and
· Margaret H. Dunn, Stream Restoration, Inc., Environmental; and
· James G. Rutkowski, Erie County School District, High School Educator; and
· Richard Pethia, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Information Technology; and
· Stephen F. Badylak D.V.M., M.D., Ph.D., McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Life Sciences; and
· Jennifer Bails, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Media; and
· Bethany Foster-Wilhelm, Pittsburgh School District, Middle Level Educator; and
· Keith LeJeune, Ph.D., Agentase, LLC, Start-up Entrepreneur; and
· Winston Erevelles, Ph.D., Robert Morris University, University/Post Secondary Educator; and

WHEREAS, these great leaders in science, technology, and innovation will be honored at a ceremony beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening, April 27, 2005, at the Carnegie Music Hall, featuring keynote speaker NASA astronaut Mike Fincke.

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