Harold Shapiro will receive the National Academies’ highest award

Shapiro to Receive Pub­lic Wel­fare Medal, NAS’ Most Pres­ti­gious Award

Harold T. Shapiro, an econ­o­mist lauded for his abil­ity to dis­till, debate,

and resolve the com­plex aspects of con­tro­ver­sial sci­en­tific issues,

has been awarded the National Acad­emy of Sci­ences’ Pub­lic Wel­fare Medal.

From:

What’s New @ the National Acad­e­mies  Mon, Jan. 23, 2012

National Academy of Sciences honors 18 scientists

yellow bullet  Acad­emy Hon­ors 18 for Major Con­tri­bu­tions to Sci­ence
Jan. 28, 2009: The NAS will honor 18 indi­vid­u­als in 2009 with awards rec­og­niz­ing extra­or­di­nary sci­en­tific achieve­ments in the areas of biol­ogy, chem­istry, geol­ogy, astron­omy, social sci­ences, psy­chol­ogy, and appli­ca­tion of sci­ence for the pub­lic good.

Source:  Jan. 30, 2009