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Christopher Columbus Foundation Award 1997
Christopher Columbus Foundation Award Columbus Scholar
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is proud to have
honored the innovation of the following $100,000
Christopher Columbus Foundation Award Columbus Scholar:
1997 Columbus Scholar
 Jonathan
Woodward, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Converting Sugar to Hydrogen
Dr. Jonathan Woodward was the recipient of the 1997
$100,000 Christopher Columbus Foundation Award for the development
of an enzymatic method for the production of hydrogen from abundant
renewable sugar. Glucose--a sugar molecule--can be found in cellulose,
starch and lactose, compounds found in old newspapers, cheese whey,
grass clippings and other types of waste. Two enzymes, glucose dehydrogenase
and hydrogenase, catalyze the oxidation of glucose and the generation
of molecular hydrogen. Hydrogen can be used as a fuel without the generation
of greenhouse gases, and when it burns, water and carbon dioxide are
the only by-product.
Dr. Woodward has credited the receipt of the Christopher Columbus Foundation
Award for significantly contributing to the generation of new data that
has been used to secure further government funding. More importantly,
it has increased the knowledge on how to produce hydrogen with more efficiency
compared with other biological methods used.
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Evaluation Committee
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is honored to have
had the assistance of the following distinguished individuals
serving on the Christopher Columbus
Foundation Award Evaluation Committee:
1997 Evaluation Committee:
Automotive and Transportation:
- Lester A. Hoel, Ph.D.,
Hamilton Professor of Civil Engineering, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Maryann N. Keller, President,
Society of Automotive Analysts, New York, NY
- Joe Lorio, Senior Editor, Automobile Magazine,
Ann Arbor, MI
Aviation and Aerospace:
- Captain Jon A. McBride,
(USN, Retired), Cambridge Associates, Ltd., Charleston,
WV
- Captain Scott O'Grady,
USAF Reserve, F-16 Pilot, Salt Lake City, UT
- Richard L. Young, Builder
and Pilot of Wright Brothers Aircraft Replica,
Richmond, VA
Computer Hardware and Electronics:
- Steve Tempini,
Manager of Technology, General Electric, Fairfield,
CT
- Charles P. Thacker,
Corporate Consulting Engineer, Digital Equipment
Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
- Steven J. Wallach,
Chief Technical Officer, Hewlett-Packard-Convex
Division, Richardson, TX
Computer Software:
- Sharon B. Amdall,
Strategic Planning Manager in Corporate
Information Services, Caterpillar, Inc.,
Peoria, IL
- Dwight M. Harris,
Ph.D., Professor of Physics/Technology,
Fairmont State College, Fairmont, WV
- John L. Hennessy,
Ph.D., Dean, School of Electrical
Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford,
CA
Emerging Technology:
- Michael Gottesman,
M.D., Deputy Director, Intermural
Research, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD
- Lester A. Hoel,
Ph.D., Hamilton Professor
of Civil Engineering, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Jerome P. Kassirer,
M.D., Editor-in-Chief, New
England Journal of Medicine,
Boston, MA
Environment:
- Robert J.
Huggett, Ph.D., Assistant
Administrator for Research and
Development, Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, DC
- Eugene Rosa,
Ph.D., Chair, Department
of Sociology, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
- William Rutherford,
Forest Park Foundation, Peoria,
IL
Sight:
- Kris K.
Burhardt, V.P. of
Technology Development, Imation
Corp., Oakdale, MN
- Willis
E. Hartshorn, Director,
International Center of Photography,
New York, NY
- Pam Levine,
Marketing Manager, Tasco, Miami,
FL
Sound:
- Eva
Franchi, President,
Sergio Franchi Music
Scholarship, Stonington,
CT
- Kenneth
D. Jacob, Director
of Professional Products,
Bose Corp., Framingham,
MA
- John
A. Kleppe, Ph.D.,
Professor of Electrical
Engineering, University
of Nevada, Reno, NV
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