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Christopher Columbus Foundation Award 1999
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:
1999 Columbus Scholar
 James
D. Otvos, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Founder of LipoMed,
Inc., Raleigh, NC
NMR LipoProfile
Dr. James D. Otvos was the recipient of the 1999
$100,000 Christopher Columbus Foundation Award for the development
of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) LipoProfile.
This innovation in blood cholesterol tests distinguishes between high-risk
and low-risk forms of cholesterol. Almost half of the people who develop
heart disease have "normal" cholesterol levels, while others
with a poor profile remain disease-free. This test, which takes only
one minute, offers a significant advantage in coronary heart disease
assessment and management, and should lead to much more accurate diagnoses
of at-risk patients, resulting in more effective treatment.
According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the #1
killer of Americans today, and stroke is the #3 killer and leading cause
of permanent disability. Heart disease causes more than 1.5 million heart
attacks, 400,000 bypass surgeries and $140 billion in healthcare costs
each year. The NMR LipoProfile takes a major
step toward the early detection of coronary heart disease. Through the
new measurement of lipoproteins--particles that package cholesterol--doctors
may better match their treatments to a person's specific heart disease
risk.
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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:
1999 Evaluation Committee:
Aviation and Aerospace:
- Captain Jon A. McBride,
(USN, Retired), Cambridge Associates, Ltd., Charleston,
WV
- Ron Sega, Ph.D., Dean of
Engineering at Applied Science, University of Colorado,
Colorado Springs, CO
- Richard L. Young, Builder
and Pilot of Wright Brothers Aircraft Replica, Richmond,
VA
Computers/Networking:
- Marc A. Auslander, IBM
Fellow, IBM Thomas J. Watson Resource Center, Yorktown
Heights, NY
- Dwight M. Harris, Ph.D.,
Professor of Physics/Technology, Fairmont State College,
Fairmont, WV
- Rocco Martino, Ph.D., Chairman
of the Board, XRT, Inc., Wayne, PA
Emerging Technology:
- Jack McNamara, Director
for Corp. Technical Resources, Imation Corporate,
Oakdale, MN
- Jacob Mendelssohn, Ph.D.,
Technology Services Institute, West
Hartford, CT
- Neill S. Smith, Ph.D.,
Senior Engineer, Vehicle Control
Technologies, Inc., Reston, VA
Energy:
- Martha A. Krebs, Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Science, Department of
Energy, Washington, DC
- Jonathan Woodward, Ph.D.,
Senior Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (Dr. Woodward received
the 1997 Christopher Columbus Foundation Award)
Environment:
- John A. Kleppe, Ph.D.,
Professor of Electrical Engineering, University
of Nevada, Reno, NV
- Eugene Rosa, Ph.D.,
Chair, Department of Sociology, Washington
State University, Pullman, WA
- William Rutherford,
Forest Park Foundation, Peoria, IL
Home Electronics/Entertainment:
- Samuel H. Fuller, Ph.D., Chief
Scientist and Vice President, Corporate
Technological Strategy & Service, Digital
Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA
- Sam Gil, Communications Manager,
Tasco, Miramar, FL
- Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Ph.D.,
Dean of Engineering, University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA
Imaging/Medical Diagnostic:
- Marek Elbaum, M.D. - President,
Electro-Optical Sciences, Irvington,
NY (Dr. Elbaum received the 1998 Christopher Columbus
Foundation
Award)
- Michael Gottesman, M.D. - Deputy
Director, Intermural Research,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Jerome
P. Kassirer, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, New
England Journal of Medicine,
Boston, MA
Materials:
- Peter Cardegna, Ph.D., Professor
of Engineering, Program Director, Materials,
Science and Engineering, College of
Science, Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, NY
- R. Kent Marsden, Director
of Administrative Services, College
of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering,
University of Akron, Akron, OH
- Ganapathiraman Ramanath, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Materials, Science
and Engineering Department, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Robotics:
- Hadi A. Abu-Akeel, Ph.D.,
Senior Vice President and Chief
Engineer, FANUC Robotics NA, Inc.,
Rochester Mills, MN
- George A. Bekey, Ph.D.,
Gordon Marshall Professor of Computer
Science and Director, Robotics,
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA
- Joseph Engelberger, Chairman,
Helpmate Robotics, Inc., Danbury,
CT
Transportation:
- Lester A. Hoel, Ph.D.,
Hamilton Professor of Civil
Engineering, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA
- G. Andrew Lang, President,
Blue Dot Rental Services, Bridgeport,
WV
- Joe Lorio, Senior
Editor, Automobile Magazine,
Ann Arbor, MI
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