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Anderson,
Costello, SBC Nevada Bell, and NDA receive DRI President’s
Medals
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| Dr.
Arthur Anderson |
The Desert Research Institute
has awarded DRI President’s Medals to two long-time DRI supporters,
retired IBM executive and business consultant Dr. Arthur Anderson,
and Las Vegas attorney R. Richard Costello, former chair of
the DRI Research Foundation. DRI President Stephen G. Wells also
awarded the medals to two Nevada corporations, SBC Nevada Bell and
the Nevada Development Authority (NDA). SBC Nevada Bell was recognized
for its sponsorship of DRI’s national science award, the Nevada
Medal, and WeatherNet, one of DRI’s K-12 educational programs.
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| DRI
President Stephen G. Wells(left) and R. Richard Costello |
Nevada Development Authority
received the President’s Medal for the Authority’s cooperative
work with DRI to promote diversification of Nevada’s economy,
particularly in the technology arena.
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| DRI
President Stephen G. Wells and Marsha Lindsey, President of
SBC Nevada Bell |
Anderson, an emeritus
trustee of DRI’s Foundation, has served on DRI’s National
Science Advisory Committee since the early 1980s, and he has provided
pro bono guidance on Institute planning and strategy efforts. He
also set up the nomination and selection process for DRI’s
Nevada Medal program. Costello, a former chair and current
trustee of the DRI Research Foundation, has advised DRI on patenting
and technology-transfer initiatives and has also volunteered as
a diver on DRI Arctic research programs.
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| Left
to right: DRI President Stephen G. Wells, NDA President Somer
Hollingsworth, and NDA Chairmanof the Board Ken Ladd |
SBC Nevada Bell was the
charter sponsor for DRI’s Nevada Medal and continues to provide
the annual medallion and $10,000 prize. The company has also been
instrumental in establishing WeatherNet, a DRI science education
program that involves weather stations at rural schools throughout
Nevada.
NDA has worked with DRI
to encourage the adoption of a plan to incubate technology-based
business development through the establishment of new research programs
within the University and Community College System of Nevada.
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