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Name: Rita R. Colwell
Birth Date: November 23, 1934
Place of Birth: Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: marine microbiologist

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Biography of Rita R. Colwell
930 words, approx. 3 pages
As a scientist and professor, Rita R. Colwell (born 1934) has investigated the ecology, physiology, and evolutionary relationships of marine bacteria. National Science Foundation (NSF) director Rita R. Colwell is a leader in marine biotechnology, the...
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Biography of Rita R. Colwell
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Rita R. Colwell is a leader in marine biotechnology, the application of molecular techniques to marine biology for the harvesting of medical, industrial and aquaculture products from the sea. As a scientist and professor, Colwell has investigated the...


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Rita R. Colwell Information
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Rita R. Colwell (born 1934 in Beverly, Massachusetts) is an environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator. She became 11th Director of the United States National Science Foundation on August 4, 1998. Dr. Colwell has an undergraduate degree...


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The Scientist
Rita Colwell
03/10/2003: 838 words, approx. 3 pages
Ambivalence doesn't fit the mien of Rita Colwell. Director of the National Science Foundation since 1998, Colwell, 68, says that she always wanted to be a scientist, wouldn't stand for anyone stopping her advancement, and decided the day that she met her physicist husband...
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Black Issues in Higher Education
A scientific mandate: interview with Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director of the National Science Foundation. (Special report: technology in higher ed.).(Interview)
03/13/2003: 2,653 words, approx. 9 pages
Established by the U.S. Congress through the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense," NSF finds itself at the epicenter of unprecedented competition and...
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AP Features
Bush awards medals to national science and technology laureates
7/28/2007: 865 words, approx. 3 pages
President Bush awarded 30 science and technology medals Friday for breakthroughs in such fields as astrophysics, laser technology, climatology and tissue engineering.The National Science Foundation administers the Medal of Science, which was established by Congress in 1959. The Medal of Technology was established by Congress...
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AP News
Bush awards science, technology medals
7/28/2007: 865 words, approx. 3 pages
President Bush awarded 30 science and technology medals Friday for breakthroughs in such fields as astrophysics, laser technology, climatology and tissue engineering.The National Science Foundation administers the Medal of Science, which was established by Congress in 1959. The Medal of Technology was established by Congress...
 


 

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