Three University of Chicago professors to receive
National Medal of Science in White House ceremony

WHAT: President Clinton will present the 1999 National Medal of Science to 12 recipients, including three University of Chicago professors. The National Medal of Science is the nation’s highest science honor.

WHO: Receiving the 1999 National Medal of Science will be James Cronin, a Nobel laureate and University Professor Emeritus in Physics; Leo Kadanoff, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor in Physics and Mathematics; and Stuart Rice, the Frank Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in Chemistry.

WHEN: The White House ceremony to award the Medals of Science is scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m. CST Tuesday, March 14. Photographs of each laureate with President Clinton will be available shortly after the close of the ceremony on the Web site of the National Science & Technology Medals Foundation, http://www.asee.org/nstmf/. A live webcast of the entire ceremony will be available at the same address.