Arthur S. Flemming Award: Difference between revisions

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The '''Arthur S. Flemming Award''' is an award given annually to employees of the [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]]. More than 500 individuals have received the award since it was created in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2022 |title=2021 Arthur S. Flemming Awards Recognize Exceptional Federal Employees |url=https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/2021-arthur-s-flemming-awards-recognize-exceptional-federal-employees |website=gwu.edu}}</ref> The [[Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration]] at [[George Washington University]] administers the award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tspppa.gwu.edu/arthur-s-flemming-awards |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration |language=en |title=Arthur S. Flemming Awards &#124; the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration &#124; the George Washington University }}</ref> A nomination requires the person to be a federal employee for at least three years and for less than fifteen years. Every year, twelve awards are given in five different categories: Leadership and/or Management, Legal Achievement, [[Social science|Social Science]], [[Clinical trial|Clinical Trials]] and [[Translational research|Translational Research]], [[Applied science|Applied Science]] and [[Engineering]], and [[Basic research|Basic Science]].

[[List of federal agencies in the United States|Federal agencies]] nominate public servants who meet the nomination requirements. Previously nominated individuals include [[Gretchen Campbell]] for accomplishments in the emerging field of [[atomtronics]];<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2013-05-14 |title=Five at NIST Honored with Flemming Awards |url=https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2013/05/five-nist-honored-flemming-awards |journal=NIST |language=en}}</ref> and [[Fern Hunt]] for a sustained record of contributions to [[probability]], [[Stochastic modelling (insurance)|stochastic modelling]], and other fields.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fern Hunt Receives Arthur S. Flemming Award |url=https://math.nist.gov/mcsd/highlights/hunt-award.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=math.nist.gov}}</ref>

The awards are given to the annual winners at George Washington University through its [[Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration]], which, since 1997, has worked in partnership with the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission.

== History ==

In 1948, [[Arthur Flemming|Arthur Sherwood Flemming]] was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Downtown Jaycees in [[Washington, D.C.]], in the federal service. Flemming challenged the Jaycees to come up with a way to give 'recognition' to the younger employee.

Several weeks later, the Jaycees gave Flemming a proposal for an awards program with an upper age limit of 40, with the award named after Flemming. Flemming approved the awards program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Arthur S. Flemming Awards {{!}} The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration {{!}} The George Washington University |url=https://tspppa.gwu.edu/history-arthur-s-flemming-awards |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration |language=en}}</ref>

''(Non exhaustive list)''<ref>George Washington University Trachtenburg School of Public Police and Public Administration, "Arthur S. Flemming Awards"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080920144736/http://www.gwu.edu/~flemming/past_recipients.html], 2007, retrieved May 1, 2009</ref><ref>U.S. Air Force, "Air Force announces Arthur S. Flemming Award winners" [https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1525269/air-force-announces-arthur-s-flemming-award-winners/], 2018, retrieved April 23, 2020</ref>

* [[Jean Apgar]]

*[[Neil Armstrong]]

* [[David A. Bray]]

* [[Samuel Broder]]

* [[Gretchen Campbell]]

* [[George Robert Carruthers|George R. Carruthers]]

* [[Francis S. Collins]]

* [[Anthony Fauci]]

* [[Deborah S. Jin]]

* [[Robert Gates]]

* [[Jun Ye]]

* [[Ivy Hooks]]

* [[Robert Hormats]]

* [[Fern Hunt]]

* [[Sherwood B. Idso]]

* [[George Khoury (molecular biologist)|George Khoury]]

* [[Kent Kresa]]

*Rep. [[Howard Mosby]]

* [[Elaine Surick Oran]]

* [[Christa Peters-Lidard]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=NASA - NASA Researcher Awarded 2008 Arthur S. Flemming Award|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/flemming_award.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=www.nasa.gov|language=en}}</ref>

* [[William Daniel Phillips]]

* [[Paul Volcker]], Jr.