Frank Press Receives Priestley Award

Geophysicist Frank Press, the Cecil and Ida Green senior Fellow at the Carnegie Institute of Washington and President Emeritus of the National Academy of Sciences, received the 1997 Priestley Award for his work as a Presidential advisor for science policy and an advocate for the support of science. At the ceremony, which was held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Dr. Press gave an address titled "Can Scientists Provide Credible Evidence to Policy Makers?"