In an award ceremony conducted in the magnificent Low Memorial Library of Columbia University, New York, and attended by Nobel Laureates, Diplomats, academicians, engineers, students and leaders of the Indian American community, Dr. Kalam was presented the prestigious Hoover Medal for 2008 by Beatrice E. Hunt of STV Inc., chair, and Professor P. Somasundaran of Columbia University, vice-chair of the Hoover Medal Board. Dr. Thomas Abraham, Chairman of the Global Organization of People of Indian and other GOPIO volunteers helped in organizing the event.
The Hoover Medal, founded in 1929 and named after its first recipient Herbert Hoover, former President of the
United States, was created to honor engineers whose preeminent services have advanced the well-being of humanity and whose talents have been devoted to the development of a richer and more enduring civilization. Some of the previous recipients of this honor include former United States presidents Dwight David Eisenhower and James Carter, Jr., and inventors Arnold Beckman and David Packard. The Hoover Board of Award is made up of representatives from five American engineering societies – the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Dr. Kalam was chosen for “making state-of-the-art healthcare available to the common man at affordable prices, bringing quality medical care to rural areas by establishing a link between doctors and technocrats, using spin-offs of defense technology to create state-ofthe-art medical equipment, and launching telemedicine projects connecting remote rural-based hospitals to super-specialty hospitals.”
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