President John F. Kennedy bestows the first National Medal of Science to Theodore Von Kármán in 1963.

Laureate News

• Jan. 20, 2010: Documentary to debut about the life and work of National Medal of Technology Recipient Charlie Kelman...More >
• Oct. 7, 2009. President Obama awards National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation at 1:30pm ceremony. Pictures for download can be found here... More >
• PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES 2008 NMS and 2008 NMTI RECIPIENTS... More >

Foundation News

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• The Foundation's gala celebrating this year's recipients of the National Medals took place on OCTOBER 6, 2009... More >