NATIONAL CAPITAL AWARDS PROGRAM, SPONSORED BY THE D. C. COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION AND THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: January 15, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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9 December 1960
MEMORANDTI4 FOR: Deputy Director (Intelligence)
Deputy Director (Plans)
Deputy Director (Support)
SUBJECT Nomination of Candidates to be Recommended for the National
Capital Award
1. The Agency has been invited to nominate candidates for the
1961 National Capital Award sponsored by the D.C. Council of Engineering
and Architectural Societies and the Washington Academy of Sciences. Three
awards will be granted to young professionals in the Metropolitan Washington
area in recognition of notable achievements in the fields of architecture,
engineering, and applied sciences and will be presented to the selected
candidates on 23 February 1961 as a part of the observance of Engineers'
Week.
2. The Agency's nominee, an architect in the
Office of Logistics, was selected last year as one of the recipients of the
1960 National Capital Award.
3. Nominations of candidates for this award must be submitted to the
Professional Awards Committee by 6 January 1961. If you wish to name
candidates to be considered for nomination for the National Capital Award,
please advise me by telephone on or before 23 December 1960 so their names
may be referred to the members of the Career Council and the Director prior
to 6 January 1961.
4. Attached is an outline of information concerning the National
Capital Award program and the criteria for nominations. Additional copies
will be furnished to you upon request.
E MMETT D. ECHOLS
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Nominees for special recognition during Engineers' Week must meet the
following criteria:
Age: 35 years or younger as of February 23, 1961.*
Sex: Open to both men and women.
Limitation on Number:
Each organization issued an invitation may nominate one engineer, architect,
and applied scientist. Previous award winners are ineligible for nomination.
Location:
Must be employed within the Washington Metropolitan Area, defined as within
a radius of 35 miles from the White House.
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Profession:
Must be an engineer or architect by college training, or an applied scientist
(physical scientist, or mathematician by training engaged in the application
of scientific knowledge). Present field may be research, development, design,
administration, or other field appropriate for an engineer, architect, or
applied scientist, regardless of present official title. Military or civilian
nominees are invited.
Achievement:
A single notable achievement, or a notable professional career.
Four items are to be submitted in support of the nomination of a person
meeting the above criteria:
(1) Basic Personal Information:
Name and date of birth, title, organization, business address, sex,
high school and college attended and degrees.
(2) Description of Present Duties:
Describe concisely in not more than one-half single-spaced type-written
page.
(3) Description of Achievement or Notable Career:
Preferably one single-spaced type-written page, not more than two pages.
Should be expressed in terminology understandable to those not engaged
in the area of specialty.
(1.) Photograph
To be used for publicity of various types, such as press releases, a
lobby display of nominees and winners. Preferably should show the
nominee engaged in his professional work. Must be glossy prints,
5 x 7 inches, 2 copies.
Nominations must be received no later than Monday, January 6, 1961. They
should be sent to: Dr. F. Philips Pike, Chairman, Professional Awards Committee
Program Director for Engineering Sciences, National Science
Foundation, Room 115, Washington 25, D. C.
*At the discretion of the Awards Committee, applicants may be considered who have
received their first degree within the past 10 years.
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