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tions at NASA included chief technologist for space communi- cations in NASA’s Offi ce of Space Operations and deputy chief of staff to NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe. Prior to NASA, Scott was the assistant director for space and

aeronautics in the White House Offi ce of Science and Tech- nology Policy (OSTP). There he was responsible for space and aviation-related issues and coordination of civil and commercial space issues through the Space Policy Coordinating Committee of the National Security Council. While at RAND Corporation’s Science and Technology Pol-

icy Institute (1993 to 2001), he was a key member of a success- ful international effort to preserve the radio navigation satellite spectrum, which occurred during the 1997 World Radio Com- munication Conference.

Pace was a key member of a successful international effort to preserve the radio navigation satellite spectrum.

Scott received the NASA Outstanding Leadership

Medal (2008), the U.S. Department of State’s Group Superior Honor Award, GPS Interagency Team (2005), and the NASA Group Achievement Award, Columbia Accident Rapid Reaction Team (2004). He is a member of the board of trustees, Universities Space Research Association, and a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Scott was featured in the fall 2005 edition of the HMC Bul-

letin, where he described how his HMC education prepared him for his career as an expert on space and science policy. He also contributed an article to the spring 2008 issue, “Sputnik + 50: New Challenges for NASA.” Scott has supported HMC student scholarships since 1980.

Science Editor

Phil Szuromi ’80 (chemistry)

will be recognized for his contri- butions to science and his work in science journalism. Phil is a supervisory senior editor at Sci- ence, the prestigious weekly inter- national journal of the American Association for the Advancement

of Science (AAAS). Hired in 1986 as part of a team to attract more physical sciences to the research journal section of the magazine, he has helped to increase the representation of these fi elds to a current level of 40 percent.

Szuromi has been instrumental in increasing the representation of the physical sciences in Science magazine.

Phil now reviews papers in chemistry, physics and materi-

als science, but over the years, he has also covered atmospheric science, biochemistry and structural biology. He also works in the Commentary section of the magazine, where he solicits and edits “Perspectives” pieces that highlight papers in Science or presents short overviews of recent research. He was elected an AAAS Fellow in Chemistry in 2004. He has published several papers on the catalytic chemistry

(primarily alkane activation and Fischer-Tropsch reactions) per- formed on well-defi ned single-crystal surfaces under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. His areas of interest include chemistry, physics, materials science and atmospheric science. Phil received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech in 1985,

where, with Henry Weinberg, he focused on catalytic reactions of hydrocarbon molecules. He held a postdoctoral position with Ted Madey at National Institute of Standards and Technology, exploring Fischer-Tropsch reactions. Phil has regularly supported HMC student scholarships and

was an invited speaker for the 2006 Dr. Bruce J. Nelson Distin- guished Speaker Series.

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