Page 10 - ARCS2018AnnualReport20190129

DRIVING DISCOVERY

OUR ALUMNI

Thousands of ARCS Alumni go on after graduation to ARCS SCHOLAR ALUMNI MAKE
make outstanding contributions to the advancement SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS
of science and to our nation’s competitiveness.
As evidence of ARCS Foundation’s impact, alumni RESEARCH
develop new therapies, secure patents for important Publications, presentations, large-
technology, start innovative companies, become scale grants
national science leaders, and push discovery forward.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
HONORING ARCS ALUMNI Founding science-related
Among this exceptional group are alumni to whom ARCS companies
Foundation pays the highest tribute with induction into ARCS
Alumni Hall of Fame. Inductees have distinguished themselves INNOVATION
by demonstrating leadership in one or more of the following Acknowledged by significant
areas: scientific awards and patents

• Scientific innovation and discovery BUILDING THE STEM PIPELINE
• Recognition by peers Teaching, mentoring K-12
• Mentoring future scientists to fill the STEM pipeline
• Founding or leading an organization that has had a
significant impact on the U.S. economy
• Increasing awareness of the importance of national
scientific competitiveness

MEMBERS OF ARCS ALUMNI HALL OF FAME
are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of science

SHANNON BROWNLEE, M.S. RALPH B. JAMES, Ph.D.
Inducted 2015 Inducted 2015
• ARCS Scholar 1982 at University of California, • ARCS Scholar 1979-80 at California Institute of
Santa Cruz Technology

For scientific writing and advocacy that has improved For substantial impact as an inventor and transformative
public understanding of science and medicine and helped research in photoconductive science that has led to
transform U.S. health care. improvements in astrophysics and medical imaging.

BARBARA JACAK, Ph.D. STEPHEN M. LICHTEN, Ph.D.
Inducted 2015 Inducted 2016
• ARCS Scholar 1975 at University of California, Berkeley • ARCS Scholar 1981 & 1983 at California Institute of
Technology
For significant contributions to our understanding of how the
universe evolved and role in the development of the PHENIX For leadership at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and
large collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. contributions to the invention of GPS technology that
ensures reliability and accuracy of commercial aircraft
navigation.

9 WWW.ARCSFOUNDATION.ORG
9 WWW.ARCSFOUNDATION.ORG