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Dr. Leroy Hood awarded with the National Medal of Science

Dr. Leroy Hood has received the National Medal of Science, one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists, engineers and inventors in the U.S. Hood is a pioneer in the fields of genomics and systems biology, and the National Medal of Science is one of many honors he’s received in recent years.

Dr. Leroy Hood was born in Missoula, Montana.

by John Cook

Full Story: http://www.geekwire.com/2012/dr-leroy-hood-awarded-national-medal-science/

Lee Hood Group https://www.systemsbiology.org/hood-group

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I was born in October of 1938 in Missoula, Montana, a beautiful town split by a
rapidly flowing river and lying at the convergence of two forested mountain ranges.

My mother believed that children should be given freedom and independence. I
was hiking in the surrounding mountains before I was five or six and camping out
independently shortly after that. Thus emerged a life long love of the outdoors and its
beauty and an interest that eventually evolved into mountaineering and technical
climbing—and more recently, cross country skiing and sea kayaking—wonderful
means for recharging my intellectual batteries. But most important was my mother’s
encouragement to be and think independently from a very young age.

In retrospect, growing up in my family and in small towns in Montana was a
wonderful experience to prepare me for my future career. I was independent minded
and had the confidence I could do virtually anything I chose. I acquired a life-long love
of athletics, the outdoors, and exercise, which was a marvelous counterpart to my
intellectually focused career. I was fascinated by teaching and had acquired the ability
to communicate effectively. I enjoyed leadership and the challenge of choosing
objectives and moving toward them. I enjoyed both reading and writing and had
enormous confidence in my academic abilities. Finally, I was totally captivated by
science in general and biology in particular.

https://www.systemsbiology.org/download/2002Kyoto.pdf

(Many thanks to David Nelson for sharing this with us.)

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