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N. Bruce Hannay
N. Bruce Hannay
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Vernon, Washington, and was a descendent of early Scottish settlers in the area. He lived in Seattle until leaving for Swarthmore College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A.
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He became vice-president of Research and Patents in 1973 and retired from that position in 1982. As foreign secretary of the National Academy of Engineering in 1976, Bruce initiated a series of studies on international competitiveness, a response to the Academy's and his own concerns about the changes in the position of the United States relative to the rest of the world, especially Japan and Europe.
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He was a member of the governing board of the National Research Council (NRC) , the Solid State Sciences Committee, the National Materials Advisor,v Board, and the Report Review Committee of the NRC, a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee for Joint US-USSR Study of Fundamental Science Policy and the Committee for the Survey of Materials (COSMAT)
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Bruce received many recognitions of his contributions, including two of the most prestigious honors for a chemist, the Perkin Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry, and the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Chemists. He was also the recipient of the Industrial Research Institute Medal, the Acheson Medal of the Electrochemical Society, and was the Monie A
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