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Twelve outstanding public servants representing several federal agencies will be honored at the 73rd annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards. The winners are recognized for performing outstanding service in the fields of applied science and engineering, basic science, leadership and management, legal achievement, and social science.
The awards are presented by the Arthur S. Flemming Commission, in partnership with the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and the National Academy of Public Administration. The 2019, 2020, and 2021 award winners will be honored at an in-person ceremony in early June.
Established in 1948, the award is named after Arthur Sherwood Flemming, a distinguished government official who served seven presidential administrations of both parties, most notably as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Dwight Eisenhower. He was a two-time recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, first from President Eisenhower in 1957 and then from President Bill Clinton in 1994, two years before his death.
The 2021 Arthur S. Flemming Award recipients are:
Dr. Douglas Gladue – Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dr. Gladue expedited the development of the first safe and effective vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) virus. ASF is a highly contagious, lethal viral disease that causes devastating losses and is responsible for the destruction of 50 percent of the swine herd in China alone. While not yet in the United States, an outbreak of ASF could cripple the U.S. pork industry. Dr. Gladue prioritized efforts to speed up development of an ASF vaccine by developing a bioinformatic pipeline to develop a vaccine. Despite requiring all initial work to be performed in a high-containment laboratory, Dr. Gladue was able to create a highly effective and safe vaccine for ASF and transfer this technology to a commercial partner, greatly increasing our odds of ending the ASF pandemic. Dr. Gladue also developed a diagnostic cell line for ASF virus that does not require fresh swine cells. This advancement has revolutionized diagnostics in laboratories worldwide and has greatly enhanced ASF diagnostic capacity and animal wellbeing.
Dr. Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan – National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
Lieutenant Commander Chaolong Qi – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Karyn Durbin – National Nuclear Security Administration. U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Karen Howard – U.S. Government Accountability Office
Ellen Ryan – National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
Dr. Seh Welch – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Evgeny Mishin – Air Force Research Laboratory
Dr. John Teufel - National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
Lisa Motley – U.S. Government Accountability Office
Dr. Thomas Osborne – National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Kandice Tanner – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
April 15, 2022 - The George Washington University
