David A. Hamburg is President Emeritus at Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Corporation of New York

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, where he served as president from 1982 to 1997. He also served as the President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Hamburg was awarded the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1998, its most prestigious award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Presidential Medal of Freedom

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 in 1996.

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• David A. Hamburg at Carnegie Corporation of New York
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  Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations...
  
  
• AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy Welcomes Security and Public Health Expert David Hamburg