Dr. Gerald M. Borsuk, superintendent
of the Naval
Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Electronics Science
and
Technology Division (ES&TD), was presented with the Presidential
Rank Meritorious Executive Award in October. Awardees, who are
evaluated by boards of private citizens and approved by the
President,
are senior executives who are "Outstanding
leaders, who
consistently demonstrate strength, integrity,
industry, and a
relentless commitment to public service."
This is the second
time that Dr. Borsuk has won this
award.
As
superintendent of NRL's ES&TD,
Dr. Borsuk is responsible
for the in-house execution of a multi-disciplinary
program of
basic and applied research into electronic materials
and
structures, solid state devices, vacuum electronics, radiation
effects and hardening of electronic devices and circuits, and
of solid state technologies. He also is responsible for the
coordination
of the Electronics Science and Technology Program
at NRL. Dr.
Borsuk serves as the Office of Naval Research
representative
for electronics basic research planning to the
Office of the
Secretary of Defense. He was the Navy Deputy
Program Manager
and Technical Director for the now completed
DARPA/Tri-Service
MIMIC and MAFET Programs. He is the
Department of Defense representative
to Category 3
(Electronics) in the post-COCOM Wassenaar Arrangement.
He has
also served as the DoD representative to the President's
National Science and Technology Council's Electronic Materials
Working Group.
Dr.
Borsuk earned his Ph.D. in
physics from Georgetown University
in 1973. He is a Fellow of
the IEEE, a member of the American
Physical Society, a member
of the AVS, a member of the Sigma
Xi, and the Navy's Deputy Member
to the Advisory Group on
Electron Devices. Other awards Dr. Borsuk
has received include
an IR-100 Award for his work on high speed
CCDs, an earlier
Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award,
the IEEE Harry
Diamond Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, and
the IEEE Fredrik
Philips Medal. Dr. Borsuk also serves on the
Editorial Board of
the IEEE Proceedings.
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