Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert, along with the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR), have announced the winners of the 2019 Governor’s Medals for Science and Technology. The medals will be presented to the four honorees at the Utah Technology Innovation Summit at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on April 1.
This year’s winners are as follows:
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Fred Lampropoulos, chairman and CEO, Merit Medical Systems Inc.
• Academic/Research Award: Dr. Randall J. Olson, chair of the University of Utah Health Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and CEO of the John A. Moran Eye Center.
• K-12 Science Education Award: Diane Crim, Salt Lake Center for Science Education.
• Industry Award: Intermountain Precision Genomics.
The Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology is the highest civilian award bestowed by the state in those fields. The award was initiated in 1987 and nominations are reviewed by a selection panel of industry experts and educators before being presented to the governor for final approval.