Archive of Photographs and Letters - William K. Estes is Awarded the National Medal of Science By President Bill Clinton, Tuesday, December 16, 1997

Washington, D.C.: The White House, 1997. A unique personal archive of photographs and letters received by William K. Estes when awarded the President's National Medal of Science on December 16, 1997. Included are a SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON photograph of Estes receiving the medal from Clinton and a SIGNED BY VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE photograph of Estes with Gore, and also two separate unsigned White House-issued group photographs, one of the awardees wth President Clinton and the other, the awardees with Vice-President Gore. In addition, a letter on White House stationery, dated May 14, 1997, SIGNED by Josh H. Gibbons, Asst. to the President for Science and Technology, to Estes confirming his selection as a recipient, a White House Press Release from the Office of Media Affairs, dated April 30, 1997, announcing the recipients, a congratulatory letter dated December 17, 1997 on U.S. Senate letterhead from the office of Senator John Kerry, Mass. SIGNED by Senator Kerry, and two programs for the event. Also included, two congratulatory letters on Harvard University letterheads, one dated Dec.18, 1997 and SIGNED by Neil Rudenstine, President of Harvard, and the other, dated Dec. 23, 1997, SIGNED by Harvey V. Fineberg, Provost of Harvard. All materials are in Fine condition. William K. Estes ( June 17, 1919- August 17, 2011 ) was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He received this award "for his fundamental theories of learning, memory, and decision. His pioneering development and testing of mathematical models of psychological processes have set the standard for theoretical progress in behavioral and cognitive science". That same year the other awardees included James D. Watson. Robert A. Weinberg, Darlene C. Hoffman, Martin Schwarzschild, among other notable scientists. . SIGNED. Fine/No Jacket.