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 Dr. Ira Pastan, of the NIH’s [[National Cancer Institute]], will receive the Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal for discovering a class of drugs to treat a rare and dangerous form of cancer called hairy cell leukemia, among other achievements during his 60-year career at NIH. Last year, the career achievement award was renamed the [[Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal]] to honor Volcker’s career in public service.  Dr. Ira Pastan, of the NIH’s [[National Cancer Institute]], will receive the Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal for discovering a class of drugs to treat a rare and dangerous form of cancer called hairy cell leukemia, among other achievements during his 60-year career at NIH. Last year, the career achievement award was renamed the [[Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal]] to honor Volcker’s career in public service. 
  
-Other winners are: CDC’s Dr. Vikram Krishnasamy (emerging leader’s medal); VA's Dr. Neil Evans, Kathleen Frisbee and Dr. Kevin Galpin (management excellence medal); National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Donna Dodson (safety, security and international affairs medal); and VA’s Dr. Beth Ripley (science and environment award). +Other winners are: CDC’s Dr. Vikram Krishnasamy (emerging leader’s medal); VA's Dr. Neil Evans, Kathleen Frisbee and Dr. Kevin Galpin (management excellence medal); National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Donna Dodson (safety, security and international affairs medal); and VA’s Dr. Beth Ripley (science and environment award). 
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 +This year's Spirit of Service award will go to [[Microsoft]] CEO [[Satya Nadella]] for helping to improve government operations and services through [[artificial intelligence]], [[predictive analytics]] and cloud computing. The Spirit of Service award goes to someone outside government who has done expectational work to support the federal government and public-private partnerships.  
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 +"To all this year's honorees and all those who keep serving this country everyday without fanfare...your work could not be more important," said Obama. "Thank you for all that you do." 
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 +"It is important to remember that public service is a noble calling," said Bush. 
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 +The Sammies––renamed in 2010 for entrepreneur and Partnership founder [[Samuel J. Heyman]]–– began in 2002 as a way to highlight outstanding achievements in the public sector. Since then, it has honored over 550 federal employees.((https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/10/fauci-and-other-exceptional-feds-be-honored-service-america-awards/169006/))  
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 +== Washington Post Reporting == 
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 +In subtle rejoinder to Trump, science carries the night at the Sammies awards for federal workers  
 +by Joe Davidson - Oct 7, 2020 
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 +Federal civil servants were feted last week with a Hollywood-style awards program bursting with celebrities and bearing a subtle rejection of politically infected science. 
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 +Actors and comedians were among the presenters, but only government employees were honored for their outstanding work with Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, better known as the Sammies. Perhaps the biggest celebrity on the program was one who, after decades of service, has been on television more this year than many of the Hollywood stars.((https://web.archive.org/web/20210204220915/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sammies-awards-federal-science-/2020/10/06/d9bf61cc-0811-11eb-991c-be6ead8c4018_story.html))
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