Navigator Awards

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies hosts the Navigator Awards, a dinner gala that recognizes extraordinary individuals from the Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, and the Private Sector for recent or lifetime contributions to national science and technology policy.

The Institute believes that honoring these leaders for their accomplishments promotes a continued understanding of science and technology and its growing impact on government and society. Navigation, one of man’s enduring technical challenges, is equally challenging in policy. The Navigator Award is named to reflect our understanding that national leadership in science and technology policy is a never-ending process of finding the way ahead.

2006 Navigator Awards

The Seventh Annual Navigator Awards were held June 27, 2006 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The 2006 Navigator Honorees were:

Executive Branch: LTG Keith B. Alexander, USA, Director, National Security Agency

Executive Branch: Dr. John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Legislative Branch: The Honorable Charles Albert “Dutch” Ruppersberger, III, United States Congressman, Maryland

Lifetime Achievement: Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN (Ret.)—Posthumous Award

2005 Navigator Awards

The Sixth Annual Navigator Awards were held June 28, 2005 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

This year's honorees included:

Governor James S. Gilmore III (former Governor of Virginia and current Partner at Kelley, Drye and Warren)

Congressman Peter Hoekstra (Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)

The Honorable Sean O’Keefe (Chancellor, Louisiana State University and former Administrator, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Professor Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D. (Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University)

2003 Navigator Awards

The Fourth Annual Navigator Awards Ceremony Was Held on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel, Washington, D.C.

2003 Navigator Awardees

Legislative Branch Awardee: The Honorable Sherwood L. Boehlert - U.S. Congressman, New York

Executive Branch Awardee: Anthony Tether, Ph.D.- Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Private Sector Awardee: John Rennie - Editor in Chief, Scientific American

2002 Navigator Awards

2002 Navigator Award Winners:

Legislative Branch Awardee: The Honorable Pat Roberts - U.S. Senator, Kansas

Legislative Branch Awardee: The Honorable Tom Davis - U.S. Congressman, Virginia

Executive Branch Awardee: Dr. Rita Colwell - Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Private Sector Awardee: Mr. Gilman Louie - President and Chief Executive Officer, In-Q-Tel

2001 Navigator Awards

2001 Navigator Award Winners

Legislative Branch Awardee: Senator Jeff Bingaman - United States Senator, New Mexico

Executive Branch Awardee: Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II - President, National Defense University

Private Sector Awardee: Dr. Joseph V. Braddock - Founder, BDM