Margaret Murnane Presented Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad
JILA Fellow Margaret Murnane was one of 10 recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad.
T谩naiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs听Simon Coveney听announced the names of the award winners on the 28th of November 2018. These awards, established in 2012, are meant to recognize the contributions of members of the Irish diaspora.
Each of the awards is for contributions to a specific category. Murnane received the science, technology and innovation award for her work as 鈥渙ne of the leading optical physicists of her generation,鈥 according听.
The awards were presented on Thursday, November 29th, 2018, by Ireland鈥檚 President Michael D. Higgens.
Other recipients of the award include Novelist Edna O鈥橞rien and Irish-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy.