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2006 Overview

		David Carroll Naturalist Author/Illustrator Unaffiliated Warner, New Hampshire Age: 64		Naturalist Author/ Illustrator employing the eye of an artist, the mind of a scientist, the voice of a storyteller, and the passion of a conservationist to help people of all ages see the beauty, history, and value in swamps, bogs, kettle ponds, and rivers.
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		Regina Carter Unaffiliated New York, New York Age: 44		Jazz Violinist marrying conservatory training with a broad range of eclectic influences to invent a modern repertoire for the violin in contemporary and improvisational music.
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		Kenneth Catania Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee Age: 40		Comparative Neurobiologist investigating the central nervous systems of unusual animals to generate new insights into the mammalian cortex—how it evolves, develops, and responds to changing conditions.
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		Lisa Curran Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Age: 45		Tropical Forester combining expertise in ecological processes with insights into the realities of forest communities to address deforestation and its environmental consequences in endangered areas around the world.
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		Kevin Eggan Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Age: 32		Developmental Biologist probing fundamental questions about cellular differentiation and plasticity and moving an important step closer to therapeutic stem cell applications for myriad human diseases.
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		James Fruchterman Chairman and Founder The Benetech Initiative Palo Alto, California Age: 47		Technologist modifying cutting-edge technologies to create affordable devices that aid the visually impaired and others underserved by traditional commerce.
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		Atul Gawande Assistant Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School / Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Age: 40		Surgeon/Author applying a critical eye and fresh perspective to modern surgical practice, articulating its realities, complexities, and challenges, in the interest of improving outcomes and saving lives.
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		Linda Griffith Professor, Departments of Biological and Mechanical Engineering Director, Biotechnology Process Engineering Center Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Age: 46		Bioengineer shaping the frontiers of tissue engineering and synthetic regenerative technologies by designing new methods for fabricating scaffolds on which cultured cells can adhere and grow.
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		Victoria Hale Founder and CEO Institute for OneWorld Health San Francisco, California Age: 45		Pharmaceutical Entrepreneur navigating regulatory processes to develop affordable drugs for neglected diseases and to deliver them around the world to those most in need.
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		Adrian LeBlanc Unaffiliated New York, New York Age: 42		Narrative Journalist forging a new form of literary journalism with an eye for detail and a passion for depth to illuminate worlds little known and less understood.
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		David Macaulay Unaffiliated Norwich, Vermont Age: 59		Author/ Illustrator celebrating and explaining the nature of civilization’s greatest architectural and engineering achievements.
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		Josiah McElheny Unaffiliated New York, New York Age: 39		Sculptor drawing from the decorative and functional traditions of glass to craft a new, multifaceted form of contemporary art.
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		D. Holmes Morton Country Doctor/Research Physician Clinic for Special Children Strasburg, Pennsylvania Age: 55		Country Doctor/Research Physician working tirelessly with rural communities to revolutionize service, research, prescriptions, and outcomes for clinical treatment of rare genetic diseases.
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		John A. Rich Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Age: 47		Physician designing new models of healthcare, melding medicine, education, and social service, for one of the nation’s most underserved populations—African-American men in urban settings.
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		Jennifer Richeson Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Age: 34		Social Psychologist examining the behavioral and cognitive consequences of prejudice and racial stereotyping to reveal original insights into the dynamics of interracial interactions.
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		Sarah Ruhl Playwright Unaffiliated New York, New York Age: 32		Playwright creating vivid and adventurous theatrical works that poignantly juxtapose the mundane aspects of daily life with mythic themes of love and war.
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		George Saunders Professor of Creative Writing Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Age: 47		Short Story Writer satirizing and humanizing the moral dilemmas faced by Americans in the twenty-first century.
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		Anna Schuleit Unaffiliated New York, New York Age: 32		Commemorative Artist illuminating the lives lived within mental health institutions by transforming historic facilities into moving, multi-sensory memorials.
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		Shahzia Sikander Unaffiliated New York, New York Age: 37		Painter merging the traditional South Asian art of miniature painting with contemporary forms and styles to create visually compelling, resonant works on multiple scales and in a dazzling array of media.
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		Terence Tao Professor, Department of Mathematics University of California / Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Age: 31		Mathematician bringing technical brilliance and profound insight to a host of seemingly intractable problems in such areas as partial differential equations, harmonic analysis, combinatorics, and number theory.
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		Claire Tomlin Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Stanford University Stanford, California Age: 37		Aviation Engineer expanding the abstract mathematical principles of control systems theory to address practical problems in such areas as aircraft flight control and collision avoidance.
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		Luis von Ahn Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age: 28		Computer Scientist working at the intersection of cryptography and artificial and natural intelligence to address problems of profound theoretical and practical importance relating to internet security and functionality.
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		Edith Widder Co-founder and Director Ocean Research and Conservation Association Ft. Pierce, Florida Age: 55		Deep-Sea Explorer inventing technologically innovative, unique devices for observing and collecting data from the ocean’s depths to reverse the worldwide trend of marine ecosystem degradation.
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		Matias Zaldarriaga Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Physics Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Age: 35		Cosmologist analyzing faint signatures of the Big Bang and developing valuable interpretive tools to piece together the early history of the cosmos.
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		John Zorn Founder and President Tzadik Record Company New York, New York Age: 53		Musician/Composer creating inventive music that explores the spaces between and among genres, defying convention and redefining the experimental possibilities of musical performance.
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