Society. He was inducted into the Alpha Chi Sigma Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2000, he received a Special Millennium Edition of the Othmer Gold Medal from the Chemical Heritage Foundation in recognition of his multifaceted contributions to chemical and scientific heritage. Beckman was awarded the National Medal of Technology in 1988. It is the highest honor the United States can confer to a US citizen for achievements related to technological progress President George H. W. Bush presented Beckman with the National Medal of Science Award in 1989, "for his leadership in the development of analytical instrumentation and for his deep and abiding concern for the vitality of the nation's scientific enterprise.". He had previously been recognized by the Reagan administration as one of about 30 citizens receiving the 1989 Presidential Citizens Medal for exemplary deeds of service. Beckman was awarded the Order of Lincoln, the state of Illinois' highest honor, by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, in 1991. Beckman was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 1999. Asteroid 3737 Beckman was named after Arnold O. Beckman in 1983. The Arnold O. Beckman High School in Irvine, California which has a focus in science education, was named in honor of Arnold O. Beckman. It was not, however, funded by Beckman. The Beckman Coulter Heritage exhibit, which discusses the work of scientists Arnold Beckman and Wallace Coulter, is located at the Beckman Coulter headquarters in Brea, California. See also Fairchild Semiconductor (a more detailed history of Beckman's role in the founding of Silicon Valley) Notes External links Beckman Coulter company website Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation philanthropic foundation website Arnold O. Beckman Legacy Project, Science History Institute, including a trailer for The Instrumental Chemist: The Incredible Curiosity of Arnold O. Beckman Chemical Descent Tree for Arnold Orville Beckman from the Chemical Genealogy Database of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Chemistry Arnold O. Beckman High School website Beckman Historical Collection Science History Institute Digital Collections (Digitized corporate records of Beckman Coulter, Incorporated, as well as personal papers of American scientist and industrialist Arnold Orville Beckman) Guide to the Arnold O. Beckman Papers Caltech Archives, California Institute of Technology Interview with Arnold O. Beckman Caltech Oral Histories 1900 births 2004 deaths 20th-century American inventors American centenarians Men centenarians American chairpersons of corporations American investors American manufacturing businesspeople American nonprofit businesspeople Philanthropists from Illinois American