Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore was named the 2009 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award recipient by The Tech Museum as part of its international program, The Tech Awards, presented by Applied Materials. He will accept this distinguished honor at The Tech Awards Gala on November 19, 2009.
"Gore was among the first to bring the focus of average citizens to the environment and economic dangers that climate change poses to our planet," said Mike Splinter, chairman and CEO of Applied Materials. "In the spirit of Silicon Valley, Al Gore’s warning on climate change was accompanied by an urgent call to action that has helped to ignite passion and excite children, adults and entrepreneurs around the world to harness innovation and new technology toward constructive solutions to save our planet."
Gore has won worldwide acclaim for his environmental activities. In 2007, he and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In that same year, Gore was named by Time magazine as runner-up for its Person of the Year. In 2006, he won an Oscar for “An Inconvenient Truth,” a film focused on his unwavering campaign to curb global warming.(more)
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