Two Faculty Receive Presidential Award

TWO OHIO STATE FACULTY RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARDS

     COLUMBUS -- Two Ohio State University faculty members have
been selected by President Clinton to receive the second annual
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

     The awards went to Joel Johnson, assistant professor of
electrical engineering, and Renee J. Miller, assistant professor
of computer and information science.

     The presidential honor is the highest bestowed by the U.S.
government on outstanding young scientists and engineers who are
in the early stages of their independent research careers.

     Johnson and Miller were among 60 young scientists across the
country who received the award.  They will receive up to $500,000
each over a five-year period to further their research.  The
awards will be presented in a White House ceremony on Nov. 3.

     JOHNSON, (43220) who has been an Ohio State faculty member
since January 1996, was nominated for the award by the Department
of Defense (Navy).  Johnson