Presidential Metal of Freedom Goes to Genome Leader
Each honoree receives a certificate signed by the President. The certificate contains a citation that states the achievements the president chose to honor. Dr. Collins' citation read:
Francis S. Collins has revolutionized genetic research. Under his leadership, the Human Genome Project mapped and sequenced the full human genome and greatly expanded our understanding of human DNA.
Besides his leadership in the field of science, Dr. Collins is an outspoken leader against the conflict between science and religion. As a believer in theistic evolution, he untiringly spreads his belief of a close relationship between science and the Christian faith.
In his recent bestselling book, The Language Of God, written in an easy to read manner, Dr. Collins states unequivocally that science and Scripture are in harmony.
Through many public appearances, interviews and while delivering speeches, Francis Collins has parted the veil of conflict between religion and science with presentations of credible evidences to support the position that science and Scripture reinforces each other, thereby opening many to the Christian faith, and exposing as shallow the arguments of those who seek to perpetuate the chasm between science and religion.
At the ceremony, the President awarded the Presidential Metal of Freedom to seven others.
Some previous Presidential Metal of Freedom honorees are: Pope John Paul II, Jackie Robinson, Former President Ronald Reagan, David Brinkley, Bob Hope, Physicist Edward Teller, and Johnnie Carson.
Published by Lloyd Gavin
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