![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115170229im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock to Receive National Medal of Science
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August 25, 2008
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President George W. Bush announced August 25, that UCLA Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Leonard Kleinrock has been selected to receive the prestigious National Medal of Science.
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