Cal Grants Achievement Award in Name of 9-11 Hero
Cal Grants Achievement Award In Name of 9-11 Hero
Apr 10, 2005 11:43 am US/Pacific-
An achievement award for U.C. Berkeley graduates now bears the name of a man who led passengers aboard Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
The California Alumni Association will present its first Mark Bingham Excellence in Achievement Award next Saturday to an engineering graduate who helped with the Mars Rover landings.
Wayne Lee, who received his degree from Berkeley 15 years ago, is being honored for his work as the Chief Engineer for the team that brought the two robotic landers "from the edge of space, moving at 12,000 miles an hour." The achievement, said is to "get them down to the ground six minutes later, safely in one piece."
Lee said he is humbled by the Bingham award.
"Here's a man who has sacrificed his life for the sake of the country. There's just no greater sacrifice you can make than that," Lee told KCBS reporter Dave McQueen. "To be able to get an award in his name is just a tremendous honor. In fact, it's equal to being able to have participated on the Mars landings themselves."
Lee will be presented with the award at the California Alumni Association's gala banquet next Saturday at Fort Mason.
(10:40am, jro)
Apr 10, 2005 11:43 am US/Pacific-
An achievement award for U.C. Berkeley graduates now bears the name of a man who led passengers aboard Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
The California Alumni Association will present its first Mark Bingham Excellence in Achievement Award next Saturday to an engineering graduate who helped with the Mars Rover landings.
Wayne Lee, who received his degree from Berkeley 15 years ago, is being honored for his work as the Chief Engineer for the team that brought the two robotic landers "from the edge of space, moving at 12,000 miles an hour." The achievement, said is to "get them down to the ground six minutes later, safely in one piece."
Lee said he is humbled by the Bingham award.
"Here's a man who has sacrificed his life for the sake of the country. There's just no greater sacrifice you can make than that," Lee told KCBS reporter Dave McQueen. "To be able to get an award in his name is just a tremendous honor. In fact, it's equal to being able to have participated on the Mars landings themselves."
Lee will be presented with the award at the California Alumni Association's gala banquet next Saturday at Fort Mason.
(10:40am, jro)
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