For sustained leadership and exceptional service to the applied superconductivity community, in particular,
for his efforts in establishing and promoting major programs in applied superconductivity funded by US and international federal agencies,
for being a forceful proponent of applied superconductivity by organizing and encouraging workshops, conferences, and committees to advance US and international cooperation in the field, and
for his role as Founding Director and Chief Scientist of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, where he built one of the outstanding multidisciplinary academic research centers in superconductivity with activities spanning basic materials investigation, optimization of materials for potential applications, and, ultimately, the use of these materials in a variety of small- and large-scale applications.
