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Museum of Science and
Industry issues call for
Black creativity nominees
BHonorees to be
honored at annual
exhibit
CHICAGO
In preparation for the 29* An
nual Black Creativity exhibition
in the year 2000, the Museum of
Science and Industry is issuing a
call for nominations. The Mu
seum is looking for nominees from
around the world who are African
American and female and have
made asignificant contributionin
the areas of science and technol
ogy. The selected nominees will
be honored and highlighted in the
programming and exhibitory of
Black Creativity 2000.
The Black Creativity program
was created 28 years ago by the
Museum of Science and Industry
and Chicago Defender Charities.
Today, it hasgrown into a cultural
excursiorn of expression and tradi
tions, celebrating the accomplish
ments of African Americansin the
fields of science and technology.
The theme for Black Creativity
2000 is African-American Women
in Science and Technology and
will highlight the following topics
in both the exhibit and in its pro
gramming: Pioneers, Mathemat
ics, Space, Young Scientists, and
Life Sciences. The exhibit will
run from January 15 through
March 5, 2000.
The Museum will accept nomi
nations through July 1, 1999. To
submitanomination, the Museum
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requires the following informa
tion: )
- Nominee’s address, phone
number, e-mail address (if nomi
nee has one)
- Nominee’s biography — in
cluding whether the nominee is
living or deceased
- Curriculum Vitae
- What significant contribution
this person has made that would
qualify them as an appropriate
candidate for the exhibit.
Individuals are welcome to nomi
nate themselves. Nominees will
be notified in the fall of 1999
whether or not they have been
accepted into the exhibit.
Please submit nominations to:
Liz Garibay, Museum of Science
and Industry, 57* Street and Lake
Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60637.
Or e-mail entries to:
elizabeth.garibay@msichicago.org.
For more information, call (773)
684-9844 Ext. 2483.
The Museum of Science and
Industry is one of the country’s
preeminent centers for informal
science and technology education.
Located at 57t Street and Lake
Shore Drive, the Museum is open
everyday ofthe year except Christ
mas Day. Between Labor Day and
Memorialday, hoursare9:3o a.m.
until 4 p.m., Monday through Fri
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tor packaging and a portion of the
proceeds from the four teenie
Beanie Babies International Bears
will goto Ronald McDonald House
Charities.
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of the Inspector General, the vast
maority of people seeking disaster
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indictments and two convictions
for disaster assistance fraud in
volving Typhoon Paka, which rav
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pleas were entered in the Virgin
Islands by individuals who were
associated with fraudulent contrac
tor practices for debris removal in
the wake of Hurricane Marilyn,
Lillis said. And in Puerto Rico,
where sensitiveinvestigations con
tinue, a theft and forgery ring in
vestigation culminated with aguilty
plea and an order to pay ore than
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Lillis noted that FEMA OIG spe
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everyday. As President of the
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