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KREPS AWARD
It's truly an honor to [[strikethrough]] be named the recipient of [[/strikethrough]] accept the 1995 Juanita Kreps Award. [After [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] such glowing [[strikethrough]] things you've heard [[/strikethrough]] praise, I'm tempted to sit down [[strikethrough]] quickly [[/strikethrough]] immediately before I spoil the image.] This award's prestige derives largely from the stature of past recipients. The 1st 3 recipients, Dr. Kreps, Barbara Jordan, + Marian Wrt. Edelman are all people I have admired for years for their intelligence, courage & commitment. It's a high honor to be included in this elite group. 
  If each of us here were asked to write an essay on "The Spirit of the American Woman," I suspect that we would each describe a different aspect of that spirit. With this year's award, you're honoring the adventuring spirit. You're also recognizing [[strikethrough]] breakthroughs [[/strikethrough]] contributions of women [[strikethrough]] + careers [[/strikethrough]] in science & technology.
  When I was in graduate school at Stanford in the mid-70's, there weren't many women physicists. [[strikethrough]] At Stanford there were a few of us in [[/strikethrough]] I had a few female classmates in graduate school; [[strikethrough]] + [[/strikethrough]] but there were no women on the Physics Faculty [[strikethrough]] at Stanford [[/strikethrough]] Stanford wasn't unusual in that respect. There were very few visible role models for girls & young women in [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] sciences & tech. [Certainly no women astronauts].