Editing Vannevar Bush (section)

== Awards and honors ==
*Bush was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1925.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Vannevar Bush |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/vannevar-bush |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref>
*Bush was elected to the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1934.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vannevar Bush |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20001761.html |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> 
*Bush was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Vannevar+Bush&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> 
*Bush received the [[AIEE]]'s [[Edison Medal]] in 1943, "for his contribution to the advancement of electrical engineering, particularly through the development of new applications of mathematics to engineering problems, and for his eminent service to the nation in guiding the war research program."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Vannevar_Bush |title=Vannevar Bush |work=IEEE Global History Network |publisher=IEEE |access-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> 
*In 1945, Bush was awarded the [[Public Welfare Medal]] from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=PublicWelfare>{{cite web|title=Public Welfare Award |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_pwm |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=February 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604024100/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_pwm |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> 
*In 1949, he received the [[IRI Medal]] from the [[Industrial Research Institute]] in recognition of his contributions as a leader of research and development.{{sfn|Wiesner|1979|p=107}}
*President Truman awarded Bush the Medal of Merit with bronze oak leaf cluster in 1948.
*President [[Lyndon Johnson]] awarded him the [[National Medal of Science]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=65 |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |title=The President's National Medal of Science |access-date=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
*President [[Richard Nixon]] presented him, as well as [[James B. Conant]] and General [[Leslie R. Groves]] with the unique Atomic Pioneers Award from the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|Atomic Energy Commission]] in February 1970.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nixon |first=Richard |title=Remarks on Presenting the Atomic Pioneers Award |date=February 27, 1970 |access-date=April 22, 2012 |publisher=The American Presidency Project |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=2892 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201012426/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=2892 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> 
*Bush was made a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1948, and an Officer of the French [[Legion of Honor]] in 1955.{{sfn|Wiesner|1979|p=107}}

In 1980, the National Science Foundation created the [[Vannevar Bush Award]] to honor his contributions to public service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/bush.jsp |title=Vannevar Bush Award |access-date=April 22, 2012 |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]]}}</ref> The Vannevar Bush papers are located in several places, with the majority of the collection held at the Library of Congress. Additional papers are held by the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections, the Carnegie Institution, and the National Archives and Records Administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/research/collections/collections-mc/mc78.html#related |publisher=MIT Institute Archives & Special Collections |title=Vannevar Bush Papers, 1921–1975 |department=Manuscript Collection |id=MC&nbsp;78 |access-date=May 26, 2012 |archive-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115132541/http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/research/collections/collections-mc/mc78.html#related |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://findingaids.loc.gov/db/search/xq/searchMfer02.xq?_id=loc.mss.eadmss.ms998004&_faSection=overview&_faSubsection=eadheader&_dmdid=d28221e2 |access-date=May 21, 2012 |title=Vannevar Bush Papers 1901–1974 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://carnegiescience.edu/legacy/findingaids/CIW-Administration-Records.html |access-date=May 21, 2012 |title=Carnegie Institution of Washington Administration Records, 1890–2001 |publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington |archive-date=June 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619205639/http://carnegiescience.edu/legacy/findingaids/CIW-Administration-Records.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{As of|2023|}}, the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor is [[Michael Levin (biologist)|Michael Levin]], an American [[developmental biology|developmental]] and [[synthetic biology|synthetic biologist]] at [[Tufts University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tufts University: The Levin Lab |url=https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/people/index.htm |access-date=13 December 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Dedication of MIT Building 13 to Vannevar Bush.jpg|thumb|center|800px|This inscription honoring Vannevar Bush is in the lobby of [[MIT]]'s Building&nbsp;13, which is named after him, and is the home of the Center for Materials Science and Engineering.{{sfn|Wiesner|1979|p=101}}|alt=Four large panels with words carved in stone. The inscriptions reads: "Dedicated to Vannevar Bush Class of 1916. An engineer distinguished for his creative contributions to science, engineering and the nation. Honored for his achievements in research and education. For his devoted service to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as teacher, administrator and corporation member. For his acclaimed leadership of the Carnegie Institute of Washington. For his mobilization during World War II of the nation's scientific resources to achieve advances in military technology decisive in the winning of the war. For his statesmanship in formulating and advocating sound policies for the advancement of science, engineering and education. 1&nbsp;October 1965"]]