Ron Edmonds, Associated Press President Bush places the 2003 National Medal of Technology on Watts Humphrey. Click photo for larger image.

Watts S. Humphrey, founder of the Software Process Program at Carnegie Mellon University, was awarded the 2003 National Medal of Technology in a ceremony yesterday in the East Room of the White House.

Established by Congress in 1959, the award is administered by the National Science Foundation in recognition for pioneering scientific research that has led to a better understanding of the world around us, as well as to the innovations and technologies that give the United States its global economic edge.

Humphrey, who now resides in Sarasota, Florida, is a fellow of the Software Engineering Institue at CMU.