45 BEACON.

The article offers information about the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The widening gap between the advance of science and technology, and the society's ability to benefit from it, is considered by the International Council for Science (ICSU) as the greatest challenge facing science in the 21st century. The AMS Council approved a new award of the Society honoring more than six decades of service and the weather and climate enterprise provided by Kenneth C. Spengler. Richard Alt II was recognized as a 2007 Davidson Fellow and received a $10,000 scholarship from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.