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Purdue Professor Receives Honors

Last updated on Thursday, July 19, 2007
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(WEST LAFAYETTE) - A Purdue University professor is scheduled to receive the National Medal of Technology from President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony next week.

Leslie Geddes will receive the nation's highest honor for technological innovation after more than 50 years of research.

His accomplishments include an automated miniature defibrillator, a pacemaker that automatically increases a person's heart rate during exercise and a new method for performing CPR.


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