Mike Cawley Receives 2012 Champion of Bioscience Award

About 200 members of Oklahoma’s bioscience community joined OKBio Chairman Carl Edwards and OKBio President & CEO Sheri Stickley in recognizing this year’s recipient of the Stanton L. Young Champion of Bioscience Award, Mike Cawley, at OKBio’s Second Annual Champions of Bioscience Celebration in Oklahoma City on April 3^rd.

In his introduction, Carl Edwards noted that Mike Cawley was the longest tenured president in the 65-year history of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, the largest private foundation in Oklahoma, and one of the largest in the nation. Under his leadership, the plant science research institute experienced the largest growth in programs and infrastructure since it was founded in 1945.

“Mike Cawley was an early and enthusiastic champion for the creation and growth of the Oklahoma Bioscience Association,” said Stickley. “His unflagging support has been invaluable and his contributions to Oklahoma’s bioscience sector immeasurable. He is a very deserving recipient of our 2012 Stanton L. Young Champion of Bioscience Award.”

The award recognizes an individual who has accomplished especially noteworthy achievements in: helping to feed, fuel or heal the world; · drawing positive recognition to Oklahoma’s bioscience industry, its research institutions, and the state; and/or advancing the economic growth of the bioscience industry in Oklahoma.

Keynote speaker for the event was CNN technology reporter and former Oklahoman, John Sutter.