HINJ Recognition Awards

2014 Honorable Bob Franks Public Service Award

The Honorable Rush Holt

United States Representative – New Jersey CD 12

Congressman Holt has been, since 1999, one of Congress’ most articulate and knowledgeable proponents of public policy that advances global human health, scientific research and innovation.  Prior to being elected to Congress, he earned a Ph.D. in physics and held positions as a teacher, a Congressional Science Fellow, arms control expert at the U.S. State Department and served as Assistant Director of Princeton University’s Plasma Physics Laboratory.  He retired from the House at the close of the 113th Congress in January 2015.