The Vannevar Bush Award has been given each year since 1980 by National Science Foundation to persons who contributed most "toward the welfare of mankind and the nation".
The award is named after the American scientist Vannevar Bush (1890-1974).
... in French in 1651.
The "Imitation of Christ" derives its title from
the heading of the first book, De imitatione Christi
et contemptu omnium vanitatum mundi. I ...