In 1944, President Roosevelt asks Dr. Bush for recommendation for peacekeeping activities from W.W.II to civilian. During W.W.II Bush worked on radar antenna profiles and the calculation of artillery firing tables. Bush submits his article "Science: The Endless Frontier." This proposal started the events that lead to the development of the National Science Foundation. Dr. Bush writes his most influential work "As We May Think" in 1945. The article was published in the "Atlantic Monthly". Bush proposes the idea of Memex. Memex is "a device in which an individual stores all of his books, records, and communications and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility."

Dr. Bush won several awards for his work in science and technology. He was presented with the National Medal of Science from President L.B. Johnson in 1964. Dr. Vannevar Bush died in 1974. He was one of the most prophetic thinkers of our time. In 1980, The National Science Board established the Vannevar Bush Award to honor his achievements in public service.

The annual award recognizes an individual who, through public service activities in science and technology has made an outstanding contribution toward the welfare of mankind and the nation. Dr. Bush did great things for science and technology, and his ideas are put into practice everyday in our society.