Medal Awarded by the Presiden't Council on Year 2000 Conversion for Outstanding Y2K Service

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Description
This metal medal and ribbon are in a cloth-lined leatherette case. The medal was awarded to Jan Lilja for work on assuring that computer programs developed in the 1900s would work in the year 2000 and later. For related objects, see 2016.0138.01 and 2016.3118.01.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Jan Lilja
2000
ID Number
2016.0138.02
accession number
2016.0138
catalog number
2016.0138.02
Object Name
medal
Physical Description
metal (medal material)
cloth (ribbon material)
plastic (cover, lining of case materal)
Measurements
overall: 2.4 cm x 11.2 cm x 18 cm; 15/16 in x 4 13/32 in x 7 3/32 in
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Medicine and Science: Computers
Computers & Business Machines
National Museum of American History
subject
Computer Bug
Record ID
nmah_1811448
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-67a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Medal Awarded by the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion for Outstanding Y2K Service
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