The Woodie Flowers Award (WFA) ceremony on Thursday is a new event for the Championships. It is FIRST's way of giving more attention to the award recipients and candidates.
Dr. William Murphy will speak, and many of you have not heard him since he last attended the Championships in 2003. Dr. Murphy was one of Dean Kamen's first customers back when Dean developed lighting shows while in high school. He has been a strong supporter of FIRST and an advisor to many in FIRST over the years. Dr. Murphy is the founder of Small Parts, Inc. and Cordis Corporation. His
father was a Nobel Prize winner in 1934.
Also, a few other WFA winners will address the crowd during this 30 minute ceremony. At the end, the 2006 WFA winner will be announced and celebrated.
The
DS&K band will start an intro at 4:50 and finish up at the end of the ceremony.
Also, FIRST is recognizing WFA winners in the Hall of Fame area in the pits. You will see information about
past WFA winners and possibly see the mobius sculpture (shown in Dave Kelso's picture on the previous link) that is a travelling trophy for the winner.
See ya in Atlanta!
Andy Baker
(As for timing conflicts, this is the best FIRST could do. The pits are still open for robot work, but the FRC practice rounds are completed by 5:00. The Autodesk session and FRC driver's meeting begins at 6:00.)