Bill Nye, a mechanical engineer who skyrocketed to fame in the 1990s by showing how science can be “fun,” was honored for his work in STEM education at MRIGlobal’s 75th anniversary luncheon Thursday.
Tom Sack, CEO of the Kansas City-based contract research organization, kicked off the event with an introduction focused on the work the company has produced since its inception during World War II, calling its employees “serial, scientific problem solvers.”
Sack presented Nye with MRIGlobal’s 2019…