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To: Tom Hoff who wrote (3627)	5/10/1999 6:48:00 PM
From: Dale Geffrey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

Different subject; another press release. Monday May 10, 4:09 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Stan Ovshinsky, President of Energy Conversion Devices, Named 1999 Karl Boer Solar Energy Medal Winner Award Honors 'Significant Contributions' to Solar Energy Use TROY, Mich., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanford R. Ovshinsky of Troy, Michigan, president and CEO of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (''ECD'') (Nasdaq: ENER - news) and of United Solar Systems Corp., has been chosen as the 1999 recipient of the Karl W. Boer Solar Energy Medal of Merit awarded jointly by the University of Delaware and the International Solar Energy Society ''to honor significant pioneering contributions to advance and promote the global use of solar energy.'' The award will be presented to Mr. Ovshinsky on Tuesday, May 11, at the University of Delaware. Mr. Ovshinsky was honored for the award for pioneering the science of amorphous semiconductors resulting in the development of low-cost thin-film silicon solar cells for the conversion of sunlight into electricity. Mr. Ovshinsky is also the chief executive officer of Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. and a member of the Board of Managers of GM Ovonic, L.L.C. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of several other professional societies. Among his previous awards are the Diesel Gold Medal (Germany), Coors American Ingenuity Award, Toyota Award for Advancement for Ovonic nickel metal hydride batteries for electric vehicles and several honorary doctorates. Time Magazine recently named him a ''Hero for the Planet'' for his work in the area of alternative energy solutions. Mr. Ovshinsky is the fourth recipient of the Boer award, which is given in honor of Karl Wolfgang Boer, a longtime faculty member of the University of Delaware, founder of its Institute for Energy Conversion, and a distinguished scientist in the field of solar cells. President Jimmy Carter received the first award for his work in focusing world attention on solar energy. ECD is a leader in the synthesis of new materials and the development of advanced production technology and innovative products. It has pioneered and developed enabling technologies leading to new products and production processes based on amorphous, disordered and related materials, with an emphasis on alternative energy and advanced information technologies. ECD's website address is ovonic.com. Dale