Medal Awarded by the Presiden't Council on Year 2000 Conversion for Outstanding Y2K Service
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
- Object Name
- medal
- date made
- 2000
- 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
- ID Number
- 2016.0138.02
- accession number
- 2016.0138
- catalog number
- 2016.0138.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jan Lilja
- subject
- Computer Bug
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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