President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans announced the winners of the 2001 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. For the first time since the program's inception in 1987, winners were named in the education category. The 2001 recipients are:
Clarke American Checks Inc. (San Antonio), manufacturing
Pal's Sudden Service (Kings-port, TN), small business
Chugach School District (Anchorage, AK), education
Pearl River School District (Pearl River, NY), education
University of Wisconsin-Stout (Menomonie, WI), education.