Guidelines Recommendation Sample Letter

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Date
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Nomination Evaluation Committee
c/o The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Attention: Richard Maulsby, Program Manager
(If you prefer to send the recommendation letter directly to the program office, please use the address below.)

National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Attention: Richard Maulsby, Program Manager
United States Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
Re: Nomination of [Individual, Team or Company]
Dear NMTI Committee Members:

Tips for writing a recommendation letter to the NMTI Committee:
Give a brief introduction and describe your association with/to the nominee.
Describe your familiarity with some or all of the work specifically chronicled on the nomination
form and the benefit you have seen this work deliver to you, your colleagues, and to society as a
whole.
Mention specifically the time period for which you are most familiar with the nominee’s cited
work; be specific by use of an anecdote or through use of numbers.
Describe how the nominee has demonstrated innovative leadership in regard to contributions to the
economic, environmental or social well-being of the United States.
Mention other pertinent information about the nominee that may be helpful to the committee
members in their evaluation.

Sincerely,
[Signature]
[Name]
[Job Title]
[Office Telephone]
[E-mail Address]