By Susan Hamilton given 2001 Athena Award

The Chamber of Commerce Mountain View presented its 2001 Athena Award to Susan Hamilton, executive director of VTF Services, at an Oct. 9 luncheon. The award, created to honor outstanding Mountain View leaders who are Chamber members, is awarded annually to a woman who has achieved a high level of professional excellence in both business and the community.

Hamilton is an active Chamber member - both as an Art and Wine Festival volunteer and as a 2001 graduate of Leadership Mountain View. She is also a member of the Mountain View Library Foundation and the Mountain View Kiwanis Club. She is the past president of the Silicon Valley Craftsmen Club, a printing and graphic art professional organization.

Drexler Technology lands $4.8 million federal order

On Sept. 19 Drexler Technology Corporation of Mountain View received a $4.8 million order from the Immigration and Naturalization Service for secure optical memory identification cards.

The cards are slated for use as U.S. Department of State “laser visa” cards for frequent visitors from Mexico crossing the border into Texas, Arizona and California.

consumer activities. Currently, Mexico is the only country designated to use the card for tourist visas.

The order is part of an $81 million government procurement program for INS “green cards” and State Department “laser visas.” Under a five-year contract awarded to Drexler in June 2000 for up to 24 million LaserCards Triple-Image identification cards, approximately 5.8 million have been ordered so far.