Hoover Medal
Encyclopedia
The Hoover Medal is an American engineering
prize.
It has been given since 1930 for "outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity". The prize is given jointly by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
, American Society of Civil Engineers
, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(which administers it).
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
prize.
It has been given since 1930 for "outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity". The prize is given jointly by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is a professional organization for chemical engineers.AIChE was established in 1908 with the purpose of establishing chemical engineers as a profession independent from chemists and mechanical engineers.As of 2010, AIChE had over 40,000 members,...
, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers is a professional body for mining and metallurgy, with 90,000 members. It was founded in 1871 by 22 mining engineers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, being one of the first national engineering societies in the...
, American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....
(which administers it).
Past recipients
Past recipients include:- 1930 Herbert HooverHerbert HooverHerbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...
- 1936 Ambrose SwaseyAmbrose SwaseyAmbrose Swasey was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, manager, astronomer, and philanthropist. With Worcester R. Warner he co-founded the Warner & Swasey Company....
- 1938 John Frank StevensJohn Frank StevensJohn Frank Stevens was an American engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907.- Biography :...
- 1940 Gano DunnGano DunnGano Dunn was President of Cooper Union, and an early President of the United States National Research Council.Dunn received the first degree in Electrical engineering grantedby Columbia University...
- 1941 D. Robert Yarnall
- 1942 Gerard SwopeGerard SwopeGerard Swope was a U.S. electronics businessman. He served as the president of General Electric Company between 1922 and 1939, and again from 1942 until 1944...
- 1944 Ralph E. Flanders
- 1945 William Henry HarrisonWilliam Henry HarrisonWilliam Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...
- 1946 Vannevar BushVannevar BushVannevar Bush was an American engineer and science administrator known for his work on analog computing, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer of the Manhattan Project, the founding of Raytheon, and the idea of the memex, an adjustable microfilm viewer...
- 1948 Malcolm Pirnie
- 1949 Frank B. JewettFrank B. JewettFrank Baldwin Jewett was a physicist and the first president of Bell Labs....
- 1950 Karl T. Compton
- 1951 William L. Batt
- 1952 Clarence D. Howe
- 1954 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
- 1955 Charles F. Kettering
- 1956 Herbert Hoover, Jr.Herbert Hoover, Jr.Herbert Charles Hoover was the son of President of the United States Herbert Hoover; a successful engineer and businessman; a special envoy of the American government; and served as United States Under Secretary of State from 1954 to 1957.-Early years, 1903—1928:Herbert Hoover, Jr...
- 1957 Scott TurnerScott TurnerEric Scott Turner is a retired American football cornerback.As a football player, Turner played defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos between 1995 and 2004...
- 1958 Raymond A. Wheeler
- 1959 Henry T. Heald
- 1960 Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
- 1961 Mervin J. Kelly
- 1962 Walker Lee CislerWalker Lee CislerWalker Lee Cisler was a noted American engineer, business executive, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- 1963 James Rhyne Killian, Jr.
- 1964 John Alexander McCone
- 1966 Lillian Moller GilbrethLillian Moller GilbrethLillian Moller Gilbreth was an American psychologist and industrial engineer. One of the first working female engineers holding a Ph.D., she is arguably the first true industrial/organizational psychologist. She and her husband Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr...
- 1967 Lucius D. ClayLucius D. ClayGeneral Lucius Dubignon Clay was an American officer and military governor of the United States Army known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Clay was deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945; deputy military governor, Germany 1946; commander in chief, U.S....
- 1968 Sir Harold Hartley
- 1969 Edgar F. Kaiser
- 1970 John Erik Jonsson
- 1971 Luis A. FerréLuis A. FerréDon Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the third Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973, and the founding father of the New Progressive Party which advocates for Puerto Rico...
- 1972 Frederick R. Kappel
- 1973 William Joseph Hedley
- 1974 David PackardDavid PackardDavid Packard was a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard , serving as president , CEO , and Chairman of the Board . He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969–1971 during the Nixon administration...
- 1975 James BoydJames BoydJames Boyd , the son of a wealthy coal and oil family in Pennsylvania, was an American novelist.Boyd's parents, John Yeomans Boyd and Eleanor Gilmore Herr Boyd, were from North Carolina and he was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania...
- 1976 James B. Fisk
- 1977 Peter C. Goldmark
- 1978 Donald C. Burnham
- 1979 Charles M. Brinckerhoff
- 1980 Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr.
- 1981 Arnold O. Beckman
- 1982 Michel T. HalboutyMichel T. HalboutyMichel Thomas Halbouty was an American geologist, petroleum engineer, and wildcatter. Credited with discovering more than 50 oil and gas fields, he twice declared bankruptcy, but came back each time to regain wealth...
- 1983 Joseph J. JacobsJoseph J. JacobsJoseph J. Jacobs was an American chemical engineer who founded Jacobs Engineering Group, a major international engineering-construction company.He earned bachelor's , master's and doctor's degrees in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn .-Early life:Jacobs...
- 1984 Kenneth A. Roe
- 1985 Robert C. West
- 1986 Lawrence P. Grayson
- 1987 Martin Goland
- 1988 William R. Gianelli
- 1989 John J. McKetta
- 1990 Joseph M. Rodgers
- 1991 Haldor F. Topsoe
- 1992 Roland W. SchmittRoland W. SchmittRoland Walter Schmitt is a physicist, business executive and was the sixteenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.He was born on July 24, 1923 in Seguin, Texas to Walter L. Schmitt and Myrtle F. Schmitt. On June 2, 1951 he married Alice V. Calhoun and they had two sons: Lorenz and...
- 1993 Mario G. Salvadori
- 1994 William J. Carroll
- 1995 Dean KamenDean KamenDean L. Kamen is an American entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire.Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe...
- 1996 M. Hasan Nouri
- 1997 Otto J. Helweg
- 1998 James Earl Carter, Jr.
- 2001 Richard H. StanleyRichard H. StanleyRichard Henry Stanley was an American lawyer who served as politician and cabinet member of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:Stanley was born circa 1823.On February 4, 1861 he became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii....
- 2002 Charles H. Thornton
- 2003 Barry K. Thacker
- 2005 Sudabeh Shoja
- 2007 Bernard AmadeiBernard AmadeiBernard Amadei is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado, founder of Engineers Without Borders , and director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the Hoover Medal...
- 2008 APJ Abdul Kalam, Former PresidentPresidentA president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
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