IEEE Founders Medal
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The IEEE Founders Medal is an award is presented for outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical
and electronics engineering profession. It may be presented to an individual or team up to three in number. This medal was established by the IEEE in 1952.
Recipient of this medal receive a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and cash honorarium.
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
and electronics engineering profession. It may be presented to an individual or team up to three in number. This medal was established by the IEEE in 1952.
Recipient of this medal receive a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and cash honorarium.
Recipients
The following people have received the IEEE Founders Medal:- 1953: David SarnoffDavid SarnoffDavid Sarnoff was an American businessman and pioneer of American commercial radio and television. He founded the National Broadcasting Company and throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his...
- 1954: Alfred N. Goldsmith
- 1957: Raymond A. HeisingRaymond A. HeisingRaymond A. Heising was an American radio and telephone pioneer.Heising was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, graduated in 1912 in electrical engineering from the University of North Dakota, and in 1914 received his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. From 1914 until his...
- 1958: W.R.G. Baker
- 1960: Haraden PrattHaraden PrattHaraden Pratt was a noted American electrical engineer and radio pioneer.Pratt was born in San Francisco, California, where his parents were telegraph operators. He learned Morse code when young and worked briefly as a shipboard wireless operator before entering the University of California...
- 1961: Ralph BownRalph BownRalph Bown was a noted American radio pioneer.Bown was born in Fairport, New York, and received his M.E., M.M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University where he also taught physics...
- 1963: Frederick E. Terman
- 1964: Andrew G. L. McNaughton
- 1966: Elmer W. Engstrom
- 1967: Harvey FletcherHarvey FletcherHarvey Fletcher was an American physicist. Known as the "father of stereophonic sound" he is credited with the invention of the audiometer and hearing aid...
- 1968: Patrick E. HaggertyPatrick E. HaggertyPatrick Eugene Haggerty was an American engineer and businessman. He was a co-founder and former president and chairman of Texas Instruments, Incorporated. Haggerty is most responsible for turning a small Texas oil exploration company into the leader in semiconductors that Texas Instruments is today...
- 1969: E. Finley Carter
- 1970: Morris D. Hooven
- 1971: Ernst WeberErnst Weber (engineer)Ernst Weber , Austria-born American electrical engineer, was a pionier in microwave technologies and played an important role in the history of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where in 1945 he founded the Microwave Research Institute Ernst Weber (September 6, 1901 Vienna, Austria...
- 1972: Masaru IbukaMasaru IbukaMasaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony....
- 1973: William R. Hewlett
- 1973: 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...
- 1974: Lawrence A. HylandLawrence A. HylandLawrence A. "Pat" Hyland was an American electrical engineer. He is one of several people credited with major contributions to the invention of radar, but is probably best known as the man who transformed Hughes Aircraft from Howard Hughes' aviation "hobby shop" into one of the world's leading...
- 1975: John G. Brainerd
- 1976: Edward W. Herold
- 1977: Jerome B. Weisner
- 1978: Donald G. FinkDonald G. FinkDonald Glen Fink was an American electrical engineer, a pioneer in the development of radio navigation systems and television standards, vice president for research of Philco, president of the Institute of Radio Engineers, General Manager of the IEEE, and an editor of many important publications...
- 1979: Hanzo Omi
- 1980: Simon RamoSimon RamoSimon "Si" Ramo is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile...
- 1981: James HillierJames HillierJames Hillier, was a Canadian-born scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938....
- 1982: Shigeru Yonezawa
- 1983: Joseph M. PettitJoseph M. PettitJoseph Mayo Pettit was an engineer who became president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1972 to 1986.-Biography:...
- 1984: Koji Kobayashi
- 1985: William C. Norris
- 1986: George H. HeilmeierGeorge H. HeilmeierGeorge Harry Heilmeier is an American engineer and businessman, who was a pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays.-Biography:...
- 1987: James B. Owens
- 1988: Ian M. Ross
- 1989: Ivan A. GettingIvan A. GettingIvan Alexander Getting was an American physicist and electrical engineer, credited with the development of the Global Positioning System...
- 1990: Erich BlochErich BlochErich Bloch is a German-born American electrical engineer and administrator. He served as director of National Science Foundation from 1984 to 1990....
- 1991: Irwin Dorros
- 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: Kenneth H. Olsen
- 1994: Akio MoritaAkio MoritaAkio Morita KBE was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.-Early life:...
- 1995: Malcolm R. Currie
- 1996: Norman R. Augustine
- 1997: Gordon E. Moore
- 1998: Alan W. Rudge
- 1999: Benjamin M. Rosen
- 2000: Robert W. Galvin
- 2001: Robert A. FroschRobert A. FroschRobert Alan Frosch , American scientist, was the fifth Administrator of NASA from 1977–1981 during the Carter administration.-Biography:Born in New York City, Frosch was educated in the public school system in The Bronx...
- 2002: Thomas E. Everhart
- 2003: Ray StataRay StataRay Stata is a cofounder and Chairman of the Board of Analog Devices, Inc..A native of Pennsylvania, Stata earned BSEE and MSEE degrees from MIT. In 1965 he founded Analog Devices with MIT classmate Matthew Lorber in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Stata was President of the company from 1971 to 1991...
- 2004: Mildred DresselhausMildred DresselhausMildred S. Dresselhaus is an Institute Professor and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
- 2005: Eugene Wong
- 2006: Toshiharu Aoki
- 2007: Anita K. Jones
- 2008: Steven SampleSteven SampleSteven Browning Sample was the 10th president of the University of Southern California . He became president in 1991 and was succeeded by C.L. Max Nikias on August 3, 2010.-Background:Sample holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D...
- 2009: Craig R. Barrett
- 2010: Paul E. Gray
- 2011: James F. Gibbons