New Jersey Inventor's Hall of Fame
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The New Jersey Inventor's Hall of Fame
was established in 1987 to honor individuals and corporations in New Jersey
for their invention
contributions. Award recipients are recognized at the annual Award Banquet Dinner. The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame operated from 1987 to 2002 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, from 2003 to 2007 with support from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, and thereafter under the aegis of Stevens Institute of Technology Office of Academic Entrepreneurship. In 2010, Greenberg Traurig became a co-sponsor of the organization.
Hall of Fame
A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...
was established in 1987 to honor individuals and corporations in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
for their invention
Invention
An invention is a novel composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived, in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social...
contributions. Award recipients are recognized at the annual Award Banquet Dinner. The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame operated from 1987 to 2002 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, from 2003 to 2007 with support from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, and thereafter under the aegis of Stevens Institute of Technology Office of Academic Entrepreneurship. In 2010, Greenberg Traurig became a co-sponsor of the organization.
Notable honorees
- Thomas EdisonThomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
- Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
- Charles J. FletcherCharles J. FletcherCharles Joseph Fletcher, of Franklin, New Jersey, is an American inventor and businessman, and holder of over seventy patents.-Biography:He is the president of Technology General Corporation, a small manufacturer of drawn metal products, spray coating systems, power mixers, and commercial ice...
(1993), for aerospace inventions - Calvin Souther FullerCalvin Souther FullerCalvin Souther Fuller was a physical chemist at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked for 37 years from 1930 to 1967. Fuller was part of a team in basic research that found answers to physical challenges...
(2006) for Semiconductor Photovoltaic Solar Cell - Leo SternbachLeo SternbachLeo Henryk Sternbach was a Polish-Jewish chemist who is credited with discovering benzodiazepines, main class of tranquilizers.-Biography:...
- Selman WaksmanSelman WaksmanSelman Abraham Waksman was an American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition promoted the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics...
- Vladimir ZworykinVladimir ZworykinVladimir Kozmich Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes...
- Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith (2008 Inductees, 2009 Nobel Prize Winners - Physics)
Hall of Fame Inductees
- 2010
- Dr. Michael Tompsett
- Dr. Andrew Chraplyvy
- Dr. Robert Tkach
- Dr. Kenneth Walker
- 2009
- Yvonne Claeys Brill
- Edward C. Taylor
- 2008
- Herman Sokol
- Eugene Gordon
- James West, Gerhard Sessler
- Willard Boyle, George Smith
- 2006
- Daryl M. Chapin, Calvin S. Fuller, Gerald L. Pearson
- Henry Orenstein
- Dennis Ritchie, Kenneth Thompson
- 2005
- William Trager
- Howard J. Ellison
- Clarence D. Chang, Anthony J. Silvestri, William H. Lang
- Gerard A. Alphonse
- 2004
- Dr. Corrado Dragone
- Mr. James M. Early
- Mr. Samuel Leeds Allen
- Mr. Walter J. Krupick
- Col. Willian Blair
- Dr. Meredith C. Gourdine
- 2002
- Isaac S. "Ike" Blonder, Ben H. Tongue
- Herwig Kogelnik
- John Augustus Roebling
- Anthony E. Winston
- 2001
- Gerald Ash
- Harold Black
- Donald L. Campbell, Homer Z. Martin, Eger V. Murphree, Charles W. Tyson
- Homer Z. Martin
- Eger V. Murphree
- Charles W. Tyson
- Abdul Gaffar
- Arun Netravali
- Glen A. Reitmeier
- 2000
- Albert Ballman ,Robert Laudise, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies of Murray Hill, NJ
- Lee de Forest
- Martin Goetz
- Simon Lake
- Arthur Nobile
- Alan White
- 1999
- Cyrus W. Bemmels
- Willis Haviland Carrier
- Haig Kafafian
- Morton A. Kreitchman
- Arthur Schawlow
- 1998
- Joseph Abys
- Edwin Howard Armstrong
- William O. Baker
- Allen B. DuMont
- Nikil S. Jayant
- Henry M. Rowan
- 1997
- Alfred Y. Cho
- James L. Flanagan
- Ezra Gould
- Milton Morse
- Richard H. Ranger
- Harry L. Yale
- 1996
- Richard Dehmel
- Harry F. Olson
- Les Paul
- Arnold J. (Red) Morway
- Charles Frederick Wallace
- N. Joseph Woodland
- 1995
- David Aronson
- Alvin M. Cohan
- George deStevens
- Joseph J. Mascuch
- Glenn Leslie Dimmick
- Kenneth S. Johnson
- 1994
- Jack Avins
- William O. Geyer
- George R. Hansen
- John Bardeen, William Shockley, Walter Brattain
- Phillip H. Smith
- Richard Williams
- 1993
- Marc A. Chavannes, Alfred W. Fielding
- Charles J. Fletcher
- Erwin Klingsberg
- Robert W. Lucky
- Keith D. Millis
- Sidney Pestka
- 1992
- Melvin L. Druin
- W.Lincoln Hawkins
- James Hillier
- Frederick J. Karol
- Harold Law
- Solomon Andrews
- William L. Maxson
- 1991
- Benjamin Abeles, George Cody
- Carlyle Caldwell
- Gordon W. Calundann
- Andrew G. F. Dingwall
- C. Reed Funk
- Anthony D. Kurtz
- Jerome Murray
- John H. Sinfelt
- Paul K. Weimer, Albert Rose
- Karl G. Jansky
- 1990
- Rev. Hannibal Goodwin
- Hubert Lechevalier
- Jerome Lemelson
- Arthur Patchett
- William Pfefferle
- Harold Seidel
- Oberlin Smith
- Marvin Weinstein
- Edward Weston
- 1989
- Seth Boyden
- Thomas A. Edison
- Albert Einstein
- Calvin MacCracken
- Jan A. Rajchman
- Leo H. Sternbach
- John Stevens
- Alfred Vail
- Selman Waksman
- Roy Weber
- Vladimir Zworykin
Inventor of the Year
- 2010
- Dr. Nicolas Girard
- Dr. Bijan Harichian
- Richard Caizza
- 2009
- Michael Seul
- Christos Christodoulatos, George P. Korfiatis, Xiaoguang Meng, Mazakhir Dadachov
- 2008
- Amit Limaye
- Sidney Pestka
- 2006
- Claude E. Gagna
- Yeheskel Bar-Ness
- 2005
- David M. Goldenberg
- Jack R. Harford
- Harry T. Roman
- 2004
- Mr. Robert H. Morris
- Dr. Igor Palley
- 2002
- Valerie A. Bell
- Hossein Eslambolchi
- Irwin Gerszberg
- Antoni S. Gozdz, Jean-Marie Tarascon, Paul C. Warren
- 2001
- Philip Anderson
- J. Thomas Jennings
- James D. Johnston
- Jack H. Winters
- 2000
- Bishnu Atal
- Gerard P. Canevari, Robert J. Fiocco, Richard R. Lessard
- Alfonso DiMino
- Barin Haskell
- 1999
- Andrew Chraplyvy, Matawan Robert Tkach, Little Silver Kenneth Walker
- William Hickerson
- 1998
- Gary Ver Strate, Scotch Plains - Mark J. Struglinski, Exxon Chemical Company, Linden, John E. Johnston, Warren Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, Roger K. West
- Joseph Dettling, Howell - Zhicheng Hu, Y.K. Lui, C.Z. Wan, , Engelhard Industries
- Michael Pappas
- Melvin E. Kamen
- John Mickowski
- 1997
- Arthur L. Babson
- Walter Jinotti
- Steven M. Kuznicki
- Lee-Fang Wei
- Tsong-Ho Wu, Richard C.L. Lau
- 1996
- Leslie R. Avery
- Gilbert Buchalter
- Lanny S. Smoot
- Dominik M. Wiktor
- 1995
- Richard Frenkiel
- Robert D. Howson
- Carl H.
- John B. MacChesney
- Liang Tai Wu
- James E. West
- 1994
- Eric J. Addeo
- Robert E. Kerwin, Donald L. Klein, John C. Sarace
- Kuo-Yann Lai
- June D. Passaretti
- Milan R. Uskokovic
- Gilbert Zweig
- 1993
- Michael J. Flowers
- Louis L. Grube
- Sue Wilson
- 1992
- Murrae Bowden, Larry F. Thompson
- John D. Geberth, Jr.
- Gideon Goldstein
- August F. Manz
- Victor Palinczar
- Ross C. Terrell
- 1991
- William Charney
- Charles Covino
- Jack R. Hartford
- Frederick M. Kahan
- Gregory H. Olsten
- Joseph F. Rizzo
- David Savage, Guido Sartori & Winston S. Ho
- Stanley S. Schodowski
- Joseph V. Milo, P.E.
- 1990
- Michael Catapano, Renato Noe
- Daniel Kramer
- Juris Mednis
- Franklin Reick
- Bart Zoltan
- 1989
- Frank Gutleber
- Sheldon Karesh, Dusan Prevorsek
- Leo Harwood
- Amos Joel, Jr.
- Glenn Johnson, Jr.
- Raymond Ketchledge
- Walter Kosonocky
- Mandayam Narasimhan
- Miguel Ondetti, David Cushman
- Deger Tunc
Innovator Award
- 2010
- Dr. Yun-Qing Shi
- Dr. Leonard Cimini
- Dr. Linda Brzustowicz
- 2009
- Kamalesh K Sirkar
- Dr. Raziq Yaqub
- Effat S. Emamian, Ali Abdi
- 2008
- Mohammed Ettouney
- Ali Abdi
- Michael Wong
- 2006
- Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
- Frank B. Gilbreth
- John von Neumann
- 2005
- Lillian M. Gilbreth
- Albert I. Schatz
- Michael L. Recce
Corporate Award
- 2009
- Immunomedics, Inc.
- Hoffman La Roche, Inc.
- 1999
- General Magnaplate Corporation, Linden
- 1998
- Howmedica, Rutherford
- 1997
- Johnson & Johnson
- 1996
- National Starch and Chemical Company, Bridgewater
- 1995
- Exxon Research and Engineering company, Florham Park
- 1994
- Mobil Research and Development Corporation of Princeton, Princeton
- 1993
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Princeton
- 1992
- Bell Communications Research Inc., "Bellcore"
- 1991
- David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton
- 1990
- Merck and Company
- 1989
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
Graduate Student Award
- 2010
- Ms. Jingjing Zhang
- Dr. Xiaoling Chen
- Dr. Asli Ergun
- 2009
- Chuan-Bi Lin
- Ziqian Cecilia Dong
- Dipshikha Biswas
- 2008
- Zhiqiang Gao
- Amey Shevtekar
- Hong Zhang
- 2006
- Sudhakar Shet
- Dimitrios Zarkadas
- 2005
- Yuanqiu Luo
- Shuangquan Wang
Special Award
- 2010
- Dr. Timothy Chang
- 2009
- Michael J. Flowers
- 2004
- Dr. Phillip J. Petillo
- Dr. Majid Abou-Gharbia
- 2002
- Dave Hammond
- 2001
- David Brown
- Wellington Titus
- Fred Topinka
- 2000
- Stephan Schaffan Jr.
- 1999
- Lisa Gable
- William Greeley
- 1998
- William Lowell
- Quentin T. Kelly, Pennington and WorldWater Corp., Pennington
- Melvin Levinson
- 1997
- Martin C. Pettesch
- 1996
- Barbara Derkoski
- Otto Niederer
- 1995
- Allan H. Willinger
- Michael D. Mintz
- William J. von Liebig
- 1994
- Donald J. Sauer
- James T. Reynolds
- John J. Frins
- James Edward Johnstone
- 1993
- Bonnie L. James, Cherica Inc., Tuckerton
- Italo Marchiony (1868-1954), Hoboken
Advancement of Invention Award
- 2010
- Dr. Vikki Hazelwood
- 2009
- Gil Zweig
- 1999
- New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology
- 1998
- Research and Development Council of New Jersey
- 1997
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
See also
- National Inventors Hall of FameNational Inventors Hall of FameThe National Inventors Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recognizing, honoring and encouraging invention and creativity through the administration of its programs. The Hall of Fame honors the men and women responsible for the great technological advances that make human,...
- Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New JerseyAviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New JerseyThe Aviation Hall Of Fame & Museum of New Jersey was founded in 1972 and preserves New Jersey's aviation and space heritage. The museum displays historic aircraft, space equipment, artifacts, photographs, art and a model collection, many of which were donations from private sources. It is the first...