EDISON MEDAL RECIPIENTS
(This list obtained from IEEE website)

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2000 - JUN-ICHI NISHIZAWA
Tohoku University Sendai, Japan

"For contributions to materials science and
technology, and the invention of the static
induction transistor."
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1999 - KEES A. SCHOUHAMER IMMINK
Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Experimental
Mathematics
Essen, Germany

"For a career of creative contributions to the
technologies of digital video, audio, and data
recording."
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1998 - ROLF LANDAUER
IBM Fellow
IBM Corporation/T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY

"For pioneering contributions to the physics of
computing and conduction."
________

1997 - ESTHER M. CONWELL
Research Fellow
Xerox Corporation - Webster, NY

"For fundamental contributions to transport theory
in semiconductor and organic conductors, and
their application to the semiconductor, electronic
copying and printing industries."
________

1996 - FLOYD DUNN
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of ECE
University of Illinois - Urbana, IL

"For creative contributions to the fundamental
knowledge of ultrasonic propagation in and
interactions with biological media."
________

1995 - ROBERT W. LUCKY
Bellcore - Red Bank, NJ

"For an extraordinary career in
telecommunications providing visionary technical
leadership, support of his profession, and
compelling public advocacy of technology."
________

1994 - LESLIE A. GEDDES
Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN

"For fundamental contributions to applied
biomedical instrumentation and the understanding
of the electrical properties of the cardiovascular
system."
________

1993 - JAMES H. POMERENE
IBM Corp. - Yorktown Heights, NY

"For outstanding contributions to the development
of computer architecture, including pipelining,
reliable main memory and memory hierarchies."
________

1992 - G DAVID FORNEY, JR.
Codex Corp. - Mansfield, MA

"For original contributions to coding, modulation,
data communication modems, and for industrial
and research leadership in communications
technology."
________

1991 - JOHN LOUIS MOLL
Hewlett-Packard Labs. - Palo Alto, CA

"For pioneering contributions to diffused and
oxide-masked silicon devices, transistor analysis,
the p-n-p-n switch, and optoelectronics."
________

1990 - ARCHIE W. STRAITON
Univ. of Texas - Austin, TX

"For an outstanding career in electrical
engineering with significant contributions in the
fields of radio propagation and astronomy, and in
engineering education."
________

1989 - NICK HOLONYAK, JR.
Univ. of Illinois - Urbana, IL

"For an outstanding career in the field of electrical
engineering with contributions to major advances
in the field of semiconductor materials and
devices."
________

1988 - JAMES ROSS MACDONALD
Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC

"For seminal contributions to solid state science
and technology, and outstanding leadership as a
research director."
________

1987 - ROBERT A. HENLE
IBM Corp.

"For sustained leadership in, and individual
contributions to, the science and technology of
semiconductor circuits for computing systems."
________

1986 - JAMES L. FLANAGAN
AT&T Bell Labs. - Murray Hill, NJ

"For a career of innovation and leadership in
speech communication science and technology."
________

1985 - JOHN D. KRAUS
Ohio State Univ. - Columbus, OH

"For a sustained career as an innovator,
discoverer, and educator in the fields of antennas
and radio astronomy."
________

1984 - EUGENE I. GORDON
Bell Labs. - Murray Hill, NJ

"For a singular career of invention, development,
and leadership in electron devices."
________

1983 - HERMAN PAUL SCHWAN
Univ. of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA

"For a career of creative endeavor by which
engineering, physics, biology, and medicine have
been amalgamated into a coherent field of
electromagnetic bioengineering."
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1982 - NATHAN COHN
Leeds & Northrup Co.

"For a career of creative contributions and
leadership in the instrument, control and process
computer industry, in the control and economic
dispatch of power in large interconnected
electrical systems."
________

1981 - C. CHAPIN CUTLER
Stanford Univ., CA

"For his creative contributions to microwave
electronics, space communications, and
technology of communication systems."
________

1980 - ROBERT ADLER
Extel Co. - Northbrook, IL

"For many inventions in the fields of electronic
beam tubes and ultrasonic devices, and for
leadership in innovative research and
development."
________

1979 - ALBERT ROSE
RCA Labs. - Princeton, NJ

"For basic inventions in television camera tubes
and fundamental contributions to the understanding
of photoconductivity, insulators, and human and
electronic vision."
________

1978 - DANIEL E. NOBLE
Motorola, Inc.

"For leadership and innovation in meeting
important public needs, especially in developing
mobile communications and solid state
electronics."
________

1977 - HENRI BUSIGNIES
ITT Corp.

"For technical contributions and leadership in the
field of radar, radio communication and radio
navigation."
________

1976 - MURRAY JOSLIN
ConEd - Oak Park, IL

"For his leadership in overcoming technical and
financial obstacles to nuclear power generation
and for managerial guidance and foresight in the
planning, building and operating the early Dresden
Nuclear Power Station."
________

1975 - SIDNEY DARLINGTON
Bell Labs.

"For basic contributions to network theory and for
important inventions in radar systems and
electronic circuits."
________

1974 - JAN A. RAJCHMAN
RCA Labs. - Princeton, NJ

"For a creative career in the development of
electronic devices and for pioneering work in
computer memory systems."
________

1973 - B. D. H. TELLEGEN
Philips Research Labs. - Eindhoven, Netherlands

"For a creative career of significant achievement
in electrical circuit theory, including the gyrator."
________

1972 - WILLIAM H. PICKERING
California Inst. of Tech. - Pasadena, CA

"For contributions to telecommunications, rocket
guidance and spacecraft control, and for inspiring
leadership in unmanned exploration of the solar
system."
________

1971 - JOHN W. SIMPSON
Westinghouse Elec. Corp. - Pittsburgh, PA

"For sustained contributions to society through the
development and engineering design of nuclear
power systems."
________

1970 - HOWARD H. AIKEN
Aiken Enterprises - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

"For a meritorious career of pioneering
contributions to the development and application
of large-scale digital computers and important
contributions to education in the digital computer
field."
________

1969 - HENDRIK W. BODE
Harvard Univ. - Cambridge, MA

"For fundamental contributions to the arts of
communication, computation, and control; for
leadership in bringing mathematical science to
bear on engineering problems; and for guidance
and creative counsel in systems engineering."
________

1968 - CHARLES F. AVILA
Boston Edison Co., MA

"For his early contribution to underground
transmission, for his continuing guidance in the
field of electrical research and for his positive
leadership in the development of the electrical
utility industry."
________

1967 - GEORGE H. BROWN
RCA Labs. - Princeton, NJ

"For a meritorious career distinguished by
significant engineering contributions to antenna
development, electromagnetic propagation, the
broadcast industry, the art of radio frequency
heating, and color television."
________

1966 - WILMER L. BARROW
Sperry Gyroscope Co. - Great Neck, NY

"For a career of meritorious achievement
innovating, teaching and developing means for
transmission of electromagnetic energy at
microwave frequencies."
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1965 - WALKER LEE CISLER
Detroit Edison Co., MI

"For his achievements in the power industry,
including the development of nuclear power; for
his services to his country and to international
understanding, including the application of electric
power to economic growth among all nations; and
for his broad contributions to the profession of
engineering."
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1964 - NO AWARD

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1963 - JOHN R. PIERCE
Bell Telephone Labs. - Murray Hill, NJ

"For his pioneer work and leadership in satellite
communications and for his stimulus and
contributions to electron optics, travelling wave
tube theory and the control of noise in electron
streams."
________

1962 - ALEXANDER C. MONTEITH
Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

"For meritorious achievement in engineering,
education, management, and development of young
engineers."
________

1961 - WILLIAM B. KOUWENHOVEN
John Hopkins Univ. - Baltimore, MD

"For his inspiring leadership in education, for his
contributions in the fields of electrical insulation,
electrical measurements, and electrical science
applied to medicine, and especially for his
investigations of the effects of electricity on the
human body with the successful development of
countershock for the cure of fibrillation of the
heart."
________

1960 - HAROLD S. OSBORNE
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia

"For his contributions to the art of
telecommunication and his leadership and vision
in extending its application; for his achievements
in the coordination of international communication
and in national and international standardization;
and for his advancement of the engineering
profession."
________

1959 - JAMES F. FAIRMAN
Con Edison of NY

"For outstanding performance in improving the
design of large electric power systems; for
far-sighted leadership in atomic power
development; and for unremitting efforts to
improve the engineering profession."
________

1958 - CHARLES F. KETTERING
General Motors Corp.

"For invention, research and development in the
broad fields of industry, engineering,
transportation, medicine, education, energy and
power resulting in service to all mankind."
________

1957 - JOHN K. HODNETTE
Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

"For his significant contributions to the electrical
industry through creative design and development
of transformer apparatus which marked new
advances in protection, performance and service.
For his vision, judgment and management skill
which fostered and achieved the practical
application of his ideas with resulting
advancements in the electrical industry."
________

1956 - COMFORT A. ADAMS

"For pioneering achievements in the development
of alternating current electric machinery and in
electric welding; for vision and initiative in the
formation of an engineering standards organization
and for eminence as an educator and consulting
engineer."
________

1955 - LEONID A. UMANSKY

"For his outstanding contribution to the
electrification of industry through the application
of electrical machines, devices and systems to
automatic process machinery; and for his
inspiration, leadership, and teaching of men in this
work."
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1954 - OLIVER E. BUCKLEY

"For his personal contributions to the science and
art which have made possible a transatlantic
telephone cable; for wise leadership of a great
industrial laboratory; for outstanding services to
the government of his country."
________

1953 - JOHN F. PETERS

"For his contributions to the fundamentals of
transformer design, his invention of the
Klydonograph, his contributions to Military
Computers and for his sympathetic understanding
in the training of young engineers."
________

1952 - VLADIMIR K. ZWORYKIN

"For outstanding contributions to concept and
design of electronic components and systems."
________

1951 - CHARLES F. WAGNER

"For his distinguished contributions in the field of
power system engineering."
________

1950 - OTTO B. BLACKWELL

"For his pioneer contributions to the art of
telephone transmission."
________

1949 - KARL B. McEACHRON

"For his contributions to the advancement of
electrical science in the field of lightning and
other high voltage phenomena and for the
application of this knowledge to the design and
protection of electric apparatus systems."
________

1948 - MORRIS E. LEEDS

"For his contributions to industry through
development and production of electrical
precision measuring devices and controls."
________

1947 - JOSEPH SLEPIAN

"For his theoretical and practical contributions to
power systems through circuit analysis, arc
control, and current interruption."
________

1946 - LEE DE FOREST

"For pioneering achievements in radio and for the
invention of the grid-controlled vacuum tube with
its profound technical and social consequences."
________

1945 - PHILIP SPORN

"For his contributions to the art of economical and
dependable power generation and transmission."
________

1944 - E. F. W. ALEXANDERSON

"For his outstanding inventions and developments
in the radio, transportation, marine and power
fields."
________

1943 - VANNEVAR BUSH

"For his contribution to the advancement of
electrical engineering, particularly through the
development of new applications of mathematics
to engineering problems, and for his eminent
service to the nation in guiding the war research
program."
________

1942 - EDWIN H. ARMSTRONG

"For distinguished contributions to the art of
electric communication, notably the regenerative
circuit, the superheterodyne, and frequency
modulation."
________

1941 - JOHN B. WHITEHEAD

"For his contributions to the field of electrical
engineering, his pioneering and development in the
field of dielectric research, and his achievements
in the advancement of engineering education."
________

1940 - GEORGE ASHLEY CAMPBELL

"In recognition of his distinction as scientist and
inventor and for his outstanding original
contributions to the theory and application of
electric circuits and apparatus."
________

1939 - PHILIP TORCHIO

"For distinguished contributions to the art of
central station engineering and for achievement in
the production distribution, and utilization of
electrical energy."
________

1938 - DUGALD C. JACKSON

"For outstanding and inspiring leadership in
engineering education and in the field of
generation and distribution of electric power."
________

1937 - GANO DUNN

"For distinguished contributions in extending the
science and art of electrical engineering, in the
administration of great engineering works, and for
inspiring leadership in the profession."
________

1936 - ALEX DOW

"For outstanding leadership in the development of
the central station industry and its service to the
public."
________

1935 - LEWIS B. STILLWELL

"For his distinguished engineering achievements
and his pioneer work in the generation,
distribution, and utilization of electric energy."
________

1934 - WILLIS R. WHITNEY

"For his contributions to electrical science, his
pioneer inventions and his inspiring leadership in
research."
________

1933 - ARTHUR E. KENNELLY

"For meritorious achievements in electrical
science, electrical engineering and the electrical
arts as exemplified by his contributions to the
theory of electrical transmission and to the
development of international electrical standards."
________

1932 - BANCROFT GHERARDI

"For his contributions to the art of telephone
engineering and the development of electrical
communication."
________

1931 - E. W. RICE, JR.

"For his contributions to the development of
electrical systems and apparatus and his
encouragement of scientific research in industry."
________

1930 - FRANK CONRAD

"For his contributions to radio broadcasting and
short wave radio transmission."
________

1929 - CHARLES F. SCOTT

"For his contributions to the science and art of
polyphase transmission of electrical energy."
________

1928 - FRANK B. JEWETT

"For his contributions to the art of electric
communication."
________

1927 - WILLIAM D. COOLIDGE

"For his contributions to the incandescent electric
lighting and the X-ray arts."
________

1925 - HARRIS J. RYAN

"For his contributions to the science and the art of
high-tension transmission of power."
________

1924 - JOHN W. HOWELL

"For his contributions toward the development of
the incandescent lamp."
________

1923 - JOHN W. LIEB

"For the development and operation of electric
central stations for illumination and power."
________

1922 - ROBERT A. MILLIKAN

"For his experimental work in electrical science."
________

1921 - CUMMINGS C. CHESNEY

"For early developments in alternating current
transmission."
________

1920 - MICHAEL I. PUPIN

"For his work in mathematical physics and its
application to the electric transmission of
intelligence."
________

1919 - W. L. R. EMMET

"For inventions and developments of electrical
apparatus and primo movers."
________

1918 - BENJAMIN G. LAMME

"For invention and development of electrical
machinery."
________

1917 - JOHN J. CARTY

"For his work in the science and art of telephone
engineering."
________

1916 - NIKOLA TESLA

"For meritorious achievement in his early original
work in polyphase and high-frequency electrical
currents."
________

1914 - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

"For meritorious achievement in the invention of
the telephone."
________

1913 - CHARLES F. BRUSH

"For meritorious achievement in the invention and
development of the series arc lighting systems."
________

1912 - WILLIAM STANLEY

"For meritorious achievement in invention and
development of alternating current systems and
apparatus."
________

1911 - GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE

"For meritorious achievement in connection with
the development of the alternating current system
for light and power."
________

1910 - FRANK J. SPRAGUE

"For meritorious achievement in electrical
science, engineering and arts as exemplified in his
contributions thereto."
________

1909 - ELIHU THOMSON

"For meritorious achievement in electrical
science, engineering and arts as exemplified in his
contributions thereto during the past thirty years."

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