IEEE Edison Medal Recipients
2009 - TINGYE LI
Retired, Division Manager
Communications Infrastructure Research Laboratory
AT&T Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
“For leadership, vision, and pioneering contributions in the field of broadband optical fiber communications.”
2008 - DOV FROHMAN-BENTCHKOWSKY
Retired, Vice President and General Manager, Intel Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
“For pioneering the development of the MOS Erasable, Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), a key enabler of the information age revolution.”
2007 - RUSSELL D. DUPUIS
Professor and Steve W. Chaddick Endowed Chair in Electro-Optics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, USA
“For pioneering contributions to metalorganic chemical vapor deposition technology and continuous-wave room-temperature quantum-well lasers.”
2006 - FAWWAZ T. ULABY
Vice-President of Research
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
“For pioneering research in microwave and radar remote sensing technology and their environmental and industrial applications.”
2005 - PETER LAWRENSON
Private Consultant
Yorks, England
"For outstanding contributions to the field of electrical machines, most notably the development and commercialization of switched reluctance drives."
2004 - FEDERICO CAPASSO
Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA
"For a career of highly creative and influential contributions to heterostructure devices and materials."
2003 - NOT AWARDED
2002 - EDWARD E. HAMMER
Fluorescent Systems Technical Advisor, General Electric Co.
Cleveland, OH, USA
'For contributions to design methods for energy efficient fluorescent lighting systems and development of lighting products.'
2001 - ROBERT H. DENNARD
IBM Fellow, Silicon Technology Department, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
'For the invention of the 1-transistor DRAM cell, and contributions to the development of the MOSFET device scaling principles.'
2000 - JUN-ICHI NISHIZAWA
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
'For contributions to materials science and technology, and the invention of the static induction transistor.'
1999 - KEES A. SCHOUHAMER IMMINK
University of Essen, Essen, Germany
'For a career of creative contributions to the technologies of digital video, audio, and data recording.'
IBM Corporation
'For pioneering contributions to the physics of computing and conduction'
1997 - ESTHER M. CONWELL
Research Fellow
Xerox Corporation
Webster, NY, USA
'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
Univ of Illinois
Urbana, IL, USA
'For creative contributions to the fundamental knowledge of ultrasonic propagation in and interactions with biological media.'
1995 - ROBERT W. LUCKY
Bellcore
Red Bank, NJ, USA
'For an extraordinary career in telecommunications providing visionary technical leadership, support of his profession, and compelling public advocacy of technology.'
1994 - LESLIE GEDDES
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
'For fundamental contributions to applied biomedical instrumentation and the understanding of the electrical properties of the cardiovascular system.'
1993 - JAMES H. POMERENE
IBM Corporation
Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
'For outstanding contributions to the development of computer architecture, including pipelining, reliable main memory and memory.'
1992 - G. DAVID FORNEY
Codex Corporation
Mansfield, MA, USA
'For original contributions to coding, modulation, data communications modems, and for industrial and research leadership in communications technology.'
1991 - JOHN LOUIS MOLL
Hewlett Packard Labs.
Palo Alto, CA, USA
'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, USA
'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, USA
'For an outanding career in the field of electrical engineering with contributions to major advances inthe field of semiconductor materials and devices.'
1988 - JAMES ROSS MACDONALD
Univ of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
'For seminal contributions to solid-state science and technology, and outstanding leadership as a research director.'
1987 - ROBERT A. HENLE
IBM Corporation
Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
'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, USA
'For a career of innovation and leadership in speech communication science and technology.'
1985 - JOHN D. KRAUS
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
'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, USA
'For a singular career of invention, development, and leadership in electron devices.'
1983 - HERMAN PAUL SCHWAN
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
'For a career of creative endeavor by which engineering, physics, biology, and medicine have been amalgamated into a coherent field of electromagnetic bioengineering.'
1982 - NATHAN COHN
Leeds & Northrup Co.
North Wales, PA, USA
'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 University
Stanford, CA, USA
'For his creative contributions to microwave electronics, space communications, and technology of communication systems.'
1980 - ROBERT ADLER
Extel Co.
Northbrook, IL, USA
'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, USA
'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.
Phoenix, AZ, USA
'For leadership and innovation in meeting important public needs, especially in developing mobile communications and solid-state electronics.'
1977 - HENRI BUSIGNIES
ITT Corporation
Nutley, NJ, USA
'For technical contributions and leadership in the field of radar, radio communication and radio navigation.'
1976 - MURRAY JOSLIN
Consolidated Edison
Oak Park, IL, USA
'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
North Andover, MA, USA
'For basic contributions to network theory and for important inventions in radar systems and electronic circuits.'
1974 - JAN A. RAJCHMAN
RCA Labs
Princeton, NJ, USA
'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 Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA, USA
'For contributions to telecommunications, rocket guidance and spacecraft control, and for inspining leadership in unmanned exploration of the solar system.'
1971 - JOHN W. SIMPSON
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
'For sustained contributions to society through the development and engineering design of nuclear power systems.'
1970 - HOWARD H. AIKEN
Aiken Enterprises
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
'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 University
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.
Boston, 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.'
1965 - WALKER LEE CISLER
Detroit Edison Co.
Detroit, MI
'For his achievements in the power industry, including the development of nuclear power; for his service 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.'
1964 - NO AWARD
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 Electric Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA
'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
Upper Montclair, NJ
'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
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York
New York, 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
Generals Motors Corp.
Dayton, OH
'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.
Pittsburgh, PA
'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, judgement 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.'
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 ans systems.'
1951 - CHARLES F. WAGNER
'For his distinguished contributions in the field of power systems 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 developements 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 contribtuions 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 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.'
1926 - NO AWARD
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 exerimental 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.'
1915 - NO AWARD
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 invention and development of alternating current systems and apparatus.'
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 therto during the past thirty years.'
