IEEE David Sarnoff Award

IEEE David Sarnoff Award
Awarded forExceptional contributions to electronics
Presented byIEEE
First awarded1959
Last awarded2016
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The IEEE David Sarnoff Award was a Technical Field Award presented in 1959–2016 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It was awarded annually for exceptional contributions to electronics.[1]

The award was established in 1959 by the RCA Corporation; in 1989 the Sarnoff Corporation became its sponsor. It consisted of a bronze medal, certificate and honorarium, and was presented each year to an individual or small team (up to three people).

The award was discontinued in 2016.[1]

Recipients

Source: IEEE

  • 1959: David Sarnoff
  • 1960: Rudolf Kompfner
  • 1961: Charles Townes
  • 1962: Harry B. Smith
  • 1963: Robert N. Hall
  • 1964: Henri Busignies
  • 1965: Jack A. Morton
  • 1966: Jack Kilby
  • 1967: James Hillier
  • 1968: Walter P. Dyke
  • 1969: Robert H. Rediker
  • 1970: John Bertrand Johnson
  • 1971: Alan L. McWhorter
  • 1972: Edward G. Ramberg
  • 1973: Max Mathews
  • 1974: Frederik L. J. Sangster
  • 1975: Bernard C. Deloach, Jr.
  • 1976: George H. Heilmeier
  • 1977: Harrison E. Rowe
  • 1977: Jack M. Manley
  • 1978: Donald G. Herzog
  • 1979: Tingye Li
  • 1979: A Gardner Fox
  • 1980: Marshall I. Nathan
  • 1981: Cyril Hilsum
  • 1982: Nobutoshi Kihara
  • 1983: Hermann K. Gummel
  • 1984: Alan David White
  • 1984: Jameson D. Rigden
  • 1985: Henry Kressel
  • 1986: Yasuharu Suematsu
  • 1987: Alan B. Fowler
  • 1987: Frank F. Fang
  • 1988: Izuo Hayashi
  • 1989: Charles V. Shank
  • 1989: Herwig Kogelnik
  • 1990: Leroy L. Chang
  • 1991: Federico Capasso
  • 1992: J. Jim Hsieh
  • 1993: Rao R. Tummala
  • 1994: Won-Tien Tsang
  • 1995: Karl Hess
  • 1996: Hiroyuki Sakaki [de]
  • 1997: Milton Feng
  • 1998: Tatsuo Izawa
  • 1999: Gerard A. Mourou
  • 2000: Alastair Malcolm Glass
  • 2001: P. Daniel Dapkus
  • 2002: Young-Kai Chen
  • 2003: Peter Asbeck
  • 2004: Frederick A. Kish, Jr.
  • 2005: Pierre Tournois
  • 2006: Mau-Chung F. Chang
  • 2007: Umesh K. Mishra
  • 2008: James Coleman
  • 2009: Kerry J. Vahala
  • 2009: Kam-Yin Lau
  • 2009: Yasuhiko Arakawa
  • 2010: Mark Rodwell
  • 2011: Constance J. Chang-Hasnain
  • 2012: Hideo Ohno
  • 2013: Sajeev John
  • 2014: Larry A. Coldren
  • 2015: Pallab Bhattacharya
  • 2016: Hiroyuki Matsunami

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Discontinued IEEE-Level Awards". IEEE. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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