The
John Fritz Medal
The John Fritz Medal, referred to as the highest
award in the engineering profession, is presented
each year for scientific or industrial achievement
in any field of pure or applied science. It was
established in 1902 as a memorial to the great engineer
whose name it bears.
Past Recipients:
1902 |
John Fritz |
1905 |
Lord Kelvin |
1906 |
George Westinghouse |
1907 |
Alexander Graham Bell |
1908 |
Thomas Alva Edison |
1909 |
Charles Talbot Porter |
1910 |
Alfred Nobel |
1911 |
Sir William Henry White |
1912 |
Robert Woolston Hunt |
1914 |
John Edson Sweet |
1915 |
James Douglas |
1916 |
Elihu Thompson |
1917 |
Henry Marion Howe |
1918 |
J. Waldo Smith |
1919 |
Gen. George W. Goethals |
1920 |
Orville Wright |
1921 |
Sir Robert A. Hadfield |
1922 |
Charles P. E. Schneider |
1923 |
Guglielmo Marconi |
1924 |
Ambrose Swasey |
1925 |
John Frank Stevens |
1926 |
Edward Dean Adams |
1927 |
Elmer Ambrose Sperry |
1928 |
John Joseph Carty |
1929 |
Herbert Clark Hoover |
1930 |
Ralph Modjeski |
1931 |
David Watson Taylor |
1932 |
Michael Idvorsky Pupin |
1933 |
Daniel Cowan Jackling |
1934 |
John Ripley Freeman (posthumous) |
1935 |
Frank Julian Sprague (posthumous) |
1936 |
William Frederick Durand |
1937 |
Arthur Newell Talbot |
1938 |
Paul Dyer Merica |
1939 |
Frank Baldwin Jewett |
1940 |
Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld (posthumous) |
1941 |
Ralph Budd |
1942 |
Everette Lee DeGolyer |
1943 |
Willis Rodney Whitney |
1944 |
Charles F. Kettering |
1945 |
John Lucian Savage |
1946 |
Zay Jeffries |
1947 |
Lewis Warrington Chubb |
1948 |
Theodore Von Karman |
1949 |
Charles M. Allen |
1950 |
Walter H. Aldridge |
1951 |
Vannevar Bush |
1952 |
Ervin George Bailey |
1953 |
Benjamin F. Fairless |
1954 |
William Embry Wrather |
1955 |
Harry Alonzo Winne |
1956 |
Philip Sporn |
1957 |
Ben Moreell |
1958 |
John R. Suman |
1959 |
Mervin J. Kelly |
1960 |
Gwilyn A. Price |
1961 |
Stephen D. Bechtel |
1962 |
Crawford H. Greenewalt |
1963 |
Hugh L. Dryden |
1964 |
Lucius D. Clay |
1965 |
Frederick R. Kappel |
1966 |
Warren K. Lewis |
1967 |
Walker L. Cisler |
1968 |
Igor Ivan Sikorsky |
1969 |
Michael L. Haider |
1970 |
Glenn B. Warren |
1971 |
Patrick E. Haggerty |
1972 |
William Webster |
1973 |
Lyman Wilber |
1974 |
H. I. Romnes |
1975 |
Manson Benedict |
1976 |
Thomas O. Paine |
1977 |
George R. Brown |
1978 |
Robert G. Heitz |
1979 |
Nathan M. Newark |
1980 |
T. Louis Austin, Jr. |
1981 |
Ian MacGregor |
1982 |
David Packard |
1983 |
Claude Elwood Shannon |
1984 |
Kenneth A. Roe |
1985 |
Daniel C. Drucker |
1986 |
Simon Ramo |
1987 |
Ralph Landau |
1988 |
Ralph B. Beck |
1989 |
Robert N. Noyce |
1990 |
Gordon A. Cain |
1991 |
Hunter Rouse |
1992 |
Serge Gratch |
1993 |
Gordon E. Moore |
1994 |
Hoyt C. Hottel |
1995 |
Lynn S. Beedle |
1996 |
George N. Hatsopoulos |
1997 |
Arthur E. Humphrey |
1998 |
Ivan A. Getting |
1999 |
George H. Heilmeier |
2000 |
John W. Fisher |
2001 |
Paul C. W. Chu |
2002 |
Daniel S. Goldin |
2003 |
Robert, S. Langer |
2004 |
John A. Swanson |
2005 |
George Tamaro |
2006 |
No Award |
2007 |
Gavriel Salvendy |
| 2008 | Kristina M. Johnson |
| 2009 | Yvonne Claeyes Brill |
2010 |
Gerald J. Posakony |