IEEE Edison Medal

IEEE Edison Medal
The IEEE Edison Medal is presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts." It is the oldest medal in this field of engineering. The award consists of a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and honorarium. The medal may only be awarded to a new leap/breakthrough in the technological area of science.
Background
The Edison Medal, named after the inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison, was created on 11 February 1904 by a group of Edison's friends and associates. Four years later the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) entered into an agreement with the group to present the medal as its highest award. The first medal was presented in 1909 to Elihu Thomson. Other recipients of the Edison Medal include George Westinghouse, Alexander Graham Bell, Nikola Tesla, Michael I. Pupin, Robert A. Millikan (Nobel Prize 1923), and Vannevar Bush. A complete and authoritative list is published by the IEEE online.
After the merger of AIEE and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), in 1963, to form the IEEE, it was decided that IRE's Medal of Honor would be presented as IEEE's highest award, while the Edison Medal would become IEEE's principal medal.
Twelve persons with an exceptional career in electrical engineering received both the IEEE Edison Medal and the IEEE Medal of Honor, namely Edwin Howard Armstrong, Ernst Alexanderson, Mihajlo Pupin, Arthur E. Kennelly, Vladimir K. Zworykin, John R. Pierce, Sidney Darlington, James L. Flanagan, Nick Holonyak, Robert H. Dennard, Dave Forney, and Kees Schouhamer Immink.
Recipients
Source
1909: Elihu Thomson
1910: Frank J. Sprague
1911: George Westinghouse
1912: William Stanley, Jr.
1913: Charles F. Brush
1914: Alexander Graham Bell
1915: No Award
1916: Nikola Tesla
1917: John J. Carty
1918: Benjamin G. Lamme
1919: William Le Roy Emmet
1920: Mihajlo I. Pupin
1921: Cummings C. Chesney
1922: Robert A. Millikan
1923: John W. Lieb
1924: John White Howell
1925: Harris J. Ryan
1926: No Award
1927: William D. Coolidge
1928: Frank B. Jewett
1929: Charles F. Scott
1930: Frank Conrad
1931: Edwin W. Rice
1932: Bancroft Gherardi, Jr.
1933: Arthur E. Kennelly
1934: Willis R. Whitney
1935: Lewis B. Stillwell
1936: Alex Dow
1937: Gano Dunn
1938: Dugald C. Jackson
1939: Philip Torchio
1940: George Ashley Campbell
1941: John B. Whitehead
1942: Edwin H. Armstrong
1943: Vannevar Bush
1944: Ernst Alexanderson
1945: Philip Sporn
1946: Lee De Forest
1947: Joseph Slepian
1948: Morris E. Leeds
1949: Karl B. McEachron
1950: Otto B. Blackwell
1951: Charles F. Wagner
1952: Vladimir K. Zworykin
1953: John F. Peters
1954: Oliver E. Buckley
1955: Leonid A. Umansky
1956: Comfort A. Adams
1957: John K. Hodnette
1958: Charles F. Kettering
1959: James F. Fairman
1960: Harold S. Osborne
1961: William B. Kouwenhoven
1962: Alexander C. Monteith
1963: John R. Pierce
1964: No Award
1965: Walker Lee Cisler
1966: Wilmer L. Barrow
1967: George Harold Brown
1968: Charles F. Avila
1969: Hendrik Wade Bode
1970: Howard H. Aiken
1971: John Wistar Simpson
1972: William Hayward Pickering
1973: Bernard D. H. Tellegen
1974: Jan A. Rajchman
1975: Sidney Darlington
1976: Murray Joslin
1977: Henri G. Busignies
1978: Daniel E. Noble
1979: Albert Rose
1980: Robert Adler
1981: C. Chapin Cutler
1982: Nathan Cohn
1983: Herman P. Schwan
1984: Eugene I. Gordon
1985: John D. Kraus
1986: James L. Flanagan
1987: Robert A. Henle
1988: James Ross MacDonald
1989: Nick Holonyak, Jr.
1990: Archie W. Straiton
1991: John L. Moll
1992: George D. Forney
1993: James H. Pomerene
1994: Leslie A. Geddes
1995: Robert W. Lucky
1996: Floyd Dunn
1997: Esther M. Conwell
1998: Rolf Landauer
1999: Kees Schouhamer Immink
2000: Jun-ichi Nishizawa
2001: Robert H. Dennard
2002: Edward E. Hammer
2003: No Award
2004: Federico Capasso
2005: Peter Lawrenson
2006: Fawwaz T. Ulaby
2007: Russell Dupuis
2008: Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky
2009: Tingye Li
2010: Ray Dolby
2011: Isamu Akasaki
2012: Michael Francis Tompsett
2013:
2014: Ralph Baer
2015: James Spilker
2016: Robert W. Brodersen
2017: M. George Craford
2018: Eli Yablonovitch
2019: Ursula Keller
2020: Frede Blaabjerg
2021:
2022: Alan Bovik
2023:
See also
List of engineering awards
List of physics awards
List of prizes named after people
References
External links
IEEE Edison Medal page at IEEE
Complete List of Edison Medal Recipients
IEEE Edison Medal Nomination Form
New York Times on the Edison Medal
IEEE Edison Medal page at IEEE Global History Network
Edison Medal
Thomas Edison
Academic awards
Awards established in 1904
1904 establishments in the United States