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IEEE Medal of Honor Past Recipients IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS 2021 JACOB ZIV (LFIEEE)—Andrew “For fundamental contributions to information and Erna Viterbi Faculty of theory and data compression technology, and Electrical Engineering for distinguished research leadership.” Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 2020 CHENMING HU “For a distinguished career of developing and TSMC Distinguished Professor putting into practice semiconductor models, Emeritus, Department of Electrical particularly 3-D device structures, that have Engineering and Computer helped keep Moore’s Law going over many Sciences, University of California, decades.” Berkeley, California, USA 2019 KURT E. PETERSEN “For contributions to and leadership in the Member of the Silicon Valley Band development and commercialization of of Angels, Milpitas, California, USA innovative technologies in the field of MEMS.” 2018 BRADFORD W. PARKINSON “For fundamental contributions to and Professor Emeritus, Stanford leadership in developing the design and driving University, Stanford, California, the early applications of the Global Positioning USA System.” 2017 KORNELIS (KEES) A. “For pioneering contributions to video, audio, SCHOUHAMER IMMINK and data recording technology, including President, Turing Machines Inc., compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.” Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016 G. DAVID FORNEY, JR. “For pioneering contributions to the theory of Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts error-correcting codes and the development of Institute of Technology, reliable high-speed data communications.” Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 2015 MILDRED DRESSELHAUS “For leadership and contributions across many Institute Professor, fields of science and engineering.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 2014 B. JAYANT BALIGA Distinguished “For the invention, implementation, and University Professor, North Carolina commercialization of power semiconductor devices State University, Raleigh, North with widespread benefits to society.” Carolina, USA 2013 IRWIN MARK JACOBS “For leadership and fundamental contributions to Founding Chairman and CEO digital communications and wireless technology.” Emeritus, Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA Page 1 of 10 IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS 2012 JOHN L. HENNESSY “For pioneering the RISC processor architecture and President, Stanford University, for leadership in computer engineering and higher Stanford, CA, USA education.” 2011 MORRIS CHANG “For outstanding leadership in the semiconductor Founder, Chairman and CEO, Taiwan industry.” Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Taipei, Taiwan 2010 ANDREW J. VITERBI “For seminal contributions to communications President, Viterbi Group technology and theory.” Viterbi Group, LLC San Diego, CA, USA 2009 ROBERT H. DENNARD “For invention of the single transistor Dynamic IBM Fellow, IBM Thomas J. Watson Random Access Memory and for developing scaling Research Center principles for integrated circuits.” New York , NY, USA 2008 GORDON E. MOORE “For pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit Chairman of the Board, Emeritus processing, and leadership in the development of Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA MOS memory, the microprocessor computer and the semiconductor industry.” 2007 THOMAS KAILATH “For exceptional development of powerful Stanford University, Dept of EE algorithms in the fields of communications, Stanford, CA computing, control and signal processing.” 2006 JAMES D. MEINDL "For pioneering contributions to microelectronics, Director and Pettit Chair Professor of including low power, biomedical, physical limits and Microelectronics, Microelectronics on-chip interconnect networks.” Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2005 JAMES L. FLANAGAN "For sustained leadership and outstanding Vice President for Research contributions in speech technology." Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ, USA 2004 TADAHIRO SEKIMOTO “For contributions to digital satellite Chairman Emeritus communications, promotion of information NEC Corporation technology R&D, and technical and corporate Tokyo, Japan leadership in computers and communications." 2003 NICK HOLONYAK, JR. "For a career of pioneering contributions to Univ of Illinois at Urbana- semiconductors, including the growth of Champaign, semiconductor alloys and heterojunctions, and to Urbana, IL, USA visible light-emitting diodes and injection lasers." 2002 HERBERT KROEMER "For contributions to high-frequency transistors and Univ of California hot-electron devices, especially heterostructure Santa Barbara, CA devices from heterostructure bipolar transistors to lasers, and their molecular beam epitaxy Page 2 of 10 IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS technology." 2001 HERWIG KOGELNIK "For fundamental contributions to the science and Director, Photonics Research Lab & technology of lasers and optoelectronics, and for Electronics Research leadership in research and development of Lab Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ photonics and lightwave communication systems." 2000 ANDREW S. GROVE “For pioneering research in characterizing and Intel Corporation modeling metal oxide semiconductor devices and Santa Clara, CA technology, and leadership in the development of the modern semiconductor industry.” 1999 CHARLES CONCORDIA "For outstanding contributions in the area of Power Venice, FL System Dynamics which resulted in substantial improvements in planning, operation and security of extended power systems" 1998 DONALD O. PEDERSON "For creation of the SPICE Program, universally University of California used for the computer aided design of circuits." Berkeley, CA 1997 GEORGE H. HEILMEIER "For discovery and initial development of electro- Bellcore, Morristown, NJ optic effects in liquid crystals." 1996 ROBERT M. METCALFE "For exemplary and sustained leadership in the International Data Group development, standardization, and Boston, MA commercialization of Ethernet." 1995 LOTFI A. ZADEH "For pioneering development of fuzzy logic and its Univ of California, Berkeley, CA many diverse applications." 1994 ALFRED Y. CHO "For seminal contributions to the development of AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ molecular beam epitaxy." 1993 KARL JOHAN ÅSTRÖM "For fundamental contributions to theory and Lund University Lund, Sweden applications of adaptive control technology." 1992 AMOS E. JOEL, JR. "For fundamental contributions to and leadership in AT&T Bell Labs., S. Orange, NJ telecommunications switching systems." 1991 LEO ESAKI "For contributions to and leadership in tunneling, IBM Yorktown Heights, NY semiconductor superlattices, and quantum wells." 1990 ROBERT G. GALLAGER For fundamental contributions to communications M.I.T., Cambridge, MA coding techniques." 1989 C. KUMAR PATEL "For fundamental contributions to quantum AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ electronics, including the carbon dioxide laser and the spin-flip Raman laser." 1988 CALVIN F. QUATE "For the invention and development of the scanning Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA acoustic microscope." Page 3 of 10 IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS 1987 PAUL C. LAUTERBUR "For the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance University of Illinois Urbana, IL imaging." 1986 JACK ST. CLAIR KILBY "For fundamental contributions to semiconductor Texas A&M University integrated circuit technology." Dallas, TX 1985 JOHN R. WHINNERY "For seminal contributions to the understanding and University of California application of electromagnetic fields and waves to Berkeley, CA microwave, laser, and optical devices." 1984 NORMAN F. RAMSEY "For fundamental contributions to very high Harvard University accuracy time and frequency standards exemplified Cambridge, MA by the cesium atomic clock and hydrogen maser oscillator." 1983 NICOLAAS BLOEMBERGEN "For pioneering contributions to Quantum Harvard University Electronics including the invention of the three-level Cambridge, MA maser." 1982 JOHN WILDER TUKEY "For his contributions to the spectral analysis of Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ random processes and the fast Fourier transform algorithm." 1981 SIDNEY DARLINGTON "For fundamental contributions to filtering and Univ of New Hampshire signal processing leading to chirp radar." Durham, NH 1980 WILLIAM SHOCKLEY "For the invention of the junction transistor, the Stanford University analog and the junction field-effect transistor, and Stanford, CA the theory underlying their operation." 1979 RICHARD BELLMAN "For contributions to decision processes and control Univ of Southern California system theory, particularly the creation and Los Angeles, CA application of dynamic programming." 1978 ROBERT N. NOYCE "For his contributions to the silicon integrated INTEL Corp., Santa Clara, CA circuit, a cornerstone of modern electronics." 1977 H. EARLE VAUGHAN "For his vision, technical contributions and Bell Telephone Labs. leadership in the development of the first high- Murray Hill, NJ capacity pulse-code-modulation time-division telephone switching system." 1976 NO AWARD 1975 JOHN R. PIERCE "For his pioneering concrete proposals and the CA Institute of Technology realization of satellite communication experiments, Pasadena, CA and for contributions in theory and design of traveling wave tubes and in electron beam optics essential to this success." 1974 RUDOLF EMIL KALMAN "For pioneering modern methods in system theory, University of Florida including concepts of controllability, observability, Gainesville, FL filtering, and algebraic structures." Page 4 of 10 IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS 1973 RUDOLF KOMPFNER "For a major contribution
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