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Year
2008
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation
With Gary Ruvkun and Victor Ambros, for their discovery of small RNAs that turn off genes. Their pioneering work initiated a paradigm shift in our perception of the ways genes are regulated, and this insight is making possible major new genetic tools for basic research, and for improving agriculture and human health.
Year
1987
Subject
Life Science
Award
Corson
Affiliation
The Johns Hopkins University
Citation
For recognition of ethnic differences in lactase deficiency and consequent milk rejection resulting in new commercial dairy products.
Year
2018
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Duke University │ Durham, North Carolina
Citation
For his pioneering interdisciplinary contributions in thermodynamics and convection heat transfer that have improved the performance of engineering systems, and for constructal theory, which predicts natural design and its evolution in engineering, scientific, and social systems.
Year
2009
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
The Pennsylvania State University | University Park, Pennsylvania
Citation
For his groundbreaking contributions to our mechanistic understanding of enzymes, and for helping to unravel the complexities of the enzymes involved in DNA replication.
Year
2004
Subject
Life Science
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California
Citation
For his pioneering discoveries that both founded and greatly advanced the field of neurogenetics, thereby transforming our understanding of the brain.
Year
2013
Subject
Earth and Environmental Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Yale University |
New Haven, Connecticut
Citation
For deepening our understanding of the Earth system through studies of the chemistry of geologic processes and their influence on the atmosphere and oceans.
Year
1959
Subject
Physics
Award
Franklin
Affiliation
Cornell University │ Ithaca, New York
Citation
For contributions to the understanding of the physical universe.
Year
2007
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For his pioneering achievements in developing the chemical analysis tool of mass spectrometry and using it to determine the structure of complex molecules of biological and medical interest.
Notes:
- "Franklin" Medals are not the same as "Benjamin Franklin" Medals. The Benjamin Franklin Medal was initiated in 1998 to represent the combined legacies of several historic medals, including the Franklin Medal.
- The Scott Medal is awarded by the City of Philadelphia. Prior to 1920, the Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts selected the medalists and the Scott Medals were presented on Awards Day at The Franklin Institute.
- For more information about The Franklin Institute Awards program, contact the Awards Program Director at awards@fi.edu.