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Year
2006
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Columbia University | New York, New York
Citation
For his achievements in synthetic organic chemistry, particularly for the development of methods for preparing complex substances found in nature, and their emerging applications in the field of cancer treatment.
Year
2022
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Southern California│ Los Angeles, California
Citation
With Russell D. Dupuis, for pioneering the technology that provides the materials quality and ultra-precision required for many device components central to modern life, including LEDs, transistors, lasers, and high-performance solar cells.
Year
2011
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Duke University |
Durham, North Carolina
Citation
For fundamental discoveries in the field of compact representations of data, leading to efficient image compression as used in digital photography.
Year
1985
Subject
Life Science
Award
Fahrney
Affiliation
EED, Inc.
Citation
For leadership in industry and education in science.
Year
1995
Subject
Life Science
Award
Corson
Affiliation
Bone Metabolism Laboratory; Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Citation
For research into osteoporosis.
Year
2013
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Dell Inc. |
Round Rock, Texas
Citation
For revolutionizing the accessibility of personal computing by his founding and leadership of Dell Inc. and for his extraordinary philanthropy, through both his company and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, towards benefitting the lives of youth and families in the United States and abroad.
Year
2007
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
IBM Research Division | Yorktown Heights, New York
Citation
For inventing computer memory circuits called DRAMs that are small, inexpensive, and fast enough to permit powerful, affordable personal computers, and for contributing to the development of the mathematical formula used in shrinking circuits to allow more speed and complexity.
Year
1998
Subject
Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Alcatel Alsthom Research Center | Marcoussis, France
Citation
With David Payne, for fundamental technical contributions and leadership critical to the successful development of the Erbuim-Doped Fiber Amplifier and for the championship of this project.
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.