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Year
2005
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Materiaux d'Orsay, Universite Paris-Sud | Orsay, France
Citation
For his seminal discovery of fundamental chemical principles that explain the impact of catalyst shape on its effectiveness in controlling chemical reactions, thus greatly simplifying the manufacture of pharmaceutically important compounds.
Year
2018
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Corporation for National Research Initiatives│ Reston, Virginia
Citation
With Vinton Gray Cerf, for enabling the Internet by developing TCP/IP, the set of methods that allows effective communication between millions of computer networks.
Year
2011
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
DEKA Research and Development Corporation |
Manchester, New Hampshire
Citation
For his resourcefulness and imagination in creating mechanical devices that broadly benefit society and enable people with disabilities to improve their quality of life and health.
Year
2008
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Citation
For visionary leadership and scientific accomplishments in the design of perceptual robotic algorithms and systems that function in the physical world.
Year
2015
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania │ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Citation
With Eugene Mele and Shoucheng Zhang, for their groundbreaking theoretical contributions leading to the discovery of a new class of materials called topological insulators, and for their prediction of specific compounds exhibiting the novel properties expected of these new materials.
Year
1993
Subject
Physics
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.
Citation
For determining three-dimensional structure of molecules with X-ray diffraction.
Year
2004
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California
Citation
For his contributions to the understanding of computational complexity. His work helps programmers find workable solution procedures, avoiding approaches that would fail to find a solution in a reasonable amount of time. Scientific, commercial or industrial situations where his work applies include establishing least-cost schedules for industrial production, transportation routing, circuit layout, communication network design, and predicting the spatial structure of a protein from its amino acid sequencing.
Year
2011
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
The Kavli Foundation |
Oxnard, California
Citation
For his distinguished career in technology and for his commitment, with The Kavli Foundation, to the global advancement of science and of science education for the betterment of humankind.
Year
1991
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Xerox Corporation
Citation
For management and public policy.
Year
2003
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Southwest Airlines Co. | Dallas, Texas
Citation
Herb Kelleher who, as founder and chairman of the board of Southwest Airlines, has shown the world that business and technological success are best achieved and enjoyed by inspiring, supporting, and celebrating people and their accomplishments. Under his leadership, Southwest Airlines has realized 29 consecutive years of growth and profitability through a focus on customer service, efficiency, and exemplary employee relations.
Year
2000
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
With Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman, for their epoch-making experimental confirmation of the 1925 prediction by Satyendra Bose and Albert Einstein, who claimed on theoretical grounds that a dilute gas can condense into a large quantum-mechanical system and display properties that are usually found only on an atomic or molecular scale.
Year
2014
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For many pioneering contributions to discoveries of novel quantum phenomena involving the interaction of atoms with electromagnetic fields and the behavior of atoms at ultra-low temperatures.
Year
1988
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Franklin
Affiliation
Stanford University
Citation
For theory of computation and typeface design.
Year
2015
Subject
Mechanical Engineering
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
KU Leuven │ Leuven, Belgium
Citation
For his pioneering research in additive manufacturing (3D printing), which led to many technological innovations and several global companies. His work has inspired further research, enabled the creation of many patents, and built the foundation for others’ businesses.
Year
2014
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Carnegie Mellon University |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Citation
With Shunichi Iwasaki, for the development and realization of the system of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording, which has enabled a dramatic increase in the storage capacity of computer-readable media.
Year
1997
Subject
Life Science
Award
Corson
Affiliation
Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Illinois at Chicago
Citation
For health strategies on obesity and chronic disease.
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.