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Year
1892
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
2008
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester, Massachusetts
Citation
With Gary Ruvkun and David Baulcombe, 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
1937
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Cresson
Affiliation
California Institute of Technology │ Pasadena, California
Citation
For the discovery of the positron.
Year
1915
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
2011
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Citation
For the development of the first large-scale computational theory of the process by which humans perceive, learn and reason, and its application to computer tutoring systems.
Year
1891
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1990
Subject
Physics
Award
Wetherill
Affiliation
House of Councillors, Japan
Citation
For contributions to the study of atomic nuclei.



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.