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Year
2011
Subject
Earth and Environmental Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Berkeley, California
Citation
For discovering the underlying principles of mineral formation and alteration by microbes, which are critical to understanding the form, composition, and distribution of minerals in the presence of living organisms.
Year
2001
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
Com21 Incorporated │ Atherton, California
Citation
Development of packet-switching, foundation of the Internet
Year
1975
Subject
Physics
Award
Franklin
Affiliation
University of Illinois, Urbana
Citation
Theory and technology of superconductivity and semiconductors
Year
1952
Subject
Physics
Award
Ballantine
Affiliation
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign │ Champaign, Illinois
Citation
For theory and technology of superconductivity and semiconductors.
Year
1901
Subject
Invention
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
2015
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute │ The Rockefeller University │ New York, New York
Citation
For her contributions to neurobiology that have led to major discoveries elucidating the relationship between genes, neurons, neural circuits, and behavior.
Year
1986
Subject
Physics
Award
Boyden
Citation
For investigation of light emitted by quasars (with R. Davis and W. Sanders).
Year
1899
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1914
Subject
Invention
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1895
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia



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.