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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
1909
Subject
Engineering
Award
Certificate of Merit
Year
1895
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1992
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Citation
For inventing groundbreaking scientific instrumentation.
Year
1987
Subject
Leadership
Award
Vermilye
Affiliation
Emeritus of Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Citation
For founding Beckman Instruments and inventing groundbreaking scientific instrumentation.
Year
1883
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1982
Subject
Engineering
Award
Brown
Affiliation
Lehigh University
Citation
For his contribution to the design of tall steel frames and structural stability research.
Year
1911
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1894
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Year
1900
Subject
Invention
Award
Certificate of Merit
Year
1900
Subject
Invention
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.