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Patrick B.
Delany
Year
1885
Subject
Engineering
Award
Scott - on behalf of the City of Philadelphia
Michael Dell
Michael S.
Dell
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.
Hector F.
DeLuca
Year
1985
Subject
Life Science
Award
Corson
Affiliation
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Citation
For research on mode of action of Vitamin D.
Robert H. Dennard
Robert H.
Dennard
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.
Joseph
DeRycke
Year
1894
Subject
Invention
Award
Certificate of Merit
Emmanuel
Desurvire
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.
James
Dewar
Year
1919
Subject
Physics
Award
Franklin
John
Diebel
Year
1998
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Meade Instruments Corporation | Irvine, California
Citation
For his courage and insight, and leadership of a commercial venture founded on the premise of making astronomy accessible and affordable to the public.
Gustave
Dietz
Year
1912
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.