Harold Brown Award

The Harold Brown Award is the highest award given by the United States Air Force to a scientist or engineer who applies scientific research to solve a problem critical to the needs of the Air Force.

History and purpose of the Harold Brown Award

The Harold Brown Award is intended to recognize significant achievements in research and development. It is named for Harold Brown, a physicist who served as United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1965-1969, and later as United States Secretary of Defense (1977-1981).

The Harold Brown award is presented annually to a person whose achievements in research and development have led to, or demonstrated promise of, a substantial improvement in the operational effectiveness of the Air Force. It is awarded through the United States Air Force chief scientist's office.

List of recipients of the Harold Brown Award

Recipients of the Harold Brown Award include:

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Year	Name	Notes
1969	Ronald W. Terry	[1]
1975	John R. Boyd	[2]
1976	Herbert J. Hickey, Jr	[3]
1977	Joseph C. Foster, Jr.	University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign Awarded for research in advanced conventional warheads while at the Air Force Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB FL
1979	Terence James Elkins
1982	Raymond P. Urtz	[4]
1986	John F. Paulson
1987	Davy Belk	[5] member of the Senior Executive Service and Director, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York.
1990	Carl E. Baum	[6]
1991	Northrup Fowler III	1994 William F. Storm
1995	John M. Reising	[7]
1998	Jeffrey L. Craig
1999	Robert Q. Fugate
2000	Frank Marcos
2001	Dean F. Kocian
2002	Nelson Forster
2003	Peter M. Wegner
2004	H. John Mucks	[8]
2005	John A. Caldwell	[9]
2007	Jim F. Riker
2008	Mark Haney	[10]
2009	Derek Kingston	[11]
2010	Dr. Candace Lynch	[12]
2011	Dr. Michael Hooser	[13]
2012	Dr. Mark H. Draper	[14]
2013	Dr. Peter J. Collins	[15] Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology
2014	Dr. Donald R. Erbschloe	[16] Senior Level Executive (SL) and Chief Scientist of the Air Mobility Command

References

1. United States Air Force History Milestones, 17 SEP 1970: Ronald W. Terry
2. Project On Government Oversight-Good Government Hall of Fame: Colonel John R. Boyd
3. F-15 Eagle:1970s Chronology, 18 NOV 1976: Herbert J. Hickey, Jr
4. "United States Air Force Biographies: Raymond P. Urtz". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16.
5. "United States Air Force Biographies: Dr. Davy Belk". Archived from the original on 2012-07-24.
6. The Summa Foundation: Carl E. Baum
7. Air Force Research Laboratory Success Stories-A Review of 1997/1998: John M. Reising
8. Defense AT&L Magazine (A Publication of the Defense Acquisition University), Vol. 33, No. 6: H. John Mucks
9. Human Systems Integration Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: John Caldwell
10. Air Vehicles News and Accomplishments, OCT 2008: Dr. Mark Haney
11. Air Vehicles Scientist Earns 2009 Harold Brown Award
12. Air Force Research Laboratory engineer receives Harold Brown Award
15. AFIT professor earns Harold Brown Award