Washington Award
The Washington Award is an American engineering award.
Since 1916 it has been given annually for "accomplishments which promote the happiness, comfort, and well-being of humanity". It is awarded jointly by the following engineering societies: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, American Nuclear Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, and Western Society of Engineers (which administers the award).
Honorees
- Herbert Hoover, 1919
- Robert W. Hunt, 1923
- Orville Wright, 1927
- Ralph Modjeski, 1931
- Charles F. Kettering, 1936
- Frederick Gardner Cottrell, 1937
- Henry Ford, 1944
- John L. Savage, 1949
- Lillian Moller Gilbreth, 1954
- H.G. Rickover, 1970
- Dixy Lee Ray, 1978
- Neil Armstrong, 1980
- Stephen D. Bechtel, 1985
- John H. Sununu, 1990
- Wilson Greatbatch, 1996
- Donna Lee Shirley, 2000
- Dan Bricklin, 2001
- Bob Frankston, 2001
- Richard J. Robbins, 2002
- Eugene Cernan, 2003
- Nick Holonyak, 2004
- Robert S. Langer, 2005
- Henry Petroski, 2006
- Michael J. Birck, 2007
- Dean Kamen, 2008
- Clyde N. Baker, Jr., 2009
- Alvy Ray Smith, 2010
- Martin C. Jischke, 2011[1]
- Kristina M. Johnson, 2013
- Bill Nye, 2014 [2]
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