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William H. Gates
William H.
Gates
Year
2010
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Microsoft Corporation | Redmond, Washington
Citation
For co-founding Microsoft Corporation and providing the visionary leadership that enabled it to become a global innovator in business and personal computing. Through his philanthropic work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Gates has made major contributions toward improving access to healthcare and education for those in need throughout the world.
Murray
Gell-Mann
Year
1967
Subject
Physics
Award
Franklin
Affiliation
California Institute of Technology │ Pasadena, California
Citation
For the introduction of the concept of strangeness and the eight-fold way to elementary particle physics.
Photo of William W. George
William W.
George
Year
2014
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Harvard Business School | Boston, Massachusetts
Citation
For his visionary leadership of Medtronic Corporation, his promotion and writings on corporate social responsibility and leadership, as well as his extraordinary philanthropic contributions to education and health care through The George Family Foundation.
Ben C.
Gerwick, Jr.
Year
1988
Subject
Engineering
Award
Brown
Affiliation
University of California at Berkeley
Citation
For the development of prestressed concrete pilings.
Hyatt M.
Gibbs
Year
1983
Subject
Physics
Award
Michelson
Affiliation
University of Arizona
Citation
For contributions to the field of quantum optics, especially experiments on self-induced transparency, superfluorescence and optical bistability.
Donald A.
Glaser
Year
1961
Subject
Physics
Award
Cresson
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley │ Berkeley, California
Citation
For the development of the bubble chamber for tracking and photographing tracks of high energy ionizing particles and the fragments of nuclear collisions.
Roy J.
Glauber
Year
1985
Subject
Physics
Award
Michelson
Affiliation
Harvard University
Citation
For formulation of the quantum theory of optical coherence and contributions to the dynamics of Ising-chains and high-energy scattering.
Shafrira Goldwasser
Shafrira
Goldwasser
Year
2010
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Weizmann Institute of Science | Rehovot, Israel
Citation
For her fundamental contributions to the theoretical foundation of modern cryptography, which led to techniques that can guarantee secure access to the Internet.
The Franklin Institute Awards Laureate Winner
Solomon W.
Golomb
Year
2016
Subject
Electrical Engineering
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Southern California │ Los Angeles, California
Citation
For pioneering work in space communications and the design of digital spread spectrum signals, transmissions that provide security, interference suppression, and precise location for cryptography; missile guidance; defense, space, and cellular communications; radar; sonar; and GPS.



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.