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Year
2021
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of Colorado at Boulder │ Boulder, Colorado
Citation
With Margaret M. Murnane, for their pioneering innovations that have made high-intensity sources of x-rays practical and widely available for the study of a broad range of physical processes, including chemical reactions, at the quadrillionth-of-a-second time scale.
Year
2022
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania │ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania │ BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals │ Mainz, Germany
Citation
With Drew Weissman, for fundamental research enabling the use of mRNA as a safe, effective, and life-saving vaccine platform for the prevention of infectious disease, including COVID-19.
Year
1993
Subject
Physics
Award
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Affiliation
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.
Citation
For determining three-dimensional structure of molecules with X-ray diffraction.
Year
2004
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California
Citation
For his contributions to the understanding of computational complexity. His work helps programmers find workable solution procedures, avoiding approaches that would fail to find a solution in a reasonable amount of time. Scientific, commercial or industrial situations where his work applies include establishing least-cost schedules for industrial production, transportation routing, circuit layout, communication network design, and predicting the spatial structure of a protein from its amino acid sequencing.
Year
2011
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
The Kavli Foundation |
Oxnard, California
Citation
For his distinguished career in technology and for his commitment, with The Kavli Foundation, to the global advancement of science and of science education for the betterment of humankind.
Year
1991
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Xerox Corporation
Citation
For management and public policy.
Year
2003
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Southwest Airlines Co. | Dallas, Texas
Citation
Herb Kelleher who, as founder and chairman of the board of Southwest Airlines, has shown the world that business and technological success are best achieved and enjoyed by inspiring, supporting, and celebrating people and their accomplishments. Under his leadership, Southwest Airlines has realized 29 consecutive years of growth and profitability through a focus on customer service, efficiency, and exemplary employee relations.
Year
2000
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
With Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman, for their epoch-making experimental confirmation of the 1925 prediction by Satyendra Bose and Albert Einstein, who claimed on theoretical grounds that a dilute gas can condense into a large quantum-mechanical system and display properties that are usually found only on an atomic or molecular scale.
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.