IEEE David Sarnoff Award

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About Award

The IEEE David Sarnoff Award was established in 1959 through agreement between the RCA Corporation and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and continued by the Board of Directors of the IEEE. In 1989, sponsorship of the award was assumed by the Sarnoff Corporation.

Recipient selection is administered through the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board.

Award Recipients

David Sarnoff, 1959
Rudolf Kompfner, 1960
Charles Townes, 1961
Harry B. Smith, 1962
Robert H. Hall, 1963
Henri G. Busignies, 1964
Jack A. Morton, 1965
Jack S. Kilby, 1966
James Hillier, 1967
Walter P. Dyke, 1968
Robert H. Rediker, 1969
John B. Johnson, 1970
Alan L. McWhorter, 1971
Edward G. Ramberg, 1972
Max V. Mathews, 1973
F.L. J. Sangster, 1974
Bernard C. DeLoach, Jr., 1975
George H. Heilmeier, 1976
Jack M. Manley, 1977
Harrison E. Rowe, 1977
Stephen E. Harris, 1978
A. Gardner Fox, 1979
Tingye Li, 1979
Marshall I. Nathan, 1980
Cyril Hilsum, 1981
Nobutoshi Kihara, 1982
Hermann K. Gummel, 1983
Alan D. White, 1984
Jameson Dane Rigden, 1984
Henry Kressel, 1985
Yasuharu Suematsu, 1986
Frank F. Fang, 1987
Alan B. Fowler, 1987
Izuo Hayashi, 1988
Herwig Kogelnik, 1989
Charles V. Shank, 1989
Leroy L. Chang, 1990
Federico Capasso, 1991
Jim Hsieh, 1992
Rao R. Tummala, 1993
Won-Tien Tsang, 1994
Karl Hess, 1995
Hiroyuki Sakaki, 1996
Milton Feng, 1997
Tatsuo Izawa, 1998
Gerard Albert Mourou, 1999
Alastair Malcolm Glass, 2000
P. Daniel Dapkus, 2001
Young-Kai Chen, 2002
Peter Asbeck, 2003
Frederick A. Kish, Jr., 2004
Pierre Tournois, 2005
Mau-Chung Frank Chang, 2006
Umesh K. Mishra, 2007
James J. Coleman, 2008
Yasuhiko Arakawa, 2009
Kam-Yin Lau, 2009
Kerry J. Vahala, 2009
Mark Rodwell, 2010