Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession Award – Past Recipients
This award is now merged with the Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and Advancement of the Engineering Profession.
Year | Recipient | Citation |
2011 | Beryl Lieff Benderly | For outstanding journalistic effort in educating the public about the influence of engineering in medicine |
2010 | Colonel Mason | For increasing public understanding of the profession through the weekly radio program, The Promise of Tomorrow |
2010 | Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba | For telling the inspiring story of how engineering can change the world with their book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. |
2009 | Randy Atkins | For increasing public understanding of the profession through weekly radio Engineering Innovation reports |
2009 | Holly Morris | For increasing public understanding of the profession through live television reporting of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition |
2008 | John Dodge | For increasing public understanding of engineering with his series of articles on the key new technologies in the 787 Dreamliner |
2008 | Alan Boyle | For increasing public understanding of engineering with his series of articles on future engineering challenges |
2007 | Matt Wickenheiser | For his series, “Investigative Report: Foriegn Labor,” that improved public understanding of visa fraud issues |
2006 | WESH 2 News | For accurate reporting in the “Return to Flight” series, which improved community awareness and understanding of the contributions of engineers in the space program |
2005 | C. Stewart Gillmor | For his biography, Fred Terman at Stanford, illustrating the importance of electrical and electronics engineering, and the contributions of this transformative engineer |
2004 | William J. Mitchell | For increasing public understanding of information technology in everyday life through his book, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City |
2004 | Terri Spitz, Steven Cooper and Scott Schroeder | For increasing public understanding of the impacts on engineering employment due to the H-1B and L-1 visa programs through their TV news series, Stolen Jobs |
2003 | William S. Hammack | For creating public understanding of engineering, science and technology through his weekly public radio series, Engineering and Life. |
2003 | Ben Shneiderman | For his book, Leonardo’s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies. |
2002 | Ben W. Stearns | For his book, Arthur Collins: Radio Wizard. |
2001 | Stuart F. Brown | For his articles “Big Jobs are Going to Micromachines,” and “Good-Bye Test Tubes, Hello, Labs-on-a-Chip.” |
2001 | David Kestenbaum | For his National Public Radio features, including The Birth of Digital. |
2000 | Jon Katz | For his book Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho. |
1999 | Whitfield Diffie and
Susan Landau |
For their co-authorship of Privacy on the Line, The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption, a book explaining in clear prose the national security, law enforcement, and commercial and civil liberties issues related to cryptography and security and their significance for a democratic society. |
1999 | Gary Dorsey | For his book Silicon Sky: How One Small Start-up Went Over the Top to Beat the Big Boys into Satellite Heaven, the dramatic story of the efforts of Orbital Sciences Corporation to build its own rockets and satellites to compete in the global market of personal communications. |
1998 | G. Pascal Zachary | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1998 | David H. Gelernter | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1997 | T. A. Heppenheimer | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1997 | Ingred Wicklgren | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1996 | Jon Palfreman | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1995 | Philip E. Jenks | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1994 | Robert C. Post | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1994 | John M Staudenmair | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1994 | Eugene S. Ferguson | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1993 | Walter J. Schuch | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1993 | Jon Van | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1992 | Kitta MacPherson | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1992 | Emerson W. Pugh | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1991 | Richard F. Harris | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1991 | Eleanor R. Adair | Recognizing outstanding journalistic or other efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States. |
1990 | Robert W. Lucky | For his visionary book Silicon Dreams and his informative interview in the series “A World of Ideas” on the public Broadcasting Service. |
1988 | David E. Lundstrom | For his incisive personal look at a pioneering engineering project in his book, A Few Good Men from Univac. |
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