IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal Recipients
2008 - NOT AWARDED
2007 - NOT AWARDED
2006 - NOT AWARDED
2005 - NOT AWARDED
2004 - NOT AWARDED
2003 - NOT AWARDED
2002 - NOT AWARDED
2001 - ADRIANUS T. DE HOOP
Lorentz Chair Emeritus Professor Delft University, Netherlands
'For fundamental contributions to the theory of reciprocity and to the understanding of electromagnetic wave propagation layered in media.'
2000 - ARTHUR A. OLINER
Polytechnic University Brooklyn, NY
'For contributions to the theory of guided waves and antennas.'
1999 - AKIRA ISHIMARU
University of Washington Seattle, WA
'For fundamental contributions to the theories and applications of wave propagation and scattering in random media and backscattering enhancement.'
1998 - CHEN TO TAI
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
'For outstanding contributions to electromagnetic and antenna theory and the development and application of Green's dyadics.'
1997 - L. R. OWEN STOREY
(Retired) Stanford University Stanford, CA
'For discovering the field-aligned paths of Hertzian-wave whistlers generated by lightning, thus discovering the Earth's magnetosphere.'
1996 - MARTIN A. UMAN
University of Florida Gainesville, FL
'For outstanding contributions to the understanding of lightning electromagnetics and its application to lightning detection and protection.'
1995 - JEAN VAN BLADEL
University of Ghent Ghent, Belgium
'For major contributions in fundamental electromagnetic theory and its application to electrical engineering.'
1994 -RONALD N. BRACEWELL
Stanford University Stanford, CA
'For pioneering work in antenna aperture synthesis and image reconstruction as applied to radioastronomy and to computer-assisted tomography.'
1993 -KENNETH G. BUDDEN
Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge, England
'For major original contributions to the theory of electromagnetic waves in ionized media with applications to terrestrial and space communications.'
1992 - JAMES R. WAIT
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
'For fundamental contributions to electromagnetic theory, to the study of propagation of Hertzian waves through the atmosphere, ionosphere and the earth, and to their applications in communications, navigation and geophysical exploration.'
1991 -LEOPOLD B. FELSEN
Polytechnic University Farmingdale, NY
'For highly original and significant developments in the theories of propagation, diffraction and dispersion of electromagnetic waves.'
1990 - JOHN D. KRAUS
Ohio State University Columbus, OH
'For pioneering work in radio astronomy and the development of the helical antenna and the corner reflector antenna.'
1989 -NATHAN MARCUVITZ
Polytechnic University Farmingdale, NY
'For fundamental theoretical and experimental contributions to the engineering formulation of electromagnetic field theory.'
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First award presented on behalf of IEEE Region 8:
1988 - HANS-GEORG UNGER
Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
"For outstanding merits in radio-frequency science, particularly the theory of dielectric wave guides and their application in modern wide-band communication."
