IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award Recipients
2000 - JAMES S. HARRIS, Jr.
Stanford University - Stanford, CA
'For contributions to technology enabling commercialization of gallium arsenide devices and circuits.'
1999 - NOT AWARDED
1998 - NAOKI YOKOYAMA
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. - Atsugi, Japan
'For contributions to and leadership in the development of self-aligned refractory-gate gallium arsenide MESFET integrated circuits.'
1997 - FUJIO MASUOKA
Tohoku University - Sendai, Japan
'For the development of Flash EEPROM and NAND-type EEPROM technology.'
1996 - SEIKI OGURA
IBM Corporation - Hopewell Junction, NY
'For contributions to and leadership in the development of the lightly doped drain silicon field effect transistor (LDDFET).'
1995 - M. GEORGE CRAFORD
Hewlett-Packard Company - San Jose, CA
'For contributions and leadership in the research, development, and manufacturing of visible-spectrum LED materials and devices.'
1994 - LUBOMYR T. ROMANKIW
IBM/T.J. Watson Res. Ctr. - Yorktown Heights, NY
'For innovations in thin film fabrication processes to realize inductive and magnetoresistive thin film heads for large scale storage.'
1993 - B. JAYANT BALIGA
North Carolina State Univ. - Raleigh, NC
'For pioneering contributions to the development of advanced power semiconductor devices.'
1992 - PRAVEEN CHAUDHARI,
JEROME J. CUOMO
and
RICHARD J. GAMBINO
IBM Corp. - Yorktown, NY
'For the discovery of amorphous magnetic films used in magneto-optic data storage systems.'
1991 - MORTON B. PANISH
Bell Labs.Murray Hill, NJ
'For outstanding contributions to the epitaxial growth of compound semiconductor materials and devices.'
1990 - SATOSHI HIYAMIZU
Osaka Univ.,Japan
and
TAKASHI MIMURA
Fujitsu Labs.,Japan
'For demonstration of the High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT).'
1989 - TAKANORI OKOSHI
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
'For leadership in and pioneering contributions to coherent optical fiber communications.'
1988 - JAMES R. BODDIE
Bell Labs., NJ
and
RICHARD A. PEDERSEN
Bell Labs. PA
'For contributions to the realization of practical single chip digital signal processors.'
1987 - NO AWARD
1986 - BISHNU S. ATAL
Bell Labs., NJ
FUMITADA ITAKURA
Nagoya Univ,Japan
'For pioneering contributions to linear predictive coding for speech processing.'
1985 - RUSSELL D. DUPUIS
Bell Labs., NJ
HAROLD M. MANASEVIT
TRW Tech Res. Ctr., El Segundo, CA
'For pioneering work in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, epitaxial-crystal reactor design, and demonstration of superior quality semiconductor devices grown by this process.'
1984 - DAVID E. CARLSON
RCA Corp., NJ
and
CHRISTOPHER R. WRONSKI
Exxon Corp., Linden, NJ
'For crucial contributions to the use of amorphous silicon in low-cost, high-performance photovoltaic solar cells.'
1983 - ROBERT W. BRODERSEN;
PAUL R. GRAY
and
DAVID A. HODGES
Univ. of California
'For pioneering contributions and leadership in research on switched-capacitor circuits for analog-digital conversion and filtering.'
1982 - JOHN ARTHUR,JR.
Perkin-Elmer, MN
and
ALFRED Y. CHO
Bell Labs., NJ
'For the development and application of molecular beam epitaxy technology.'
1981 - CALVIN F. QUATE
Stanford Univ., CA
'For development of an acoustic microscope capable of sub-micron resolution.'
1980 - ANTHONY J. DEMARIA
United Tech. Res. Center - West Hartford, CT
'For contributions to the initiation and demonstration of the first picosecond optical pulse generator.'
1979 - PING KING TIEN
Bell Labs. - Homdel, NJ
'For contributions to integrated optics technology.'
1978 - KUEN C. KAO
ITT Corp., VA;
JOHN B. MacCHESNEY
Corning, NY
and
ROBERT D. MAURER
Bell Labs., NJ
'For making communication at optical frequencies practical by discovering, inventing and developing the materials, techniques and configurations for glass fiber waveguides.'
1977 - HORST H. BERGER
IBM Corp.
and
SIEGFRIED K. WIEDMANN
Germany
'For the invention and exploration of the Merged Transistor Logic, MTL.'
1976 - HERBERT JOHN SHAW
Stanford Univ., CA
'For contributions to the development of acoustics surface wave devices.'
1975 - A. H. BOBECK;
P. C. MICHAELIS
and
H. E. D. SCOVIL Bell Labs - Murray Hill, NJ
'For the concept and development of single-walled magnetic domains (magnetic bubbles), and for recognition of their importance to memory technology.'
1974 - WILLARD S. BOYLE
Bell Labs., PA
and
GEORGE E. SMITH
Bell Labs., NJ
'For the invention of the charge-coupled device and leadership in the field of MOS device physics.'
1973 - NICK HOLONYAK, JR.
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
'For outstanding contributions to the field of visible light emitting diodes and diode lasers.'
1972 - STEWART E. MILLER
AT&T Bell Labs. - Holmdel, NJ
'For pioneering research in guided millimeter wave and optical transmission systems.'
1971 - MARTIN RYLE
Univ. of Cambridge - London, England
'For his contributions in applying aperture synthesis to extend the capabilities of radio telescopes, thereby increasing man's knowledge of the Universe.'
1970 - JOHN A. COPELAND
Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ
'For the discovery of the limited space-charge accummulation mode of oscillation.'
1969 - JOHN B. GUNN
IBM Corp. - Yorktown Heights, NY
'For contributions to solid state microwave power generation.'
1968 - EMMETT N. LEITH
Univ. of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
'For establishing the place of coherent optics in radar and communications system and for major advances in modern holography.'
1967 - NO AWARD
1966 - PAUL K. WEIMER
RCA Labs. - Princeton, NJ
'For invention, development and applications of the thin film transistor.'
1965 - WILLIAM R. BENNETT, JR.
Yale University - New Haven, CT
1964 - ARTHUR L. SCHAWLOW
Stanford Univ., CA
'For his pioneering and continuing contributions in the field of optical masers.'
1963 - IAN MUNRO ROSS
'For contributions to the development of the epitaxial transistor and other semiconductor devices.'
1962 - VICTOR H. RUMSEY
'For basic contributions to the development of frequent independent antennas.'
1961 - LEO ESAKI
'For important contributions to the theory and technology of solid state devices, particularly as embodied in the tunnel diode.'
1960 - J. A. RAJCHMAN
'For contributions to the development of magnetic devices for information processing.'
1959 - NICOLAAS BLOEMBERGEN
and
C. H. TOWNES
'For fundamental and original contributions to the maser.'
1958 - E. L. GINZTON
'For his creative contribution to the generation and useful application of high energy at micro wave frequencies.'
1957 - O. G. VILLARD, JR.
'For his contributions in the field of meteor astronomy and ionosphere physics which led to the solution of outstanding problems in radio propagation.'
1956 - KENNETH BULLINGTON
'For his contributions to the knowledge of tropospheric transmission beyond the horizon, and to the application of the principles of such transmission to practical communications systems.'
1955 - A. V. LOUGHREN
'For his leadership and technical contributions in the formulation of the signal specification for compatible color television.'
1954 - R. R. WARNECKE
'For his many valuable contributions and scientific advancements in the field of electron tubes, and in particular, the magnetron class of traveling wave tubes.'
1953 - J. A. PIERCE 'For his pioneering and sustained outstanding contributions to radio navigation, and his related fundamental studies of radio wave propagation.'
1952 - WILLIAM SHOCKLEY
'In recognition of his contributions to the creation and development of the transistor.'
1951 - R. B. DOME
'For many technical contributions to the profession, but notably his contributions to the inter carrier sound system of television reception, wide band phase shift networks and various simplifying innovations in FM receiver circuits.'
1950 - 0. H. SCHADE
'For outstanding contributions to analysis, measurement technique, and system development in the field of television and related optics.'
1949 - C. E. SHANNON
'For his original and important contributions to the theory of the transmission of information in the presence of noise.'
1948 - S. W. SEELEY
'For his development of ingenious circuits related to frequency modulation.'
1947 - J. R. PIERCE
'For his development of a traveling wave tube having both high gain and very great bandwidth.'
1946 - ALBERT ROSE
'For his contributions to the art of converting optical images to electrical signals, particularly the image orthicon.'
1945 - P. C. GOLDMARK
'For his contributions to the development of television systems, particularly in the field of color.'
1944 - W. W. HANSEN
'For his application of electromagnetic theory in radiation antennas, resonators, and electron bunching, and for the development of practical equipment and measurement techniques in the microwave field.'
1943 - W. L. BARROW
'For his theoretical and experimental investigations of ultra high frequency propagation in wave guides and radiation from horns, and the application of these principles to engineering practice.'
1942 - S. A. SCHELKUNOFF
'For his contributions to the theory of electromagnetic fields in wave transmission and radiation.'
1941 - P. T. FARNSWORTH
'For his contributions in the field of applied electronics.'
1940 - H. A. WHEELER
'For his contributions to the analysis of wide band high frequency circuits particularly suitable for television.'
1939 - H. T. FRIIS
'For his investigations in radio transmission including the development of methods of measuring signals and noise and the creation of a receiving system for mitigating selective fading and noise interference.'
1938 - G. C. SOUTHWORTH
'For his theoretical and experimental investigations of the propagation of ultra high frequency waves through confined dielectric channels and the development of a technique for the generation and measurement of such waves.'
1937 - W. H. DOHERTY
'For his improvement in the efficiency of radio frequency power amplifiers.'
1936 - B. J. THOMPSON
'For his contribution to the vacuum tube art in the field of very high frequencies.'
1935 - F. B. LLEWELLYN
'For his analysis and disclosures of the effects and reactions within vacuum tubes at ultra high frequencies.'
1934 - V. K. ZWORYKIN
'For his contributions to the development of television.'
1933 - HEINRICH BARKHAUSEN
'For his work on oscillation circuits and particularly on that type of oscillator which now bears his name.'
1932 - EDMOND BRUCE
'For his theoretical investigations and field developments in the domain of directional antennas.'
1931 - STUART BALLANTINE
'For his outstanding theoretical and experimental investigations of numerous radio and acoustic devices.'
1930 - A. W. HULL
'In recognition of the many advances in vacuum tube development which were due to his fundamental researches in the field of electronics.'
1929 - E. V. APPLETON
'For his investigations in the field of wave propagation.'
1928 - W. G. CADY
'For his fundamental investigations in piezo electric phenomena and their application to radio technique.'
1927 - A. H. TAYLOR
'For his work in connection with the investigation of radio transmission phenomena.'
1926 - RALPH BOWN
'For researches and investigations into the more difficult element of wave transmission phenomena which have resulted in extensive and useful additions to existing knowledge.'
1925 - FRANK CONRAD
'For his research work in the short wave transmitting and receiving field.'
1924 - J. R. CARSON
'In recognition of his valuable contributions to alternating current circuit theory and, in particular, to his investigations of filter systems and of single side band telephony.'
1923 - H. H. BEVERAGE
'For his work on directional antennas.'
1922 - C. S. FRANKLIN
'For his investigations of short wave directional transmission and reception.'
1921 - R. A. HEISING
'In recognition of the publication of his basic work in the field of the signal modulation of an oscillator out put, and in particular of his invention and development of constant current modulations as first applied to radiotelephony.'
1920 - R. A. WEAGANT
'For his experimental researchers and results in the field of the reduction of atmospheric disturbances in radio reception.'
1919 - L. F. FULLER
'For his contributions to long distance radio communication.'
