1902

John Fritz

1905

Lord Kelvin

1906

George Westinghouse

1907

Alexander Graham Bell

1908

Thomas Alva Edison

1909

Charles Talbot Porter

1910

Alfred Nobel

1911

Sir William Henry White

1912

Robert Woolston Hunt

1914

John Edson Sweet

1915

James Douglas

1916

Elihu Thompson

1917

Henry Marion Howe

1918

J. Waldo Smith

1919

Gen. George W. Goethals

1920

Orville Wright

1921

Sir Robert A. Hadfield

1922

Charles P. E. Schneider

1923

Guglielmo Marconi

1924

Ambrose Swasey

1925

John Frank Stevens

1926

Edward Dean Adams

1927

Elmer Ambrose Sperry

1928

John Joseph Carty

1929

Herbert Clark Hoover

1930

Ralph Modjeski

1931

David Watson Taylor

1932

Michael Idvorsky Pupin

1933

Daniel Cowan Jackling

1934

John Ripley Freeman (posthumous)

1935

Frank Julian Sprague (posthumous)

1936

William Frederick Durand

1937

Arthur Newell Talbot

1938

Paul Dyer Merica

1939

Frank Baldwin Jewett

1940

Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld (posthumous)

1941

Ralph Budd

1942

Everette Lee DeGolyer

1943

Willis Rodney Whitney

1944

Charles F. Kettering

1945

John Lucian Savage

1946

Zay Jeffries

1947

Lewis Warrington Chubb

1948

Theodore Von Karman

1949

Charles M. Allen

1950

Walter H. Aldridge

1951

Vannevar Bush

1952

Ervin George Bailey

1953

Benjamin F. Fairless

1954

William Embry Wrather

1955

Harry Alonzo Winne

1956

Philip Sporn

1957

Ben Moreell

1958

John R. Suman

1959

Mervin J. Kelly

1960

Gwilyn A. Price

1961

Stephen D. Bechtel

1962

Crawford H. Greenewalt

1963

Hugh L. Dryden

1964

Lucius D. Clay

1965

Frederick R. Kappel

1966

Warren K. Lewis

1967

Walker L. Cisler

1968

Igor Ivan Sikorsky

1969

Michael L. Haider

1970

Glenn B. Warren

1971

Patrick E. Haggerty

1972

William Webster

1973

Lyman Wilber

1974

H. I. Romnes

1975

Manson Benedict

1976

Thomas O. Paine

1977

George R. Brown

1978

Robert G. Heitz

1979

Nathan M. Newark

1980

T. Louis Austin, Jr.

1981

Ian MacGregor

1982

David Packard

1983

Claude Elwood Shannon

1984

Kenneth A. Roe

1985

Daniel C. Drucker

1986

Simon Ramo

1987

Ralph Landau

1988

Ralph B. Beck

1989

Robert N. Noyce

1990

Gordon A. Cain

1991

Hunter Rouse

1992

Serge Gratch

1993

Gordon E. Moore

1994

Hoyt C. Hottel

1995

Lynn S. Beedle

1996

George N. Hatsopoulos

1997

Arthur E. Humphrey

1998

Ivan A. Getting

1999

George H. Heilmeier

2000

John W. Fisher

2001

Paul C. W. Chu

2002

Daniel S. Goldin

2003

Robert, S. Langer

2004

John A. Swanson

2005

George Tamaro

2006

No Award

2007

Gavriel Salvendy

2008

Kristina M. Johnson