Franklin_Institute_Awards

Franklin Institute Awards

Franklin Institute Awards

Science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute

"Bower Award" redirects here. For the New Zealand award for artists, see Olivia Spencer Bower Award.

The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia.[1] The Franklin Institute awards comprises the Benjamin Franklin Medals in seven areas of science and engineering, the Bower Awards and Prize for Achievement in Science, and the Bower Award for Business Leadership.[2] Since 1824, the institute has recognized "world-changing scientists, engineers, inventors, and industrialists—all of whom reflect Benjamin Franklin's spirit of curiosity, ingenuity, and innovation".[3] Some of the noted past laureates include Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking.[3] Some of the 21st century laureates of the institute awards are Bill Gates,[4] James P. Allison, Indra Nooyi, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Blackburn, George Church,[5] Robert S. Langer, and Alex Gorsky.[6]

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Benjamin Franklin Medals

In 1998, the Benjamin Franklin Medals were created by reorganizing all of the endowed medals presented by The Franklin Institute at that time into a group of medals recognizing seven areas of study: Chemistry, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics. The first Benjamin Franklin Medals were presented in 1998.[2]

Medalists are selected by a Committee on Science and the Arts (CS&A), composed of local academics and professionals from the Philadelphia area.[7]

Bower Awards

The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science and the Bower Award for Business Leadership are the newest awards, established by a $7.5 million bequest from Henry Bower in 1988.[2] The annual Bower Prizes are US$250,000 each.

Former awards

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List of laureates

Further information: Category:Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureates

The following table lists laureates of the Benjamin Franklin Medal (including the Bower Prizewinners), from 1998 onwards.[8]

Mohamed Atalla, silicon semiconductor pioneer and inventor of the MOSFET (MOS transistor), received the 1975 Stuart Ballantine Medal in Physics.[9][10]
Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, received the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.
Shuji Nakamura, inventor of the blue LED, received the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.
John McCarthy, AI pioneer, received the 2003 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer Science.
John Kerry receives the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Leadership in 2016.
Vinton Cerf, Internet pioneer, received the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer Science.
Frances Arnold, pioneer of directed evolution, received the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry.
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References

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    "The Franklin Institute Awards". The Franklin Institute. February 3, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "About The Franklin Institute Awards | The Franklin Institute". www.fi.edu. August 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
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    "Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science". May 13, 2014.
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    "William H. Gates - 2010 Winner of the Bower Award for Business Leadership". YouTube.
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    "George Church - 2011 Winner of the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science". YouTube.
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    "Laureates Search". January 18, 2023.
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    "Committee on Science & the Arts". The Franklin Institute. February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
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    Recipients are listed in a database on The Franklin Institute website: "Laureates Search". The Franklin Institute Awards. Franklin Institute. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
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    Calhoun, Dave; Lustig, Lawrence K. (1976). 1977 Yearbook of science and the future. Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 418. ISBN 9780852293195. Three scientists were named recipients of the Franklin lnstitute's Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1975 [...] Martin M. Atalla, president of Atalla Technovations in California, and Dawon Kahng of Bell Laboratories were chosen "for their contributions to semiconductor silicon-silicon dioxide technology, and for the development of the MOS insulated gate, field-effect transistor.
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    "Martin Mohamed Atalla". Franklin Institute Awards. The Franklin Institute. January 14, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
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    "Stephen J. Lippard". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Elissa L. Newport". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Syukuro Manabe". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Roger F. Harrington". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Cornelia Bargmann". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Charles L. Kane". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Eugene J. Mele". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Shoucheng Zhang". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    Fernandez, Bob (March 14, 2015). "Jon Huntsman Sr. wins Franklin Institute's Bower Award". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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    "Jean-Pierre Kruth". The Franklin Institute. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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