David Packard Medal of Achievement explained
David Packard Medal of Achievement (formerly AeA Medal of Achievement) is presented by the California Technology Council. The Medal was previously presented by TechAmerica (formerly AeA), between 1959 and the ultimate closure and breakup of TechAmerica in 2013. An award dinner is held to honor the current recipient and to hear from a variety of those influenced by the honoree, including an expression of their impact on the technology industry.[1] This award is the highest award bestowed by the California Technology Council.
Recipients
Recipients are selected for their contributions to technology, community, and humankind.[2]
| Year | Recipient | Company |
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| 1959 | H. Leslie Hoffman | Hoffman Radio |
| Richard L. Paullus | WEMA |
| 1960 | David Packard | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| 1961 | Arnold O. Beckman | Beckman Instruments |
| 1962 | Daniel E. Noble | Motorola |
| 1963 | Frederick E. Terman | Stanford University |
| 1964 | Howard Vollum | Tektronix, Inc. |
| 1965 | Charles B. Thornton | Litton Industries, Inc. |
| 1966 | Sigurd Varian | Varian Associates, Inc. |
| Russell H. Varian | Varian Associates, Inc. |
| 1967 | Lawrence A. Hyland | Hughes Aircraft |
| 1968 | Alexander M. Poniatoff | Ampex Corporation |
| 1969 | John R. Moore | Rockwell International |
| Lee A. DuBridge | California Institute of Technology |
| 1970 | Simon Ramo | TRW |
| 1971 | William R. Hewlett | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| 1972 | Patrick E. Haggerty | Texas Instruments, Inc. |
| 1973 | John S. Foster | U.S. Department of Defense |
| 1974 | Robert N. Noyce | Intel Corporation |
| 1975 | William H. Pickering | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 1976 | John M. Fluke | John Fluke Manufacturing |
| 1977 | Arthur A. Collins | Collins Radio |
| 1978 | C. Lester Hogan | Fairchild Camera & Instrument |
| 1979 | William C. Norris | Control Data Corporation |
| 1980 | William J. Perry | U.S. Department of Defense |
| 1981 | Kenneth H. Olsen | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| 1982 | Frank T. Cary | IBM Corporation |
| 1983 | John G. Linvill | Stanford University |
| 1984 | An Wang | Wang Laboratories |
| 1985 | E. E. Ferrey | American Electronics Association |
| 1986 | H. Ross Perot | Electronic Data Systems |
| 1987 | Thomas J. Davis, Jr. | Mayfield Fund |
| Arthur Rock | Arthur Rock & Company |
| 1988 | Robert W. Galvin | Motorola |
| 1989 | Thomas J. Watson, Jr. | IBM Corporation |
| 1990 | John Young | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| 1991 | Ian Ross | AT&T Bell Laboratories |
| 1992 | Malcolm R. Currie | Hughes Aircraft |
| 1993 | Gordon E. Moore | Intel Corporation |
| Andrew S. Grove | Intel Corporation |
| 1994 | Gary L. Tooker | Motorola |
| 1995 | J. Richard Iverson | American Electronics Association |
| 1996 | James F. Gibbons | Stanford University |
| 1997 | Ray Dolby | Dolby Laboratories, Inc. |
| 1998 | Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs | QUALCOMM, Inc. |
| 1999 | Lewis E. Platt | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| 2000 | Charles R. Trimble | Trimble Navigation Limited |
| 2001 | W. J. Sander III | Advanced Micro Devices |
| 2002 | Edward W. Barnholt | Agilent Technologies |
| 2004 | Richard M. Levy | Varian Medical Systems |
| 2005 | Thomas J. Engibous | Texas Instruments, Inc. |
| 2006 | Chuck Geschke | Adobe Systems |
| John Warnock | Adobe Systems |
| 2007 | William T. Archey | AeA |
| 2008 | Paul S. Otellini | Intel Corporation |
| 2009 | John W. Thompson | Symantec Corporation |
| 2010 | Marc Benioff | Salesforce.com |
| 2011 | Ray Lane | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
| 2012 | Reid Hoffman | Greylock Partners | |
Notes and References
- Web site: AMD Founder to Receive Prestigious AeA Medal of Achievement; Presentation at AeA's Annual Dinner Oct. 4.. 2009-05-20. 2012-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012005854/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AMD+Founder+to+Receive+Prestigious+AeA+Medal+of+Achievement%3B...-a076920993. dead.
- Web site: David Packard Medal of Achievement — Previous Winners (1959 to Present) . TechAmerica Foundation . June 23, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719182916/http://www.techamericafoundation.org/moa-winners . July 19, 2011 .
