Gilbreth Medal Explained

The Gilbreth Medal is named after Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.^[1] and Lillian Gilbreth and is presented in recognition of excellence in the field of motion, skill, and fatigue study.^[2] Originally awarded in 1931 by the Society of Industrial Engineers, the award continues to be presented following the organization's merger in 1936 with The Taylor Society under the new organization, The Society for Advancement of Management.

Award winners

The award winners are:^{[3] [4]}

• 1931 Dr. Lilian Gilbreth, Ph.D.^{[5] [1]}
• 1933 President Herbert Hoover^[6]
• 1936 Ordway Tead
• 1937 Allan H. Mogensen^[7]
• 1938 Erwin Schell^[8]
• 1939 Joseph Wickham Roe
• 1940 David B. Porter
• 1941 Ralph Mosser Barnes^[9]
• 1942 Glenn L. Gardiner
• 1943 Elmer William Engstrom^[10]
• 1944 John A. Aldridge^[11]
• 1945 James Secor Perkins^[12]
• 1946 Harold Bright Maynard^[13]
• 1947 Don F. Copell^[14]
• 1948 Anne G. Shaw
• 1949 James Keith Louden
• 1950 Phil Carroll^{[15] [16]}
• 1951 Ralph Presgrave
• 1952 William R. Mullee
• 1953 Marvin Everett Mundel
• 1954 Craig Lee Taylor^[17]
• 1955 Gustave J. Stegemerten^[4]
• 1956 Herbert F. Goodwin
• 1957 Harold G. Dunlap
• 1958 John L. Schwab (1892–1970)
• 1959 Gerald B. Bailey
• 1960 Leo M. Moore
• 1961 Gerald Nadler^[18]
• 1962 Richard Muther
• 1963 Lee Whitson
• 1964 Oliver. J. Sizelove
• 1965 Robert T. Livingston
• 1966 Daniel M. Braum^[19]
• 1968 Lucien A. Brouha^[20]
• 1969 Erwin Rudolph Tichauer
• 1971 Joseph H. Quick
• 1972 Henry Viscardi, Jr.
• 1973 Richard M. Paget
• 1977 Arthur Spinanger
• 1981 Joseph M. Juran^[21]
• 1982 Mavin Mundel
• 1989 Wallace James Richardson^[22]
• 1991 Alan Pritsker
• 1996 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
• 2001 David S. Ferguson^[23]
• 2002 Mary Ann Hainthaler^[24]
• 2004 Akira Takanka

Notes and References

1. Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green. Notable American Women: The Modern Period : a Biographical Dictionary. 1980. p. 273.
2. Ponamallee . Latha . Editor . SAM Advanced Management Journal . 2023 . 88 . 3 . 17 .
3. Advanced Management Journal, Vol. 29. 1963. p. 27
4. [Moustafa H. Abdelsamad]
5. Taylor Society, Bulletin of the Taylor Society. Vol. 15–16. 1930. p. 263
6. https://hoover.archives.gov/info/awards.html Herbert Hoover Public Positions and Honors
7. The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware Wednesday, March 26, 1947. p. 10
8. The Society for the Advancements of Management. "Erwin H. Schell is the winner for 1938 of the Gilbreth Medal," 1938 letter. Online at engineering.purdue.edu, 2017.
9. http://wf-eng.slerahosting.com/html/barnes.html Ralph Mosser Barnes
10. Work Methods Training Manual, 1945. p. 31
11. Work Methods Training Manual, 1945. p. 30: "Gilbreth Medal for 1944 to Colonel Aldridge." Aldridge was former Director of Industrial Research Sears, Roebuck & Co. and General Foods Corp.
12. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL06027.html Guide to the James Secor Perkins Additional Papers – Cornell University
13. John William Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, M. M. Lewis (1964), Who's who in Engineering. Vol. 9. 1964, p. 1221
14. Manufacturing Series, Nr. 211-224, 1953. p. 57
15. Professional Engineer, Vol. 20–21. National Society of Professional Engineers, 1950. p. 94.
16. http://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=3092 Who was Phil Carroll – Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
17. http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb7q2nb431;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00015&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=calisphere Craig Lee Taylor, Engineering and Physiology: Los Angeles; 1909–1958; Professor
18. The Journal of Industrial Engineering. Vol. 12. 1961. p. i
19. “Daniel M. Braum receives Gilbreth Medal,” GC series 1, c.1, f.LMG Scrapbook of Activities, 1966–67. LMG. Cited in: Jane Lancaster (2015), Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth. p. 393.
20. Latham . William H. . William H. Latham . SAM – a short history: an addendum . SAM Advanced Management Journal . Spring 1988 . 53 . 2 . 16 . 27 August 2021.
21. Kenneth S. Stephens. ed. Juran, Quality, and a Century of Improvement, 2005. p. 5
22. Wallace Richardson, Author, Ex-professor At Lehigh University. The Morning Call. March 23, 1989.
23. The Quest, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2001, published in April 2001.
24. "SAM Awards Gilbreth Medal," In : The Quest, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 2002,