Henry Laurence Gantt Medal Explained

The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers^[1] for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community"^[2] in honour of Henry Laurence Gantt.^[3] By the year 1984 in total 45 medals had been awarded.^[4]

Award winners

20th-century winners, a selection:

• 1929: Henry Laurence Gantt (posthumously)^[5]
• 1930: Fred J. Miller,^{[6] [7] [5]}
• 1931: Leon Pratt Alford^[8]
• 1932: Henry S. Dennison
• 1933: Henry Wallace Clark^[5]
• 1934: Horace B. Cheney^[5]
• 1935: Arthur Howland Young^[5]
• 1936: Morris Evans Leeds (1869–1952)^[5]
• 1940: William Loren Batt^{[9] [5]}
• 1941: Paul Eugene Holden^[5]
• 1943: Dexter S. Kimball^{[10] [5]}
• 1944: Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (posthumously) and Lillian Moller Gilbreth^{[11] [5]}
• 1945: John Milton Hancock^[5]
• 1946: Paul G. Hoffman^[5]
• 1947: Alvin E. Dodd^[5]
• 1948: Harold Fowler McCormick^[5]
• 1949: Arthur Clinton Spurr^[5]
• 1950: Charles R. Hook Sr.^[5]
• 1951: Thomas Roy Jones^[5]
• 1952: Frank Henry Neely (1884–1979)^{[12] [13]}
• 1953: Thomas E. Millsop^[5]
• 1954: Clarence Francis^[14]
• 1955: Walker Lee Cisler^[5]
• 1956: Henning Webb Prentis Jr.^[5]
• 1957: Harold F. Smiddy^[5]
• 1958: Richard Redwood Deupree^{[15] [5]}
• 1959: Peter Drucker^[16]
• 1960: Charles McCormick^[17]
• 1961: Lyndall Urwick^[18]
• 1962: Austin J. Tobin^[19]
• 1963: Lawrence A. Appley^{[19] [20] [5]}
• 1964: Harold Bright Maynard^{[21] [5]}
• 1965: Ralph J. Cordiner^[5]
• 1968: J. Erik Jonsson^[5]
• 1969: Dave Packard^[5]
• 1970: Frederick R. Kappel^[5]
• 1971: Donald C. Burnham^[5]
• 1972: Robert Elton Brooker^[5]
• 1973: John T. Connor^[5]
• 1974: Willard Rockwell^[5]
• 1975: Patrick E. Haggerty^[5]
• 1976: Kenneth Daniel^{[5] [22]}
• 1982: Charles Luckman^[23]
• 1983: Walter A. Fallon^[24]
• 1984: Rawleigh Warner Jr.
• 1987: Edmund T. Pratt Jr.^[25]
• 1988: William S. Lee^[26]
• 1996: George N. Hatsopoulos^{[27] [28]}

21st-century winners^[3]

• 2000: Paul Soros
• 2001: Roy Huffington
• 2002: Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr.
• 2003: William R. Timken
• 2004: Julie Spicer England
• 2006: Charla K. Wise
• 2007: Dean L. Kamen
• 2009: Charles M. Vest
• 2018: Todd R. Allen
• 2019: Margaret G. McCullough

External links

• ASME Official Medal Page

Notes and References

1. National Academies, 1942, Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada, Volume 4. p. 62
2. Henry Laurence Gantt, Alex W. Rathe (1961), Gantt on Management: Guidelines for Today's Executive. p. 8
3. https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/achievement-awards/henry-laurence-gantt-medal Henry Laurence Gantt Medal
4. Charles M. Merrick (1984). "Henry Laurence Gantt Medal," ASME Management Division history, 1866-1980, p. 135
5. Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel (1978), Encyclopedia of professional management . p. 456.
6. Platts Power, Vol. 71, 1930, p. 581.
7. ASME. Fred J. Miller: A Biography of a Man who Hoped Never to Grow So Old that a New Idea Would Shock Him. 1941. p. 9.
8. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1931), The Journal. Vol. 35-36, p. 47.
9. Electrical Engineering, Vol. 60, 1941. p. 308.
10. Power and the Engineer,Vol. 87, 1943, p. 216.
11. Jane Lancaster (2015), Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen". p. 314.
12. Frank Henry Neely Papers - Georgia Tech Library. Accessed 08-05-2017.
13. [Morgen Witzel]
14. https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/finding_aids/pdf/Francis_Clarence_Papers.pdf FRANCIS, CLARENCE: Papers, 1933-73
15. http://www.libraries.uc.edu/business/research/bios/richard-redwood-deupree.html Richard Redwood Deupree (1885-1974)
16. The Journal of Industrial Engineering, 1959. p. 489.
17. In this year Robert G. Hess was chairman of the Gantt Medal Board of Award, and gave the presentation.
18. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineering, Volume 83, 1961, p. 122.
19. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series, 1964: July–December. p. 1659.
20. The MTM Journal of Methods-time Measurement, Volumes 9-12. 1963.
21. Gantt Medal Board of Award, Harold Bright Maynard. The Henry Laurence Gantt Memorial Gold Medal: Harold B. Maynard, 1964 Medalist, 1965.
22. Or 1977, see Mechanical Engineering: The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Society, 1979. p. 120.
23. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8057gjv/entire_text/ Charles Luckman Papers, 1908-2000 - Online Archive of California
24. MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 1983, p. 33.
25. Personnel, Vol. 64, 1987, p. 76.
26. The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, Vol. 79-81, 1988, p. 45.
27. Who's who of the Asian Pacific Rim, Vol. 6, 1998, p. 133.
28. or 1997, see IEEE Membership Directory, Vol, 1-2, 2001, p. 192.