The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the American Society of Mechanical EngineersNational Academies, 1942, Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada, Volume 4. p. 62 for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community"Henry Laurence Gantt, Alex W. Rathe (1961), Gantt on Management: Guidelines for Today's Executive. p. 8 in honour of Henry Laurence Gantt.Henry Laurence Gantt Medal at asme.org. Accessed 08-05-2017 By the year 1984 in total 45 medals had been awarded.Charles M. Merrick (1984). "Henry Laurence Gantt Medal," ASME Management Division history, 1866-1980, p. 135
Award winners 20th-century winners
1929: Henry Laurence Gantt (posthumously)Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel (1978), Encyclopedia of professional management . p. 456. 1930: Fred J. Miller,Platts Power, Vol. 71, 1930, p. 581.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. 1931: Leon Pratt AlfordWorcester Polytechnic Institute (1931), The Journal. Vol. 35-36, p. 47. 1932: Henry S. Dennison 1933: Henry Wallace Clark 1934: Horace B. Cheney 1935: Arthur Howland Young 1936: Morris Evans Leeds (1869–1952) 1940: William Loren BattElectrical Engineering, Vol. 60, 1941. p. 308. 1941: Paul Eugene Holden 1943: Dexter S. KimballPower and the Engineer,Vol. 87, 1943, p. 216. 1944: Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (posthumously) and Lillian Moller GilbrethJane Lancaster (2015), Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen". p. 314. 1945: John Milton Hancock 1946: Paul G. Hoffman 1947: Alvin E. Dodd 1948: Harold Fowler McCormick 1949: Arthur Clinton Spurr 1950: Charles R. Hook Sr. 1951: Thomas Roy Jones 1952: Frank Henry Neely (1884–1979)Frank Henry Neely Papers - Georgia Tech Library. Accessed 08-05-2017.Morgen Witzel, Malcolm Warner. The Oxford Handbook of Management Theorists. p. 115. 1953: Thomas E. Millsop 1954: Clarence FrancisFRANCIS, CLARENCE: Papers, 1933-73 , eisenhower.archives.gov. Accessed 08-05-2017. 1955: Walker Lee Cisler 1956: Henning Webb Prentis Jr. 1957: Harold F. Smiddy 1958: Richard Redwood DeupreeRichard Redwood Deupree (1885-1974), at libraries.uc.edu. Accessed 08-05-2017. 1959: Peter DruckerThe Journal of Industrial Engineering, 1959. p. 489. 1960: Charles McCormickIn this year Robert G. Hess was chairman of the Gantt Medal Board of Award, and gave the presentation. 1961: Lyndall UrwickAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineering, Volume 83, 1961, p. 122. 1962: Austin J. TobinCatalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series, 1964: July–December. p. 1659. 1963: Lawrence A. AppleyThe MTM Journal of Methods-time Measurement, Volumes 9-12. 1963. 1964: Harold Bright MaynardGantt Medal Board of Award, Harold Bright Maynard. The Henry Laurence Gantt Memorial Gold Medal: Harold B. Maynard, 1964 Medalist, 1965. 1965: Ralph J. Cordiner 1968: J. Erik Jonsson 1969: Dave Packard 1970: Frederick R. Kappel 1971: Donald C. Burnham 1972: Robert Elton Brooker 1973: John T. Connor 1974: Willard Rockwell 1975: Patrick E. Haggerty 1976: Kenneth DanielOr 1977, see Mechanical Engineering: The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Society, 1979. p. 120. 1982: Charles LuckmanCharles Luckman Papers, 1908-2000 - Online Archive of California. Accessed 09-05-2017. 1983: Walter A. FallonMANAGEMENT REVIEW, 1983, p. 33. 1984: Rawleigh Warner Jr. 1987: Edmund T. Pratt Jr.Personnel, Vol. 64, 1987, p. 76. 1988: William S. LeeThe Bent of Tau Beta Pi, Vol. 79-81, 1988, p. 45. 1996: George N. HatsopoulosWho's who of the Asian Pacific Rim, Vol. 6, 1998, p. 133.or 1997, see IEEE Membership Directory, Vol, 1-2, 2001, p. 192.
21st-century winners
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 2023: Guru Madhavan
References
External links ASME Official Medal Page