The initially called Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize provided by the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award was created in 1919 in honor of Colonel Morris N. Liebmann. It was initially given to awardees who had "made public during the recent past an important contribution to radio communications." The award continued to be awarded as the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award by the board of directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) after the IRE organization merged into the IEEE in 1963. The scope was changed to "for important contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years." After 2000, the award was superseded by the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award.
Recipients Year Recipient Citation Image Name 1919 L. F. Fuller "For his contributions to long distance radio communication." 1920 R. A. Weagant "For his experimental researchers and results in the field of the reduction of atmospheric disturbances in radio reception." 1921 R. A. Heising "In recognition of the publication of his basic work in the field of the signal modulation of an oscillator out put, and in particular of his invention and development of constant current modulations as first applied to radiotelephony." 1922 C. S. Franklin "For his investigations of short wave directional transmission and reception." 1923 H. H. Beverage "For his work on directional antennas." 1924 J. R. Carson "In recognition of his valuable contributions to alternating current circuit theory and, in particular, to his investigations of filter systems and of single side band telephony." 1925 Frank Conrad "For his research work in the short wave transmitting and receiving field." 1926 Ralph Bown "For researches and investigations into the more difficult element of wave transmission phenomena which have resulted in extensive and useful additions to existing knowledge." 1927 A. H. Taylor "For his work in connection with the investigation of radio transmission phenomena." 1928 W. G. Cady "For his fundamental investigations in piezo electric phenomena and their application to radio technique." 1929 E. V. Appleton "For his investigations in the field of wave propagation." 1930 A. W. Hull "In recognition of the many advances in vacuum tube development which were due to his fundamental researches in the field of electronics." 1931 Stuart Ballantine "For his outstanding theoretical and experimental investigations of numerous radio and acoustic devices." 1932 Edmond Bruce "For his theoretical investigations and field developments in the domain of directional antennas." 1933 Heinrich Barkhausen "For his work on oscillation circuits and particularly on that type of oscillator which now bears his name." 1934 V. K. Zworykin "For his contributions to the development of television." 1935 F. B. Llewellyn "For his analysis and disclosures of the effects and reactions within vacuum tubes at ultra high frequencies." 1936 B. J. Thompson "For his contribution to the vacuum tube art in the field of very high frequencies." 1937 W. H. Doherty "For his improvement in the efficiency of radio frequency power amplifiers." 1938 G. C. Southworth "For his theoretical and experimental investigations of the propagation of ultra high frequency waves through confined dielectric channels and the development of a technique for the generation and measurement of such waves." 1939 H. T. Friis "For his investigations in radio transmission including the development of methods of measuring signals and noise and the creation of a receiving system for mitigating selective fading and noise interference." 1940 H. A. Wheeler "For his contributions to the analysis of wide band high frequency circuits particularly suitable for television." 1941 P. T. Farnsworth "For his contributions in the field of applied electronics." 1942 S. A. Schelkunoff "For his contributions to the theory of electromagnetic fields in wave transmission and radiation." 1943 W. L. Barrow "For his theoretical and experimental investigations of ultra high frequency propagation in wave guides and radiation from horns, and the application of these principles to engineering practice." 1944 W. W. Hansen "For his application of electromagnetic theory in radiation antennas, resonators, and electron bunching, and for the development of practical equipment and measurement techniques in the microwave field." 1945 P. C. Goldmark "For his contributions to the development of television systems, particularly in the field of color." 1946 Albert Rose "For his contributions to the art of converting optical images to electrical signals, particularly the image orthicon." 1947 J. R. Pierce "For his development of a traveling wave tube having both high gain and very great bandwidth." 1948 S. W. Seeley "For his development of ingenious circuits related to frequency modulation." 1949 C. E. Shannon "For his original and important contributions to the theory of the transmission of information in the presence of noise." 1950 O. H. Schade "For outstanding contributions to analysis, measurement technique, and system development in the field of television and related optics." 1951 R. B. Dome "For many technical contributions to the profession, but notably his contributions to the inter carrier sound system of television reception, wide band phase shift networks and various simplifying innovations in FM receiver circuits." 1952 William Shockley "In recognition of his contributions to the creation and development of the transistor." 1953 J. A. Pierce "For his pioneering and sustained outstanding contributions to radio navigation, and his related fundamental studies of radio wave propagation." 1954 R. R. Warnecke "For his many valuable contributions and scientific advancements in the field of electron tubes, and in particular, the magnetron class of traveling wave tubes." 1955 A. V. Loughren "For his leadership and technical contributions in the formulation of the signal specification for compatible color television." 1956 Kenneth Bullington "For his contributions to the knowledge of tropospheric transmission beyond the horizon, and to the application of the principles of such transmission to practical communications systems." 1957 O. G. Villard, Jr. "For his contributions in the field of meteor astronomy and ionosphere physics which led to the solution of outstanding problems in radio propagation." 1958 E. L. Ginzton "For his creative contribution to the generation and useful application of high energy at micro wave frequencies." 1959 Nicolaas Bloembergen "For fundamental and original contributions to the maser." C. H. Townes 1960 J. A. Rajchman "For contributions to the development of magnetic devices for information processing." 1961 Leo Esaki "For important contributions to the theory and technology of solid state devices, particularly as embodied in the tunnel diode." 1962 Victor H. Rumsey "For basic contributions to the development of frequent independent antennas." 1963 Ian Munro Ross "For contributions to the development of the epitaxial transistor and other semiconductor devices." 1964 Arthur L. Schawlow "For his pioneering and continuing contributions in the field of optical masers." 1965 William R. Bennett, Jr. No citation 1966 Paul K. Weimer "For invention, development and applications of the thin-film transistor." 1968 Emmett N. Leith "For establishing the place of coherent optics in radar and communications system and for major advances in modern holography." 1969 John B. Gunn "For contributions to solid state microwave power generation." 1970 John A. Copeland "For the discovery of the limited space charge accumulation mode of oscillation." 1971 Martin Ryle "For his contributions in applying aperture synthesis to extend the capabilities of radio telescopes, thereby increasing man's knowledge of the Universe." 1972 Stewart E. Miller "For pioneering research in guided millimeter wave and optical transmission systems." 1973 Nick Holonyak, Jr. "For outstanding contributions to the field of visible light emitting diodes and diode lasers." 1974 Willard S. Boyle "For the invention of the charge-coupled device and leadership in the field of MOS device physics." George E. Smith 1975 A. H. Bobeck "For the concept and development of single-walled magnetic domains (magnetic bubbles), and for recognition of their importance to memory technology." P. C. Michaelis H. E. D. Scovil 1976 Herbert John Shaw "For contributions to the development of acoustics surface wave devices." 1977 Horst H. Berger "For the invention and exploration of the Merged Transistor Logic, MTL." Siegfried K. Wiedmann 1978 Kuen C. Kao "For making communication at optical frequencies practical by discovering, inventing and developing the materials, techniques and configurations for glass fiber waveguides." John B. MacChesney Robert D. Maurer 1979 Ping King Tien "For contributions to integrated optics technology." 1980 Anthony J. DeMaria "For contributions to the initiation and demonstration of the first picosecond optical pulse generator." 1981 Calvin F. Quate "For development of an acoustic microscope capable of sub-micron resolution." 1982 John Arthur, Jr. "For the development and application of molecular beam epitaxy technology." Alfred Y. Cho 1983 Robert W. Brodersen "For pioneering contributions and leadership in research on switched-capacitor circuits for analog-digital conversion and filtering." Paul R. Gray David A. Hodges 1984 David E. Carlson "For crucial contributions to the use of amorphous silicon in low-cost, high-performance photovoltaic solar cells." Christopher R. Wronski 1985 Russell D. Dupuis "For pioneering work in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, epitaxial-crystal reactor design, and demonstration of superior quality semiconductor devices grown by this process." Harold M. Manasevit 1986 Bishnu S. Atal "For pioneering contributions to linear predictive coding for speech processing." Fumitada Itakura 1988 James R. Boddie "For contributions to the realization of practical single chip digital signal processors." Richard A. Pedersen 1989 Takanori Okoshi "For leadership in and pioneering contributions to coherent optical fiber communications." 1990 Satoshi Hiyamizu "For demonstration of the High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT)." Takashi Mimura 1991 Morton B. Panish "For outstanding contributions to the epitaxial growth of compound semiconductor materials and devices." 1992 Praveen Chaudhari "For the discovery of amorphous magnetic films used in magneto-optic data storage systems." Jerome J. Cuomo Richard J. Gambino 1993 B. Jayant Baliga "For pioneering contributions to the development of advanced power semiconductor devices." 1994 Lubomyr T. Romankiw "For innovations in thin film fabrication processes to realize inductive and magnetoresistive thin-film heads for large scale storage." 1995 M. George Craford "For contributions and leadership in the research, development, and manufacturing of visible-spectrum LED materials and devices." 1996 Seiki Ogura "For contributions to and leadership in the development of the lightly doped drain silicon field effect transistor (LDDFET)." 1997 Fujio Masuoka "For the development of Flash EEPROM and NAND-type EEPROM technology." 1998 Naoki Yokoyama "For contributions to and leadership in the development of self-aligned refractory-gate gallium arsenide MESFET integrated circuits." 2000 James S. Harris, Jr. "For contributions to technology enabling commercialization of gallium arsenide devices and circuits."
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