The Harold Pender Award

The Harold Pender Award, initiated in 1972, is given by the Faculty of the Moore School to an outstanding member of the engineering profession who has achieved distinction by significant contributions to society. The Pender Award is the School's highest honor and is celebrated with a guest lecture by the honoree and a reception.

Recipients of the Harold Pender Award:

2006 Mildred Dresselhaus, for pioneering contributions and leadership in the field of carbon-based nanostructures and nanotechnology, and for promoting opportunities for women in science and engineering

2003 Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, for development of the UNIX operating system and C programming language

2002 John J. Hopfield, for his pioneering accomplishments in the field of Computational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering

2000 Jack St. Clair Kilby, for his contribution to the invention of the integrated circuit, or microchip

1999 John H. Holland, Founder of genetic algorithms and innovative research in the science of complexity and adaptation

1995 B. George Dantzig, Developer of the simplex algorithm spawning the field of linear programming

1993 Hiroshi Inose, Leader in advances in digital communication and in increasing our understanding of the effects of information flow on society

1991 Arno Penzias, Discoverer of the background microwave blackbody radiation of the universe

1990 Dana S. Scott, Pioneer in application of concepts from logic and algebra to the development of mathematical semantics of programming languages

1989 Leo Esaki, Pioneer in tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and development of quantum well structures

1988 John Bardeen, Co-inventor of the transistor and contributor to the theory of superconductivity

1987 Herbert A. Simon, Contributor to cross-disciplinary work between computer science, psychology, economics, and management, including the development of artificial intelligence and cognitive science

1986 Ronold W. P. King, Leader in the development of electromagnetic antenna theory

1985 Amnon Yariv, Innovator in quantum electronics and integrated optics

1984 Carver Mead and Lynn Conway, Developers of CAD techniques for VLSI technology and authors of first VLSI textbook

1983 John Backus, Developer of speed-coding and FORTRAN

1982 Maurice V. Wilkes, Developer of world's second large-scale general-purpose electronic digital computer and author of first digital computer programmers textbook

1981 Richard W. Hamming, Father of algebraic coding theory

1980 Robert H. Noyce, Developer of the integrated circuit

1979 Edwin H. Land, Inventor of instant photography

1978 Claude E. Shannon, Creator of quantitative philosophy of information

1977 Jan A. Rajchman, Electronic and computer research

1976 Hyman G. Rickover, USN, Father of the Nuclear Navy

1975 Chauncey Starr, Director of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

1974 Peter C. Goldmark, Inventor of the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record (among other things)

1973 John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Inventors of ENIAC

1972 Eduard E. David, Jr., Science Advisor to the President of the United States