• The John Fritz Medal has been awarded annually since 1902 by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) for "outstanding scientific or industrial...
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    celebrate his 80th birthday the John Fritz Medal was established in 1902, with Fritz himself being the first recipient. Fritz was born August 21, 1822, in...
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  • Engineers from 1915 to 1916. He died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on December 27, 1932. Edward Longstreth Medal of the Franklin Institute (1905) Fellow...
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    Wright brothers (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    August 14, 1901: Gustave Whitehead, Fairfield, Conn. Leutershausen, Germany: Fritz Majer & Sohn. ISBN 3-922175-00-7. Reeve Lindbergh (May 8, 2015). "David...
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    Herbert Hoover (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Library located in West Branch, Iowa A plaque in Poznań honoring Hoover Medal depicting Hoover, by Devreese Godefroi Hoover was inducted into the National...
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    Alexander Graham Bell (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Albert Medal in 1902; the University of Würzburg, Bavaria, granted him a PhD, and he was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1912...
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    Theodore von Kármán (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    was the recipient of the first National Medal of Science, bestowed in a White House ceremony by President John F. Kennedy. He was recognized, "For his...
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  • John A. Swanson is an American engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Swanson is the founder of ANSYS, Inc., a John Fritz Medal winner, and a member...
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    Elon Musk (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Gold Space Medal in 2010, and the Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal in 2012. In 2015, he received an honorary doctorate...
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    Ralph Modjeski (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    1911, the Franklin Medal in 1923, a doctorate honoris causa from the Lwów Polytechnic in 1929, and the prestigious John Fritz Medal in 1930. He was elected...
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    Lord Kelvin (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. First international recipient of John Fritz Medal, 1905. Order of the First Class of the Sacred Treasure of Japan, 1901...
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    Frank J. Sprague (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    1910. In addition, he received the Franklin Medal in 1921 and was posthumously awarded the John Fritz Gold Medal in 1935. Sprague was twice married, first...
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    Mihajlo Pupin (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Yugoslavia (1929) Order of the White Lion of Czech-Slovakia (1929) John Fritz Medal, American Association of Engineering Societies (1931)[17] Other Pupin...
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    Andrew Viterbi (category IEEE Medal of Honor recipients)
    Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. In 2011, he received the John Fritz Medal from the American Association of Engineering Societies. In 2013, Viterbi...
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    John Frank Stevens (April 25, 1853 – June 2, 1943) was an American civil engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief...
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    Guglielmo Marconi (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Institute's Franklin Medal. In 1920, he was awarded the IRE Medal of Honor, now the IEEE Medal of Honor. In 1931, he was awarded the John Scott Medal by the Franklin...
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    Elmer Ambrose Sperry (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    (1916) for his drift indicator Holley Medal (1928) John Fritz Medal (1927) Albert Gary Medal (1927) Elliott Cresson Medal (1929) for gyroscopic navigational...
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    Elihu Thomson (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    of the Royal Society 1916: John Fritz Medal of the American Association of Engineering Societies 1923: Kelvin Gold Medal of the Institute of Civil Engineers...
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    George Washington Goethals (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Goethals and William Crawford Gorgas were awarded the inaugural Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. Also, Congress awarded Goethals their...
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  • Lehigh University master's degree in civil engineering alumnus, was the John Fritz Medal award recipient, issued by the American Association of Engineering...
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    Kristina M. Johnson (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Award, the highest honor of the Society. In 2008, Johnson received the John Fritz Medal. In 2010, Johnson was the winner of the ABIE Award for Technical Leadership...
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  • Leslie E. Robertson (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering 2012 John Fritz Medal from the American Association of Engineering Societies 2015 International...
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  • Zay Jeffries (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    engineer, metallurgist, consulting engineer and recipient of the 1946 John Fritz Medal. Jeffries was born in Willow Lake, South Dakota as one of the nine...
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    Thomas Edison (category Congressional Gold Medal recipients)
    American Association of Engineering Societies John Fritz Medal. In 1915, Edison was awarded Franklin Medal of The Franklin Institute for discoveries contributing...
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    David W. Taylor (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    seaplane floats and flying-boat hulls. In 1931, Taylor was awarded the John Fritz Medal, the highest honor of the American engineering profession, "for outstanding...
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    Henry Marion Howe (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    Bessemer Gold Medal of the Iron and Steel Institute 1895: Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 1917 John Fritz Gold Medal of the American...
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    of Sciences and the recipient of numerous awards including the John Fritz Medal. John L. Savage was born on December 25, 1879, in Cooksville, Wisconsin...
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    York. D. Mason. p. 176. "Honor for E.D. Adams: Engineers to Award the John Fritz Medal for Niagara Development". The New York Times. March 17, 1926. p. 6...
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    George Westinghouse (category John Fritz Medal recipients)
    received the American Institute of Electrical Engineers's (AIEE) Edison Medal "For meritorious achievement in connection with the development of the alternating...
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    Gordon Moore (category IEEE Medal of Honor recipients)
    California, Santa Cruz. In 2009, the Moores received the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Moore received many honors. He was elected a member of...
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