George E. Pake Prize
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The George E. Pake Prize is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society
since 1984. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding work by physicists combining original research accomplishments with leadership in the management of research or development in industry". The prize is named after George E. Pake (1924–2004), founding director of Xerox PARC
, and as of 2007 it is valued at $5,000.
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
since 1984. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding work by physicists combining original research accomplishments with leadership in the management of research or development in industry". The prize is named after George E. Pake (1924–2004), founding director of Xerox PARC
Xerox PARC
PARC , formerly Xerox PARC, is a research and co-development company in Palo Alto, California, with a distinguished reputation for its contributions to information technology and hardware systems....
, and as of 2007 it is valued at $5,000.
Recipients
- 2010: Robert A. FroschRobert A. FroschRobert Alan Frosch , American scientist, was the fifth Administrator of NASA from 1977–1981 during the Carter administration.-Biography:Born in New York City, Frosch was educated in the public school system in The Bronx...
- 2009: David J. Bishop
- 2008: Julia M. Phillips
- 2007: Mark KryderMark KryderMark Kryder was Seagate Corp.'s senior vice president of research and chief technology officer.Kryder holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Ph.D...
- 2006: Charles B. Duke
- 2005: Cherry Murray
- 2004: Robert M. WhiteRobert M. WhiteMajor General Robert Michael "Bob" White was a military aircraft test pilot and a major general in the United States Air Force...
- 2003: C. Paul Robinson
- 2002: Paul M. Horn
- 2001: Lewis S. Edelheit
- 2000: Chauncey StarrChauncey StarrChauncey Starr was an American electrical engineer who was an expert in nuclear energy.Born in Newark, New Jersey, Starr received an electrical engineering degree in 1932 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1935 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Starr was Vice President of Rockwell International and...
- 1999: Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir
- 1998: John Paul McTague
- 1997: Don R. Scifres
- 1996: Charles Vernon Shank
- 1995: James C. McGroddy
- 1994: William F. Brinkman
- 1993: Roland W. SchmittRoland W. SchmittRoland Walter Schmitt is a physicist, business executive and was the sixteenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.He was born on July 24, 1923 in Seguin, Texas to Walter L. Schmitt and Myrtle F. Schmitt. On June 2, 1951 he married Alice V. Calhoun and they had two sons: Lorenz and...
- 1992: Alan Chynoweth
- 1991: Albert NarathAlbert NarathAlbert Narath was an Austrian surgeon and anatomist who was a native of Vienna.He was a student of Theodor Billroth at the University of Vienna, and from 1896 to 1906 was a professor of surgery at Utrecht. In 1906 he succeeded Vincenz Czerny as chair of surgery at the University of Heidelberg...
- 1990: Arno A. Penzias
- 1989: John A. Armstrong
- 1988: C. Kumar N. PatelC. Kumar N. PatelC. Kumar N. Patel developed the carbon dioxide laser in 1963; it is now widely used in industry for cutting and welding, as a laser scalpel in surgery, and in laser skin resurfacing...
- 1987: Praveen ChaudhariPraveen ChaudhariDr. Praveen Chaudhari was an Indian American physicist born in Ludhiana, India who migrated to the United States in 1961 and contributed to the field of material physics....
- 1986: John K. Galt
- 1985: J. Ross MacDonald
- 1984: Arthur G. Anderson
External links
- George E. Pake Prize, American Physical Society