Norman Medal
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The Norman Medal is the highest honor granted by the American Society of Civil Engineers
for a technical paper that "makes a definitive contribution to engineering science".
This list contains recipients of the Norman Medal since 1874 (the first year it was awarded).
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
for a technical paper that "makes a definitive contribution to engineering science".
This list contains recipients of the Norman Medal since 1874 (the first year it was awarded).
Recipients
- 1874: J. James R. Croes
- 1875: Theodore G. Ellis
- 1877: William W. Maclay; Book Prize To Julius H. Striedonger
- 1879: Edward P. North; Book Prize To Max E. Schmidt
- 1890: Theodore CooperTheodore CooperTheodore Cooper was an American civil engineer. He may be best known as supervising engineer on the Quebec Bridge when it collapsed in 1907....
- 1881: L. L. Buck
- 1882: A. Fteley And F. P. Stearns
- 1883: William P. Shinn
- 1884: James ChristieJames ChristieJames Lyall Christie was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive representative from 1932 until his death....
- 1885: Eliot C. Clarke
- 1886: Edward Bates Dorsey
- 1887: Desmond FitzgeraldDesmond FitzGeraldDesmond FitzGerald or Fitzgerald may refer to:*Desmond FitzGerald , Irish politician and Government minister*Desmond Fitzgerald , Central Intelligence Agency deputy director...
- 1888: E. E. Russel Tratman
- 1889: Theodore CooperTheodore CooperTheodore Cooper was an American civil engineer. He may be best known as supervising engineer on the Quebec Bridge when it collapsed in 1907....
- 1890: John R. Freeman
- 1891: John R. Freeman
- 1892: William Starling
- 1893: Desmond FitzgeraldDesmond FitzGeraldDesmond FitzGerald or Fitzgerald may refer to:*Desmond FitzGerald , Irish politician and Government minister*Desmond Fitzgerald , Central Intelligence Agency deputy director...
- 1894: Alfred E. Hunt
- 1895: William Ham Hall
- 1896: John E. Greiner
- 1897: Julius Baier
- 1898: B. F. Thomas
- 1899: E. Herbert Stone
- 1900: James A. Seddon
- 1902: Gardner S. Williams; Clarence W. Hubbell; And George H. Fenkell
- 1904: Emile Low
- 1905: C. C. Schneider
- 1906: John S. Sewell
- 1907: Leonard M. Cox
- 1908: C. C. Schneider
- 1909: J. A. L. Waddell
- 1910: C. E. Grunsky
- 1911: George E. Gibbs
- 1912: Wilson Sherman Kinnear
- 1913: J. V. Davies
- 1914: Caleb Mills Saville
- 1915: Allen Hazen
- 1916: J. A. L. Waddell
- 1917: Benjamin F. Groat
- 1918: L. R. Jorgensen
- 1919: William Barclay ParsonsWilliam Barclay ParsonsWilliam Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer. He founded the firm that became Parsons Brinckerhoff, one of the largest American civil engineering firms....
- 1920: J. A. L. Waddell
- 1922: Charles H. PaulCharles H. PaulCharles H. Paul was a lawyer and judge who was heavily involved in Washington state Republican Party politics and served as the state manager for Robert Taft, “Mr. Republican,” during the 1948 and 1952 presidential elections....
- 1923: D. B. Steinman
- 1924: B. F. Jakobsen
- 1925: Harrison P. Eddy
- 1926: Julian Hinds
- 1927: B. F. Jakobsen
- 1928: Charles E. Sudler
- 1929: Gilbert T. RudeGilbert T. RudeGilbert T. Rude was an officer in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey -- one of the ancestor organizations of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- and the United States Navy. He served as Chief of the Division of Coastal Surveys in the Coast and Geodetic...
- 1930: Karl von TerzaghiKarl von TerzaghiKarl von Terzaghi was an Austrian civil engineer and geologist, called the father of soil mechanics.-Early life:...
- 1931: Floyd A. Nagler And Albion Davis
- 1933: Hardy CrossHardy CrossHardy Cross, 1885–1959, born in Nansemond County, Virginia, was a U.S. structural engineer and the developer of the moment distribution method for structural calculation of large buildings. The method was in general use from c.1935 until c.1960 when it was gradually superseded by other methods...
- 1934: Leon Solomon Moisseiff
- 1935: D. C. Henny
- 1936: Daniel W. MeadDaniel W. MeadDaniel W. Mead born in Fulton, New York. In 1904 he was made head of the Department of Hydraulics and Sanitary Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s he established the consulting firm Mead and Seastone, forerunner to the Madison engineering firm of...
- 1937: J. C. Stevens
- 1938: Hunter RouseHunter RouseHunter Rouse was a hydraulician known for his research on the mechanics of fluid turbulence.Rouse was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, from 1929 until 1933, when he moved to Columbia University...
- 1939: Charles H. Lee
- 1940: Shortridge Hardesty And Harold E. Wessman
- 1941: J. A. Van Den Broek
- 1942: Karl Terzaghi
- 1943: Thomas E. Stanton
- 1944: Ralph B. Peck
- 1945: Merrill Bernard
- 1946: Karl Terzaghi
- 1947: Boris A. BakhmeteffBoris BakhmeteffBoris Alexandrovich Bakhmeteff was an engineer, businessman, professor of Civil Engineering at Columbia University and the only ambassador of the Russian Provisional Government to the United States. He was unrelated to his predecessor as ambassador, George Bakhmeteff. His wife Helen died in 1921...
And William Allan - 1948: Alfred M. Freudenthal
- 1949: Gerard H. Matthes
- 1950: Friedrich Bleich
- 1951: D. B. Steinman
- 1953: Friedrich Bleich And L. W. Teller
- 1954: Robert H. Sherlock
- 1955: Karl Terzaghi
- 1956: Carl E. Kindsvater And Rolland W. Carter
- 1957: Alfred W. Freudenthal
- 1958: Anestis S. Veletsos And Nathan M. Newmark
- 1959: Willard J. Turnbull And Charles R. Foster
- 1960: Carl E. Kindsvater And Rolland W. Carter
- 1961: Lorenz G. Straub And Alvin G. Anderson
- 1962: William McguireWilliam McGuireWilliam McGuire may refer to:*William Anthony McGuire, American screenwriter and dramatist*William W. McGuire , American physician; former CEO of UnitedHealth Group*Billy and Benny McGuire, "World's Heaviest Twins"...
And Gordon P. Fisher - 1963: Bruno Thurlimann
- 1964: T. William Lambe
- 1965: Gerald A. Leonards And Jagdish Narain
- 1966: Charles H. Lawrence
- 1967: Daniel Dicker
- 1968: H. Bolton Seed And Kenneth L. Lee
- 1969: Basil W. Wilson
- 1970: Cyril J. Galvin, Jr.
- 1971: John H. Schmertmann
- 1972: Nicholas C. Costes; W. David Carrier, III; James K. Mitchell; And Ronald F. Scott
- 1973: Bobby O. Hardin And Vincent P. Drenivich
- 1974: James R. Coffer
- 1975: Roy E. Olson; David E. Daniel, Jr.David E. DanielDavid Edwin Daniel is the current and fourth president of the University of Texas at Dallas where he has served since 2005. Daniel received his doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980, where he also served as a faculty member until 1996 before moving to the...
; And Thomas K. Liu - 1976: Charles C. Ladd And Roger Foott
- 1977: H. Bolton Seed; Kenneth L. Lee; Izzat M. Idriss; And Faiz I. Makdisi
- 1978: Richard D. Barksdale
- 1979: Anil K. Chopra
- 1980: John L. Cleasby And James C. Lorence
- 1982: Abdulaziz I. Mana And G. Wayne CloughG. Wayne CloughGerald Wayne Clough is President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a position he has held since July 2008...
- 1983: Theodore V. Galambos, Bruce R. EllingwoodBruce R. EllingwoodBruce R. Ellingwood is an American civil engineer and a Distinguished Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology...
, James G. Macgregor, And C. Allin CornellC. Allin CornellC. Allin Cornell is a civil engineer who made important contributions to reliability theory and earthquake engineering and, along with Dr. Luis Esteva, developed the field of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis in 1968.... - 1984: Sudipta S. Bandyopadhyay
- 1985: James L. Sherard; Lorn P. Dunnigan; And James R. Talbot
- 1986: James L. Sherard
- 1987: Egor P. Popov; Stephen A. Mahin; And Ray W. Clough
- 1988: Gholamreza Mesri And Alfonso Castro
- 1989: Abdul-Hamid Zureick And Robert A. Eubanks
- 1990: Anestis S. Veletsos And Anumolu M. Prasad
- 1991: Ernesto F. Cruz And Anil K. Chopra
- 1992: Scott D. Schiff; William J. Hall; And Douglas A. Foutch
- 1993: Ronie Navon And Abraham Warszawski
- 1994: Ronald D. Ziemian; William Mcguire; And Gregory G. Deierlein
- 1995: Mauricio Ehrlich And James K. Mitchell
- 1996: James R. MartinJames R. MartinJames R Martin or Jim Martin is a writer, independent producer, director, and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for his PBS feature-length documentary Wrapped In Steel, broadcast nationally in 1984–85, and PBS documentary Fired-Up Public Housing is my Home broadcast nationally in 1988–89....
, II And G. Wayne CloughG. Wayne CloughGerald Wayne Clough is President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a position he has held since July 2008... - 1997: William F. Marcuson III; Paul F. Hadala; And Richard H. Ledbetter
- 1998: Bruce R. EllingwoodBruce R. EllingwoodBruce R. Ellingwood is an American civil engineer and a Distinguished Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology...
And David Rosowsky - 1999: Lawrence A. Bergman; Thomas K. Caughey; Anastasios G. Chassiakos; Richard O. Claus; George W. Housner; Sami F. Masri; Robert E. Skelton; Tsu T. Soong; B. F. Spencer; And James T. P. Yao
- 2000: Roberto T. Leon; Jerome F. Hajjar; Carol K. Shield; And Michael A.Gustafson
- 2001: Anil K. Chopra And Rakesh K. Goel
- 2002: Sherif El-Tawil And Gregory G. Deierlein
- 2003: C. Allin CornellC. Allin CornellC. Allin Cornell is a civil engineer who made important contributions to reliability theory and earthquake engineering and, along with Dr. Luis Esteva, developed the field of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis in 1968....
; Douglas A. Foutch; Ronald O. Hamburger; And Fatemeh Jalayer - 2004: Gholamreza Mesri,Ph.D. And Marawan M. Shahien,Ph.D.
- 2005: Kok-Kwang Phoon, M.Asce; Fred Kulhawy,Ph.D. , P.E., G.E., Hon.M.Asce; Mircea D. Grigoriu, Ph.D., F.Asce
- 2006: Ramachandran Kulasingam, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE,; Erik J. Malvick, Ph.D.,A.M.ASCE; Ross W. Boulanger,Ph.D. , P.E., M.ASCE; And Bruce L. Kutter,Ph.D. , M.ASCE
- 2007: Ning Lu, Ph.D., M.ASCE and William J. Likos, Ph.D., M.ASCE
- 2008: Amit Kanvinde, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE and Gregory G. Deierlein, P.E., F.ASCE
- 2009: Steven L. Kramer, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE and Roy T. Mayfield, P.E., M.ASCE
- 2010: Tommaso Moramarco, M.ASCE; Claudia Pandolfo; and Vijay P. Singh, Ph.D, D.SC., D.WRE, F.ASCE
- 2011: Shadi S. Najjar, D.Eng., A.M.ASCE and Robert B. Gilbert, P.E., D.GE., M.ASCE