Leonardo da Vinci Medal

History of technology award

The Leonardo da Vinci Medal is the highest award of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), and was first given in 1962.^[1] In general this award is granted annually to scholars who have contributed outstandingly to the history of technology through research, teaching, publication or other activities. The prize consists of a certificate and a medal.

List of recipients

1962 Robert James Forbes
1963 Abbott Payson Usher
1964 Lynn T. White, Jr.
1965 Maurice Daumas
1966 Cyril Stanley Smith
1967 Melvin Kranzberg
1968 Joseph Needham
1969 Lewis Mumford
1970 Bertrand Gille
1971 A. G. Drachmann
1972 Ladislao Reti
1973 Carl W. Condit
1974 Bern Dibner
1975 Friedrich Klemm
1976 Derek J. de Solla Price
1977 Eugene S. Ferguson
1978 Torsten Althin
1979 John U. Nef
1980 John Bell Rae
1981 Donald S. L. Cardwell
1982 not awarded
1983 Louis C. Hunter
1984 Brooke Hindle
1985 Thomas P. Hughes
1986 Hugh G. J. Aitken
1987 Robert P. Multhauf
1988 Sidney M. Edelstein
1989 R. Angus Buchanan
1990 Edwin T. Layton, Jr.
1991 Carroll W. Pursell
1992 Otto Mayr
1993 W. David Lewis
1994 Merritt Roe Smith
1995 Bruce Sinclair
1996 Nathan Rosenberg
1997 Ruth Schwartz Cowan
1998 Walter G. Vincenti
1999 not awarded
2000 Silvio A. Bedini
2001 Robert C. Post^[2]
2002 Leo Marx
2003 Bart Hacker
2004 David Landes
2005 David E. Nye^[3]
2006 Eric H. Robinson
2007 David A. Hounshell
2008 Joel A. Tarr
2009 Susan J. Douglas
2010 Svante Lindqvist
2011 John M. Staudenmaier
2012 Wiebe Bijker
2013 Rosalind Williams
2014 Pamela O. Long
2015 Johan Schot^[4]
2016 Ronald R. Kline^[5]
2017 Arnold Pacey^[6]
2018 Joy Parr^[7]
2019 Francesca Bray^[8]
2020 Maria Paula Diogo
2020 Arthur P. Molella
2021 Suzanne Moon
2022 Donald MacKenzie
2023 Alex Roland

References

^ The Leonardo da Vinci Medal – Society for the History of Technology. Accessed 2017-09-08.
^ Robert Post: Bio - Robert Post: Home at epostscripts.net. 2007. Accessed Sept. 7, 2017.
^ The Leonardo da Vinci Medal Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Society for the History of Technology. Accessed June 25, 2011
^ Making Europe - Johan Schot receives Leonardo da Vinci Medal at makingeurope.eu. 4 November 2015. Accessed 2017-09-07.
^ Ron Kline receives Society for the History of Technology’s Leonardo da Vinci Medal, at ece.cornell.edu. Thursday, July 7, 2016. Accessed 2017-09-07.
^ 2017 Leonardo da Vinci Medal winner, Arnold Pacey, Society for the History of Technology. Accessed September 26, 2018
^ https://www.historyoftechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DaVinciMedal2018.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-leonardo-da-vinci-medal/2019-leonardo-da-vinci-medal-winner-francesca-bray/ (Accessed Dec. 2019)