Awards & Winners

1992 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Check winners and nominations of 1992 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Check awards winners of 1992 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Bill Gates

(For his early vision of universal computing at home and in the office; for his technical and business management skills in creating a world-wide technology company; and for his contribution to the development of the personal computer industry.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Walter Lincoln Hawkins

(For his invention and contribution to the commercialization of long-lived plastic coatings for communications cable that has saved billions of dollars for telephone companies around the world; and for his leadership in encouraging minorities to pursue science and engineering careers.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Joseph M. Juran

(For his lifetime work of providing the key principles and methods by which enterprises manage the quality of their products and processes, enhancing their ability to compete in the global marketplace.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Charles Kelman

(For his innovations in cataract surgical technology resulting in reduced rehabilitation time for millions of Americans, significant savings, and the creation of a new industry.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Merck & Co.

(For sustained innovation focusing on the discovery, development and worldwide commercialization of superior human and animal health products while maintaining proper concern for the environment.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Delbert H. Meyer

(For his discovery of the process for making purified terephthalic acid (PTA), the key building block in the production of polyester, which resulted in greatly accelerated growth of polyester products such as fabrics, recording tape, tire cord, food packaging and bottles.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Paul B. Weisz

(For his basic discoveries and management in the field of zeolite catalysis, in conjunction with his colleagues at Mobil Corporation, leading to chemical and petroleum technologies now producing products valued at billions of dollars per year.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Norman Joseph Woodland

(For his invention and contribution to the commercialization of bar code technology which improved productivity in every industrial sector and gave rise to the bar code industry.)

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