Awards & Winners

1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Check winners and nominations of 1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Check awards winners of 1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Glen Culler

(For pioneering innovations in multiple branches of computing, including early efforts in digital speech processing, invention of the first on-line system for interactive graphical mathematics computing and pioneering work on the ARPAnet.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Ray Kurzweil

(For pioneering and innovative achievements in computer science such as voice recognition, which have overcome many barriers and enriched the lives of disabled persons and all Americans.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Robert A. Swanson

(For his foresight and leadership in recognizing the commercial promise of recombinant DNA technology and his seminal role in the establishment and development of the biotechnology industry.)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Robert Taylor

(For visionary leadership in the development of modern computing technology, including computer networks, the personal computer and the graphical user interface., Symbol Technologies, Inc. For creating the global market for laser bar code scanning and for technical innovation and practical application of mobile computing and wireless local area network technologies.)

Yearwise list of National Medal of Technology and Innovation Winners