Awards & Winners

George H. Heilmeier

Date of Birth 22-May-1936
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as George Heilmeier
Profession Engineer, Inventor
George Harry Heilmeier is an American engineer and businessman, who was a pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays and is inducted in the National Inventors Hall of Fame and credited with the invention of LC-Display. Heilmeier's work is an IEEE Milestone.

Awards by George H. Heilmeier

Check all the awards nominated and won by George H. Heilmeier.

1997


IEEE Medal of Honor
(for discovery and initial development of electro-optic effects in liquid crystals)

1991


National Medal of Science for Engineering
(For his major contributions to the technological competitiveness of the United States and the cause of national defense.)