Awards & Winners

Frank L. Stulen

Frank L. Stulen invented numerical control of machine tools, together with his employer John T. Parsons, in the 1940s. Parsons received most of the credit, since he came up with most of the original ideas; However, Stulen was the one who turned these ideas into working machines. In 1985, Stulen and Parsons received the National Medal of Technology.

Awards by Frank L. Stulen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Frank L. Stulen.

1985


National Medal of Technology and Innovation
(For their development and successful demonstration of the numerically-controlled machine tool for the production of three-dimensional shapes, which has been essential for the production of commercial airliners and which is seminal for the growth of the robotics, CAD-CAM, and automated manufacturing industries.)