IEEE Medal of Honor

IEEE Medal of Honor
IEEE Medal of Honor
Awarded for	Exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest
Presented by	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
First awarded	1917
Website	www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/medalofhonor.html

The IEEE Medal of Honor is the highest recognition of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It has been awarded since 1917, and is given to an individual for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest. The award consists of a gold medal, a bronze replica, a certificate, and an honorarium.^[1]

The medal was created by the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) as the "IRE Medal of Honor". It became the IEEE Medal of Honor when the IRE merged with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) to form the IEEE, in 1963. It was decided that IRE's Medal of Honor would be presented as IEEE's highest award. Edward Field Sanford, Jr., an American sculptor, designed the medal in 1917.

The first recipient was Edwin Howard Armstrong, in 1917.^[2] 104 people have been awarded the medal, with the latest recipient being Robert E. Kahn, in 2024. Only one woman, Mildred Dresselhaus, has been awarded the medal, in 2015.^[3]

^ Sharon Waters (December 8, 2023). "IEEE bestows top honors on three pioneering Princeton engineers". Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
^ "Origins of the IEEE Medal of Honor". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^ Jing Kong; Tomás Palacios (2022). Mildred S. Dresselhaus - Memorial Tributes. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. doi:10.17226/26492. ISBN 978-0-309-28717-3. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024. Her many civic, social, and scientific contributions were recognized with numerous awards and honors. Among them were the ... the IEEE Medal of Honor (2015)—for which she was the first female recipient

[1] Sharon Waters (December 8, 2023). "IEEE bestows top honors on three pioneering Princeton engineers". Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

[2] "Origins of the IEEE Medal of Honor". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[3] Jing Kong; Tomás Palacios (2022). Mildred S. Dresselhaus - Memorial Tributes. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. doi:10.17226/26492. ISBN 978-0-309-28717-3. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024. Her many civic, social, and scientific contributions were recognized with numerous awards and honors. Among them were the ... the IEEE Medal of Honor (2015)—for which she was the first female recipient

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