The George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Award

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In 1997 the American Computer Museum launched an award ceremony to honor the living pioneers of the computer, communications and the information age in general. This award is named in honor of Dr. George R. Stibitz who in 1937 pioneered the use of relays for digital computation at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. The award is given in conjunction with the  Department of Computer Science Montana State University - Bozeman  Although the American Computer Museum has no formal ties with Montana State University, it does however host joint programs and acts as a teaching resource for their Computer Science Department in Bozeman. The awardees travel in person to Bozeman to receive their award and are available to meet with the general public  at a special forum. In the evening, the awards banquet is held.   

 

The 2006 Honoree:

Sponsored by:       Department of Computer Science, MSU        College of Engineering, MSU        College of Letters & Science, MSU          Humanities Institute, MSU         

 

Edward O. Wilson, Pioneer of the Electronic Encyclopedia of Life

Pellegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University

 

 

The 2005 Honorees:

Sponsored by:       EDS        Dick Walter Auto Center        Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce        ILX Lightwave        Right Now Technologies        Zoot Enterprises        Old Main Gallery & Framing

College of Engineering, MSU        Montana Manufacturing Extension Center, MSU        Department of Computer Science, MSU        Western Transportation Institute, MSU              

 
Ross Perot, Pioneer of the Data Processing Industry and Founder of EDS
Paul Baran, Pioneer of Distributed Communications & Packet Switching - the seminal foundations of the Internet
John Blankenbaker, Pioneer of the First Personal Computer: The Kenbak-1

 

The 2002 Honorees:

Sponsored by:       Qwest         Gallatin Development Corporation         Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Keynote Speaker: Steve Wozniak, Inventor of the Apple I & Apple II Computers, Co-founder of the Apple Computer

 Ralph Baer, Inventor of the first home video game

Martin Cooper, Inventor of the cell telephone

Leroy Hood, Inventor of the automated DNA sequencer 

Klein Gilhousen, Principal Designer of CDMA digital cell phone technology

James Russell, Inventor of the digital compact disc
Jon Titus, Inventor of the Mark-8, the first hobbyist microcomputer kit 

   

The 2001 Honorees:

Sponsored by:      ILX Lightwave     Qwest     Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Ted Hoff, Federico Faggin and Stan Mazor

Special 30th Anniversary Celebration Stibitz Computer Pioneer Awards for their co-invention of the Microprocessor

Stan Mazor - The Microprocessor, Co-Inventor, recipient of the individual George R. Stibitz Computer Pioneer Award 

(Ted Hoff & Federico Faggin received their individual George R. Stibitz Awards in 1997)

 

The 2000 Honorees:

Sponsored by:      ILX Lightwave     US West     Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Steve Wozniak, Inventor of the Apple I & Apple II Computers, Co-founder of the Apple Computer
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web
Ray Tomlinson, Inventor of e-mail

 

 

The 1999 Honorees:

  James Harris, A key contributor to the invention of the first transistorized computer - the TRADIC 

Vinton G. Cerf, Pioneer of the Internet: major design and development contributor to the original ARPANET NCP protocol and Co-Inventor of the Internet's TCP/IP protocol
Robert E. Kahn, Pioneer of the Internet: major designer of the ARPANET architecture, inventor of Open Architecture Networking and co-inventor of the Internet's TCP/IP protocol

 

  

The 1998 Honorees:

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 Ed Roberts, Inventor of the first successful personal computer, the Altair 

Doug Engelbart, Inventor of the computer mouse & the pioneer of the modern graphical user interface

  

   

 

The 1997 Honorees:

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 Arthur Burks, The ENIAC Computer, One of the Principal Designers

Chuan Chu, The ENIAC Computer, A Major Design Contributor

Jack Kilby, The Integrated Circuit, Inventor & The Hand-held Calculator, Co-Inventor

Jerry Merryman, The Hand-held Calculator, Co-inventor

James Van Tassel, The Hand-held Calculator, Co-Inventor
Maury Irvine, The TRADIC Computer, Team Project Member
Eldon Hall, Apollo Moon Mission Guidance Computer, Inventor
 Ted Hoff , The Microprocessor, Co-Inventor
Federico Faggin , The Microprocessor, Co-Inventor

 

 

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