THE GEORGE R. STIBITZ COMPUTER PIONEER AWARDS HONOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELDS OF COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS.
THE EDWARD O. WILSON BIODIVERSITY PIONEER AWARDS HONOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH.
Previous Recipients of the George R. Stibitz and
the Edward O. Wilson Awards (1997-2011)
These honorees came to Bozeman, Montana & received their awards in person
The 2011 George R. Stibitz Lifetime Achievement Award:
Federico Faggin
For Foundational Contributions to the Development of the Modern Technological World, Including the MOS Silicon Gate Technology that Led to the Realization of the World's First Microprocessor in 1971
The 2011 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Awards:
Jim Lotimer
For Pioneering Modern Fish & Wildlife Monitoring Systems & Biotelemetry Technology
John Kress Peter Belhumeur David Jacobs
For Co-Pioneering Leafsnap - the First Mobile App for Plant Identification
The 2010 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Award:
Barbara Liskov
For Foundational Contributions to Computer Languages and Object Oriented Programming
Max Mathews
For Pioneering Computer Generated Music and Seminal Contributions to Digital Music Technologies & Software
Steve Sasson
For Inventing the First Digital Camera
The 2010 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Awards:
Sir Alec Jeffreys
For the Invention of DNA Fingerprinting - the Basis of Modern DNA Evidence
Lynn Margulis
For the Theory of Symbiogenesis and Seminal Contributions to the Understanding of Evolution and Biology
David Quammen
For Exemplary Writing About Science, Biodiversity and the Evolution of Life on Earth
The 2009 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Awards:
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
For Seminal and Exemplary Engineering Work with Ecohydrology
Steve Running
For Pioneering and Seminal Scientific Work with Climatology, Global Warming and Other Aspects of Atmospheric Science
Michael Soulé
For Exemplary Scientific and Public Outreach Work
David Ward
For Scientific Work with Thermal/Hot Spring Microbial Diversity, Ecology and Evolution
The 2006 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Award:
Edward O. Wilson
For Pioneering the Electronic Encyclopedia of Life
The 2005 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Awards:
Ross Perot
For Pioneering the Data Processing Industryand the Founding of EDS
Paul Baran
For Pioneering Distributed Communications & Packet Switching - the Seminal Foundations of the Internet
John Blankenbaker
For Pioneering the First Personal Computer: The Kenbak-1
The 2003 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Awards:
Ralph Baer
For Inventing the First Home Video Game
Martin Cooper
For Inventing the Cell Telephone
Leroy Hood
For Inventing the Automated DNA Sequencer
Klein Gilhousen
For Principal Designer of the CDMA DigitalCell Phone Technology
James Russell
For Inventing the Digital Compact Disc
Jon Titus
For Inventing the Mark-8: The First Hobbyist Microcomputer Kit
The 2001 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Awards:
Special 30th Anniversary Celebration Awards for their Co-Invention of the Microprocessor
Ted Hoff Stan Mazor Federico Faggin
Stan Mazor
For Co-Inventing the Microprocessor
The 2000 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Awards:
Steve Wozniak
For Inventing the Apple I & Apple II Computers & For Co-Founding of the Apple Computer
Tim Berners-Lee
For Inventing the World Wide Web
Ray Tomlinso
For Inventing E-Mail
The 1999 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Awards:
James Harris
For Key Contributions to the Invention of the First Transistorized Computer - the TRADIC
Vinton G. Cerf
For Pioneering the Internet: Major Design and Development Contributor to the Original ARPANET NCP Protocol and Co-Inventor of the Internet's TCP/IP Protocol
Robert Khan
For Pioneering 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 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Awards:
Ed Roberts
For Inventing of the First Successful Personal Computer: The Altair
Doug Engelbart
For Inventing the Computer Mouse & For Pioneering the Modern Graphical User Interface
The 1997 George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Awards:
Maury Irvine
For Team Project Member of the TRADIC Computer: The First Transistorized Computer
Eldon Hall
For Inventing the Apollo Moon Mission Guidance Computer
Arthur Burks
For One of the Principal Designers of the ENIAC ComputerFor Major Design Contributions to theENIAC Computer
Chuan Chu
For Major Design Contributions to the ENIAC Computer
Jack Kilby
For Inventing the Integrated Circuit & Co-Inventing the Hand-held Calculator
Jerry Merryman
For Co-Inventing the Hand-held Calculator
James Van Tassel
For Co-Inventing the Hand-held Calculator
Ted Hoff
For Co-Inventing the Microprocessor
Federico Faggin
For Co-Inventing The Microprocessor