The Leonardo da Vinci Medal is the highest award of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), and was first given in 1962.The Leonardo da Vinci Medal – Society for the History of Technology. Accessed 2017-09-08. In general this award is granted annually to scholars who have contributed outstandingly to the history of technology through research, teaching, publication or other activities. The prize consists of a certificate and a medal.
The medal is a circular bronze medallion designed by the Hungarian expressionist sculptor András Beck. The face depicts the head of Leonardo da Vinci based on one of his self-portraits and the reverse depicts "the basic sources of energy (water, wind, and fire)," in the sculptor's words.
List of recipients
1962 Robert James Forbes 1963 Abbott Payson Usher 1964 Lynn T. White, Jr. 1965 Maurice Daumas (:fr:Maurice Daumas (chimiste)) 1966 Cyril Stanley Smith 1967 Melvin Kranzberg 1968 Joseph Needham 1969 Lewis Mumford 1970 Bertrand Gille 1971 A. G. Drachmann 1972 Ladislao Reti (:sh:Ladislao Reti) 1973 Carl W. Condit 1974 Bern Dibner 1975 Friedrich Klemm 1976 Derek J. de Solla Price 1977 Eugene S. Ferguson 1978 Torsten Althin 1979 John U. Nef 1980 John Bell Rae 1981 Donald S. L. Cardwell 1982 not awarded 1983 Louis C. Hunter 1984 Brooke Hindle 1985 Thomas P. Hughes 1986 Hugh G. J. Aitken 1987 Robert P. Multhauf 1988 Sidney M. Edelstein 1989 R. Angus Buchanan 1990 Edwin T. Layton, Jr. 1991 Carroll W. Pursell 1992 Otto Mayr 1993 W. David Lewis 1994 Merritt Roe Smith 1995 Bruce Sinclair 1996 Nathan Rosenberg 1997 Ruth Schwartz Cowan 1998 Walter G. Vincenti 1999 not awarded 2000 Silvio A. Bedini 2001 Robert C. PostRobert Post: Bio - Robert Post: Home at epostscripts.net. 2007. Accessed Sept. 7, 2017. 2002 Leo Marx 2003 Bart Hacker 2004 David Landes 2005 David E. NyeThe Leonardo da Vinci Medal , Society for the History of Technology. Accessed June 25, 2011 2006 Eric H. Robinson 2007 David A. Hounshell 2008 Joel A. Tarr 2009 Susan J. Douglas 2010 Svante Lindqvist 2011 John M. Staudenmaier 2012 Wiebe Bijker 2013 Rosalind Williams 2014 Pamela O. Long 2015 Johan SchotMaking Europe - Johan Schot receives Leonardo da Vinci Medal at makingeurope.eu. 4 November 2015. Accessed 2017-09-07. 2016 Ronald R. KlineRon Kline receives Society for the History of Technology’s Leonardo da Vinci Medal, at ece.cornell.edu. Thursday, July 7, 2016. Accessed 2017-09-07. 2017 Arnold Pacey2017 Leonardo da Vinci Medal winner, Arnold Pacey, Society for the History of Technology. Accessed September 26, 2018 2018 Joy Parr 2019 Francesca Brayhttps://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-leonardo-da-vinci-medal/2019-leonardo-da-vinci-medal-winner-francesca-bray/ (Accessed Dec. 2019) 2020 Maria Paula Diogo 2020 Arthur P. Molella 2021 Suzanne Moon 2022 Donald MacKenzie 2023 Alex Roland 2024 Stuart W. Leslie 2025 John Krige
References
External links The Leonardo da Vinci Medal – Society for the History of Technology