The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal is an award that honors outstanding contributions in the field of telecommunications. It was instituted by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1976, commemorating the centennial of the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. It may be presented to an individual, or to a team of two or three.
Recipients of this award receive a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and honorarium.
Recipients
- 1976 Amos E. Joel, Jr., William Keister, and Raymond W. Ketchledge
- 1977 Eberhardt Rechtin
- 1978 M. Robert Aaron, John S. Mayo, and Eric E. Sumner
- 1979 A. Christian Jacobaeus
- 1980 Richard R. Hough
- 1981 David Slepian
- 1982 Harold A. Rosen
- 1983 Stephen O. Rice
- 1984 Andrew J. Viterbi
- 1985 Charles K. Kao
- 1986 Bernard Widrow
- 1987 Joel S. Engel, Richard H. Frenkiel, and William C. Jakes, Jr.
- 1988 Robert M. Metcalfe
- 1989 Gerald R. Ash and Billy B. Oliver
- 1990 Paul Baran
- 1991 C. Chapin Cutler, John O. Limb, and Arun N. Netravali
- 1992 James L. Massey
- 1993 Donald C. Cox
- 1994 Hiroshi Inose
- 1995 Irwin M. Jacobs
- 1996 Tadahiro Sekimoto
- 1997 Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn
- 1998 Richard E. Blahut
- 1999 David G. Messerschmitt
- 2000 Vladimir A. Kotelnikov
- 2001 No award
- 2002 Tsuneo Nakahara
- 2003 Joachim Hagenauer
- 2004 No award
- 2005 Jim K. Omura
- 2006 John Wozencraft
- 2007 Norman Abramson
- 2008 Gerard J. Foschini
- 2009 Robert McEliece
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