George E. Smith

George E. Smith

male, 79 years old
Franklin Institute, CharlesStarkDraperPrize, physicist, scientist at Bell Labs, Charge-coupled device, American
George E. Smith is an American scientist and co-inventor of the Charge-coupled device. Smith worked at Bell Labs from 1959 to 1986, where he led...
Bradford Parkinson

Bradford Parkinson

male
Stanford University, Dr. Bradford Wells Parkinson, CharlesStarkDraperPrize, The Aerospace Corporation, Corporate director, Stanford University alumni
Dr. Bradford Wells Parkinson is an American systems engineer and Chairman of The Aerospace Corporation board of trustees. He was co-recipient of...
Robert S. Langer

Robert S. Langer

male, 61 years old
American chemical engineer, American, National Inventors Hall of Fame, blood vessels, biological tissue, CharlesStarkDraperPrize…Lemelson-MIT Prize
Robert S. Langer (born August 29, 1948 in Albany, New York) is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was formerly...

Charles P. Thacker

male
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Association for Computing Machinery, IEEE, Federal institute of technology, honorary doctorate, ethernet…CharlesStarkDraperPrize, Charles P. (Chuck) Thacker
Charles P. (Chuck) Thacker is a technical fellow and computer pioneer. Thacker worked in the 1970s and 1980s at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center...
Willard Boyle

Willard Boyle

male, 85 years old
Canadian of Irish descent, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Willard S Boyle, Apollo space program, CharlesStarkDraperPrize, Charge-coupled device
Willard S Boyle (born August 19 1924) is a Canadian physicist and co-inventor of the Charge-coupled device. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Boyle...

Robert Taylor

male, 77 years old
from Texas, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, information processing, ARPA, Taylor, Robert, Robert W. Taylor…CharlesStarkDraperPrize
Robert W. Taylor (born 1932) was director of ARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office (1965-69), founder and later manager of Xerox PARC's...

Harold Rosen

male, 83 years old
engineer, IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, Syncom, Communications satellite, geosynchronous, CharlesStarkDraperPrize
Harold A. Rosen (born 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an electrical engineer, known for designing and directing the construction of the first...