"Presidential Medal for Merit recipient"

Irving Berlin male, deceased (1989): buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, death by myocardial infarction, Belarusian American, god bless america, Jewish, Congressional Gold Medal recipient…Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient; Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters...

Vannevar Bush male, deceased (1974): computer pioneer, engineer, analog computer, Futurologist, Information scientist, Tufts University alumni…PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient, National Medal of Science recipient; Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 - June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his work on analog computing, his...

Granville Conway male, deceased (1969): Sailor, American, PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Captain Granville Conway, Cambridge, Md; Captain Granville Conway was born 1898 in Cambridge, Md.

William F. Friedman male, deceased (1969): Cryptographer, World War II, cryptography, United States Army, William Frederick Friedman, us army…PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient; William Frederick Friedman (September 24, 1891 - November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptologist. He ran the research division of the Army's Signals...

Hugh Latimer Dryden male, deceased (1965): craters of the Moon named after them, NASA personnel, Collier Trophy recipient, National Bureau of Standards, NASA, Academic…PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient, National Medal of Science recipient; Dr. Hugh Latimer Dryden (July 2, 1898-December 2, 1965) was an aeronautical scientist and civil servant. He served as NASA Deputy Administrator...

William Stephenson male, deceased (1989): Sir William Samuel Stephenson, Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Recipient of the Military Cross, spymaster, Companion of the Order of Canada, distinguished flying cross…Presidential Medal for Merit, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, inspirations for James Bond, Croix de guerre recipient, PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient; Sir William Samuel Stephenson, CC, MC, DFC, (January 23, 1897 - January 31, 1989) was a Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, spymaster,...

George W. Lewis male, deceased (1948): Engineering educator, United States aerospace engineer, Glenn Research Center, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field; George William Lewis (March 10, 1882 - July 12, 1948) was the Director of Aeronautical Research at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...

Linus Pauling male, deceased (1994): scientist, Biophysicist, atheist, Chemist, Erdős number 4, Humanist…PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient, National Medal of Science recipient, Vannevar Bush Award recipient; Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 - August 19, 1994) was an American quantum chemist and biochemist. He was also acknowledged as a...

Frederick Terman male, deceased (1982): SCD, Silicon Valley, department of defense, IQ test, Academic, national academy of engineering…PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient, IEEE Medal of Honor recipient, IEEE Medal of Honor, IRE Medal of Honor; Frederick Emmons Terman (born June 7, 1900 in English, Indiana; died December 19, 1982) was an American academic. He is widely credited (together...

Leroy Randle Grumman male, deceased (1982): Business person in aviation, Leroy Randle Grumman, Industrialist, From Long Island, PresidentialMedalforMeritrecipient, American; Leroy Randle Grumman was an American industrialist and aeronautical engineer. Born in Long Island, New York, he demonstrated an early interest in...

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