Kyoto Prize Laureates

Likened to Nobel prizes, the annually awarded Kyoto prize recognizes contributions to human progress. The award is accompanied by a cash prize of $460,000. The prizes for lifetime achievement were created with a $200 million endorsement from Kazuo Inamori, founder of the Kyoto-based company Kyocera. Eight members of Tau Beta Pi have received Japan's highest international honor:

1985	Rudolf Emil Kalman, Massachusetts Beta '53	for the creation of modern control theory and system theory
1985	Claude E. Shannon, Michigan Gamma '36	for creating information theory and laying the foundation for development in telecommunications
1987	Morris Cohen, Minnesota Alpha '34	for broad and basic insights into phase transformation and structure-property relationships in materials
1993	Jack S. Kilby, Illinois Alpha '47	for invention of the integrated circuit
1994	Paul C. Lauterbur, Illinois Alpha '51	for proposing the principles of magnetic resonance imaging, a noninvasive medical imaging method
1996	Donald E. Knuth, Ohio Alpha '60	for numerous contributions to the development of 20th-century information sciences through research and education
1997	Marcian E. Hoff, Jr., New York Gamma '58	for development of the world's first microprocessor
2005	George H. Heilmeier, Pennsylvania Delta '58	for research in the field of liquid crystals and contributions to the development of the liquid crystal display (LCD)