Okawa Prize

The Okawa prize is intended to pay tribute to and make public recognition of persons who have made outstanding contributions to the research, technological development, and business in the information and telecommunications fields, internationally. Awarded annually since 1992, recognition includes a certificate, gold medal, and significant cash award (¥10 million). Members of Tau Beta Pi who have received this honor, among the 20 recipients through 2003, include:
1996 Lotfi A. Zadeh, New York Alpha '42 for outstanding contributions to information science through the development of fuzzy logic and its application
1997 John R. Whinnery, California Alpha '37 for distinguished contributions to microwaves and optoelectronics through research, teaching, and publication
2000 William F. Miller, California Alpha '49 for outstanding and pioneering contribution to the progress of applied mathematics and information technologies and for prominent leadership in university and corporate management
2001 Leonard Kleinrock, Massachusetts Beta '62 for pioneering and outstanding contributions to queueing theory and packet-switching theory, the foundation technology of the Internet
2002 Thomas E. Everhart, Illinois Alpha '53 for distinguished accomplishments in the development of scanning electron microscopy and microfabrication technologies; and for outstanding contributions and leadership in the development of science and technology, engineering education, and progress of the information industry
2003 Mischa Schwartz, Virginia Beta '45 for outstanding contributions and leadership in the fields of information and communication theory, computer networks including broadband integrated digital networks and wireless networks, and engineering education
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