The Frank P. Brown Medal was formerly awarded by the

Franklin Institute The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named after the American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin. It houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memori ...

for excellence in science, engineering, and structures. It was established by the 1938 will of Franklin Pierce Brown, a member of the Master Plumbers Association. The designer of the medal was Walker Kirtland Hancock.

Laureates

*1941 – Willis Haviland Carrier Engineering *1942 – Duff Andrew Abrams Engineering *1943 – Albert Kahn Engineering *1944 – Harvey Clayton Rentschler Engineering *1945 – David Gilmore Clarke Engineering *1946 –

Karl Terzaghi Karl von Terzaghi (October 2, 1883 – October 25, 1963) was an Austrian mechanical engineer, geotechnical engineer, and geologist known as the "father of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering". Early life In 1883, he was born the first c ...

Earth Science *1947 – Karl P. Billner Engineering *1950 – Gustave Magnel Engineering *1950 – Eugene Freyssinet Engineering *1951 – Samuel Arnold Greeley Civil Engineering *1952 – Fred N. Severud Engineering *1953 –

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

Engineering *1954 – Edmund Germer Engineering *1954 – Hans J. Spanner Engineering *1954 – Humboldt W. Leverenz Engineering *1955 – Charles S. Leopold Engineering *1956 – Robert G. Letourneau Engineering *1957 -

Pier Luigi Nervi Pier Luigi Nervi (21 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University from 1946 to 1961 and is known wor ...

Engineering *1958 - Charles Milton Spofford Engineering (author of ''The Theory of Structures'' 1915) *1959 - Hardy Cross Engineering *1960 -

Richard Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American people, American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, ...

Engineering *1961 - Charles Edouard Jeanneret LeCorbusier Engineering *1962 - Edmund Norwood Bacon Civil Engineering *1964 - Louis I. Kahn Engineering *1965 - William Jaird Levitt Engineering *1966 - Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. Engineering *1967 - Carl Koch (architect) Engineering *1968 - Philip Newell Youtz Engineering *1970 - Trevor Lloyd Wadley Engineering *1971 - Henry Lee Willet Engineering *1974 - Hans Liebherr Engineering *1975 - Public Building Services of U.S. Govt Engineering *1976 - E. Dale Waters Engineering *1978 - Henry J. Degenkolb Engineering *1982 - Vincent G. Kling Engineering *1982 - Lynn S. Beedle Engineering *1987 - Paul Weidlinger Engineering *1988 - Ben C. Gerwick, Jr. Engineering *1988 - Marvin A. Mass Engineering *1992 – John W. Fisher Engineering *1995 –

Jean M. Muller Jean Muller (May 25, 1925 – March 17, 2005) was a French bridge engineer who focused on design and construction of concrete bridges. Early career Born in Levallois-Perret, France, Muller attended the École centrale Paris, École Centrale des Ar ...

Engineering *Now dormant as an award. The last Frank P. Brown Medal was awarded in 1995.

References

{{Reflist Franklin Institute awards Engineering awards Awards disestablished in 1988 Awards established in 1941

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