The

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...

awards the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation upon the recommendation of its Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. The medal is awarded with a citation reading "in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy." The inaugural Medal of Commendation was given at the

50th Academy Awards The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3, 1978, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST ...

in April 1978, and is given irregularly.

Naming

The medal was originally called the Medal of Commendation but was named in 1997 for the American

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproductio ...

John A. Bonner who served for several years as the governor of the academy's Sound Branch; and as chair of its Scientific and Technical Awards Committee and its Theater Sound Inspection Committee. Bonner had also been the director of special projects at Warner-Hollywood Studios. The president of the

, Arthur Hiller said that no person "...better represents the concept of service and dedication to the Academy" than Bonner and that he was "...dedicated to the Academy for more than 30 years. His devotion to the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater was legendary and his commitment to the Academy was simply extraordinary."

Recipients

*1977 ( 50th) – Gordon E. Sawyer and Sidney Paul Solow *1978 (51st) – John O. Aalberg, Linwood G. Dunn, Loren L. Ryder and Waldon O. Watson *1979 (52nd) –

Charles G. Clarke Charles G. Clarke ASC (March 10, 1899 – July 1, 1983) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood for over 40 years and was treasurer and president (twice: 1948–50 and 1951–53) of the American Society of Cinematographers. ...

and John G. Frayne *1980 (53rd) – Fred Hynes *1985 (58th) – John H. Whitney, Sr. *1986 (59th) – E. M. (Al) Lewis *1990 (63rd) – Roderick T. Ryan, Don Trumbull and Geoffrey H. Williamson *1991 (64th) – Richard J. Stumpf and Joseph Westheimer *1992 (65th) –

Petro Vlahos Petro Vlahos ( gr, Πέτρος Βλάχος; August 20, 1916 – February 10, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, considered to be one of the pioneering scientific and technical innovators of the motion picture and television indus ...

*1994 (67th) – John A. Bonner *1996 (69th) – Volker Bahnemann and Burton "Bud" Stone *1997 (70th) – Pete Clark *1998 (71st) – David W. Gray *1999 (72nd) – Edmund M. DiGiulio and

Takuo Miyagishima Takuo Miyagishima (March 15, 1928 – August 4, 2011) was a Japanese-American design engineer who worked for Panavision. He was responsible for many of the company's innovations in motion picture photography and projection. In 2005, Miyagishima ...

*2000 (73rd) – N. Paul Kenworthy, Jr. *2001 (74th) – Ray Feeney *2002 (75th) – Curt Behlmer and Richard Glickman *2003 (76th) – Douglass Greenfield *2005 (78th) – Don Hall *2006 (79th) – Richard Edlund *2007 (80th) – David Inglish *2008 (81st) – Mark Kimball *2010 (83rd) – Denny Clairmont *2011 (84th) – Jonathan Erland *2012 (85th) – Bill Taylor *2013 (86th) – Charles "Tad" Marburg

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Sci-Tech Awards - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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