Awards 1960-1969

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1960

Marconi Memorial Service Award Plaque

Boy Scouts of America

Lee De Forest Scholarship

Boy Scouts of America

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Service

Frederick E. Meinholtz: Director of Communications, New York Times

Marconi Memorial Wireless Pioneer’s Medal

E. L. Commagere: Division Superintendent TRTCO, New Orleans

1961

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

John S. Cross: FCC Commissioner

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

W. Walter Watts: Executive Vice President, RCA

1962

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

Frank A. D. Andrea: President, Andrea Radio Corporation

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

Gerald C. Gross: Secretary General, ITU Geneva, Switzerland

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Frank M. Caldwell, Jr.: S.S. Iowa (Posthumous)

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

John Frantsen: S.S. Grontoft (Posthumous)

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Donald MacNeil: S.S. Tresillian (Posthumous)

 

 1963

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

Benjamin F. Miessner: President, Miessner Inventions, Inc.

Marconi memorial Medal of Valor

Amory H. Waite Jr.: Coordinator, Army Signal Corps

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Charles John Taylor: S.S. Blairgowrie

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Martin W. Fisher: S.S. Captain George

 1964

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

J. McWilliams Stone: Chairman, DuKane Corp

Marconi Memorial Explorer Medal

William Willis: Solo Ocean Raftsman

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

William D. Terrell: Former Field Operations Chief, FCC

1965

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

Dr. Allen B. Du Mont: Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

Robert T. Bartley: FCC Commissioner

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Service

Leslie H. Strong: General Manager, Coast & Ship Station Operations, RCA

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

John Bryan Hilliar: S.S. Ambassador (Posthumous)

1966

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin: Hon. Vice President, RCA Research Laboratories

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

General James R. McNitt: President, ITT World Communications

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Service

Captain David S. Little: Aeronautical Electronics Consultant

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Carl Johan Nielsen Dejligbjerg: S.S. Hans Hedtoft (Posthumous)

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Roy Lee Perkins: S.S. Smith Voyager

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Marlin L. Rittman: S.S. Globe Explorer

1967

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

Paul Forman Godley: Retired Consulting Radio Engineer

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

Wayne Mason: Manager, RCA Frequency Bureau

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Service

John Keers: Designer, American Electric Power Company

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Lambert F. Champion: S.S. Japan Bear

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Private Stephen Laier: U.S. Army, (Posthumous)

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Wilhelm Siemers: Training ship Pamir, (Posthumous)

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Joachim Geissler: M/V Munchen (Posthumous)

1968

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

George H. Brown: Executive Vice President, Research & Engineering, RCA

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

Barry Goldwater: United States Senator for Arizona

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Sir Francis Chichester: Pioneer Aviator and Ocean Yachtsman

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Science

Dr. Arthur W. Summers: Osteopathic physician and medical electronics pioneer (Posthumous)

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Frederick C. Seid: S.S. Gulfstag

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

George MacCartney: S.S. Steel Maker

1969

DeForest Audion Gold Medal Award

Frank A. Gunther: Executive Vice President Dynamics Corporation of America

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement

Henry Paulisen: Engineer in Charge, FCC New York

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Service

Captain Charles Dorian: United States Coast Guard

Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Merit

Guy R. Entwistle: President, Massachusetts Radio & Electronics School

Marconi Memorial Scroll of Honor

Carlos Ramon Griffith: S.S. Panoceanic Faith (Posthumous)