The Vannevar Bush Award has been given each year since 1980 by National Science Foundation to persons who contributed most "toward the welfare of mankind and the nation".
The award is named after the American scientist Vannevar Bush (1890-1974).
List of winners:
- 1980 James R. Killian, Jr
- 1981 William O. Baker
- 1982 Lee A. DuBridge
- 1983 Frederick Seitz
- 1984 Roger R. Revelle
- 1985 Hans A. Bethe
- 1986 I. I. Rabi
- 1987 David Packard
- 1988 Glenn T. Seaborg
- 1989 Linus Pauling
- 1990 no award
- 1991 James A. Van Allen
- 1992 Jerome B. Wiesner
- 1993 Norman Hackerman
- 1994 Frank Press
- 1995 Norman F. Ramsey, Jr
- 1996 Phillip H. Abelson
- 1997 H. Guyford Stever
- 1998 Robert M. White
- 1999 Maxine Frank Singer
- 2000 Herbert F. York and Norman Borlaug
- 2001 Harold Varmus and Lewis Branscomb
- 2002 Erich Bloch
External links:
- Award home page: http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/bush/start.htm