Gibbs Brothers Medal

Recipients

• Jerome H. Milgram
• * For wide-ranging original contributions to naval architecture in theoretical hydromechanics, education, yacht design, environmental protection, and the practical arts of ocean systems.
• Robert G. Keane, Jr.
• * For continued excellence as a naval architect over many years, exemplified by the outstanding naval warships that he had a major part in designing, helping to make the U.S. Navy the most powerful in the world.
• Keith W. Tantlinger
• * For his visionary and innovative design of the cellular container ship and supporting systems that transformed the world's shipping fleet and facilitated the rapid expansion of global trade.
• Donald Liu
• * For first introducing finite element techniques into ship design and being the driving force behind the revolution in basing classification society rules on scientific principles.
• Alfred C. Malchiodi
• * For leading innovations in developing the naval architecture of submarines for the efficient utilization of advanced technology.
• Edward E. Horton
• * For visionary and innovative concept development and design of off-shore platforms, mooring systems, and related technology that have significantly influenced development of deep-water operations.
• Justin E. Kerwin
• * For his outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture, including the development of computational methods used worldwide in propeller design.
• William B. Morgan
• * For his technical leadership in improving performance, quieting, and design of advanced marine propulsion systems, and development of large modern propulsion research and testing facilities.
• Owen H. Oakley
• * For his significant contributions to the field of naval architecture, especially in the design of naval ships, submarines, and advanced ship types and submersibles.
• Olin J. Stephens II
• * For his design of outstanding sailing vessels, including six defenders of the America's Cup and thousands of ocean-racing yachts, and for promoting the use of scientific knowledge and research in the field of naval architecture.
• Bruce G. Collipp
• * For his invention of the semisubmersible, offshore, floating drilling platform, and for his sustained pioneering leadership in devising innovative ocean-engineering technologies.
• Leslie A. Harlander
• * For his pioneering effort in the design of specialized vessels and cargo-handling equipment associated with * intermodal shipping by container systems.
• Matthew Galbraith Forrest
• John Charles Niedermair
• * For his outstanding contributions to the field of naval architecture and marine engineering.
• Phillip Eisenberg
• * For his work that is the basis of much of what is known about hydrofoils and how ships move smoothly.
• Henry A. Schade
• * For his outstanding contributions in the design, construction, and performance of ships.
• Alfred Adolf Heinrich Kiel
• * For his outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering.
• Frederick Henry Todd
• * For his contributions to the theory of ship design through model experiments, and for his leadership in hydrodynamic research.