Education Medal (formerly the IEEE Education Medal) in 1985 for his contributions to the vitality, imagination, and leadership of the members of the engineering profession. He was awarded the IEEE Founders Medal in 2011 for his outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession. He was awarded the Millennium Medal by the IEEE Electron Devices Society for his outstanding contributions. He was awarded the Paul Rappaport Award by the IEEE Electron Devices Society in 1989 for co-authoring "Bandgap and Transport Properties of Si1-xGex by Analysis of Nearly Ideal Si/Si1-xGex/Si Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors T-ED/ED-36/10". References External links Mini bio of James F. Gibbons on Stanford's website 1931 births Living people Northwestern University alumni Stanford University alumni Stanford University faculty American electrical engineers Semiconductor physicists Fulbright alumni