annually to one "outstanding young computer professional" and is accompanied by a $35,000 prize. Kurzweil won it for his invention of the Kurzweil Reading Machine. In 1986, Kurzweil was named Honorary chairman for Innovation of the White House Conference on Small Business by President Reagan. In 1987, Kurzweil received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. In 1988, Kurzweil was named Inventor of the Year by MIT and the Boston Museum of Science. In 1990, Kurzweil was voted Engineer of the Year by the over one million readers of Design News Magazine and received their third annual Technology Achievement Award. The 1995 Dickson Prize in Science The 1998 "Inventor of the Year" award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The 1999 National Medal of Technology. This is the highest award the President of the United States can bestow upon individuals and groups for pioneering new technologies, and the President dispenses the award at his discretion. Bill Clinton presented Kurzweil with the National Medal of Technology during a White House ceremony in recognition of Kurzweil's development of computer-based technologies to help the disabled. In 2000, Kurzweil received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. The 2000 Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology. Two other individuals also received the same honor that year. The award is presented yearly to people who "exemplify the life, times and standard of contribution of Tesla, Westinghouse and Nunn." The 2001 Lemelson-MIT Prize for a lifetime of developing technologies to help the disabled and to enrich the arts. Only one is awarded each year – it is given to highly successful, mid-career inventors. A$500,000 award accompanies the prize. Kurzweil was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002 for inventing the Kurzweil Reading Machine. The organization "honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible." Fifteen other people were inducted into the Hall of Fame the same year. The Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award on April 20, 2009, for lifetime achievement as an inventor and futurist in computer-based technologies. In 2011, Kurzweil was named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. In 2013, Kurzweil was honored as a Silicon Valley Visionary Award winner on June 26 by SVForum. In 2014, Kurzweil was honored with the American Visionary Art Museum's Grand Visionary Award on January 30. In 2014,