The Washington Award is an American engineering award. Since 1916 it has been given annually for "accomplishments which promote the happiness, comfort, and well-being of humanity". It is awarded jointly by the following engineering societies: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, American Nuclear Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, and Western Society of Engineers (which administers the award). Honorees Source: The Washington Award Herbert C. Hoover, 1919 Robert W. Hunt, 1922 Arthur N. Talbot, 1924 Jonas Waldo Smith, 1925 John Watson Alvord, 1926 Orville Wright, 1927 Michael Idvorsky Pupin, 1928 Bion Joseph Arnold, 1929 Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, 1930 Ralph Modjeski, 1931 William David Coolidge, 1932 Ambrose Swasey, 1935 Charles Franklin Kettering, 1936 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, 1937 Frank Baldwin Jewett, 1938 Daniel Webster Mead, 1939 Daniel Cowan Jackling, 1940 Ralph Budd, 1941 William Lamont Abbott, 1942 Andrey Abraham Potter, 1943 Henry Ford, 1944 Arthur Holly Compton, 1945 Vannevar Bush, 1946 Karl Taylor Compton, 1947 Ralph Edward Flanders, 1948 John Lucian Savage, 1949 Wilfred Sykes, 1950 Edwin Howard Armstrong, 1951 Henry Townley Heald, 1952 Gustav Egloff, 1953 Lillian Moller Gilbreth, 1954 Charles Erwin Wilson, 1955 Robert E. Wilson, 1956 Walker Lee Cisler, 1957 Ben Moreell, 1958 James R. Killian, Jr., 1959 Herbert Payne Sedwick, 1960 William V. Kahler, 1961 Alexander C. Monteith, 1962 Philip Sporn, 1963 John Slezak, 1964 Glenn Theodore Seaborg, 1965 Augustus Braun Kinzel, 1966 Frederick Lawson Hovde, 1967 James B. Fisk, 1968 Nathan M. Newmark, 1969 H.G. Rickover, 1970 William L. Everitt, 1971 Thomas Otten Paine, 1972 John A. Volpe, 1973 John D. deButts, 1974 David Packard, 1975 Ralph B. Peck, 1976 Michael Tenenbaum, 1977 Dixy Lee Ray, 1978 Marvin Camras, 1979 Neil Armstrong, 1980 John E. Swearingen, 1981 Manson Benedict, 1982 John Bardeen, 1983 Robert W. Galvin, 1984 Stephen D. Bechtel, 1985 Mark Shepherd Jr., 1986 Grace Murray Hopper, 1987 James McDonald, 1988 Sherwood L. Fawcett, 1989 John H. Sununu, 1990 Frank Borman, 1991 Leon M. Lederman, 1992 William States Lee, 1993 Kenneth H. Olson, 1994 George W. Housner, 1995 Wilson Greatbatch, 1996 Frank Kreith, 1997 John R. Conrad, 1998 Jack S. Kilby, 1999 Donna Lee Shirley, 2000 Dan Bricklin, 2001 Bob Frankston, 2001 Richard J. Robbins, 2002 Eugene Cernan, 2003 Nick Holonyak, 2004 Robert S. Langer, 2005 Henry Petroski, 2006 Michael J. Birck, 2007 Dean Kamen, 2008 Clyde N.