second large-scale general-purpose electronic digital computer and author of first digital computer programmers textbook 1981: Richard W. Hamming, father of algebraic coding theory 1980: Robert N. Noyce, developer of the integrated circuit 1979: Edwin H. Land, Inventor of instant photography 1978: Claude E. Shannon, creator of quantitative Information theory 1977: Jan A. Rajchman, electronic and computer research 1976: Hyman G. Rickover, USN, father of the nuclear navy 1975: Chauncey Starr, founder of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) 1974: Peter C. Goldmark, inventor of the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record (among other things) 1973: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, inventors of ENIAC 1972: Edward E. David Jr., science advisor to the President of the United States See also List of engineering awards References Awards established in 1972 American awards Engineering awards