1992 he received the National Medal of Science. He also served on the board of trustees of Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public, from 1967-1971. Publications "Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics," Simon Ramo, John R. Whinnery, Theodore Van Duzer, 3rd edition, 1994 "Lasers: Invention to Application," John R. Whinnery, Jesse H. Ausubel (eds.), 1987 The World of Engineering, John R. Whinnery (ed.), 1965 Selected honors and awards IEEE Fellow (1952) John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1959) National Academy of Engineering (1965) IEEE Education Medal (1967) National Academy of Sciences Member (1972) ASEE Lamme Medal (1974) IEEE MTTS Microwave Career Award (1976) Optical Society of America Fellow (1978) American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (1980) UC Berkeley Engineering Alumni Society Distinguished Alumni Award (1980) IEEE Life Member (1982) IEEE MTTS Centennial Medal Award (1984) IEEE Medal of Honor (1985) NAE Founders Award (1986) American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Life Member (1988) National Medal of Science (1992) Okawa Prize (1997) References External links Theodore Van Duzer, Charles K. Birdsall, and David H. Auston, "John R. Whinnery", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2009) IEEE Medal of Honor recipients National Medal of Science laureates 1916 births 2009 deaths American electrical engineers University of California, Berkeley faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences IEEE Centennial Medal laureates Fellow Members of the IEEE 20th-century American engineers