The Hall of Honor is a memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. It honors individuals who rendered distinguished service to American cryptology. The Hall of Honor The Hall of Honor is located on the grounds of the National Cryptologic Museum adjacent to NSA's headquarters in Ft. Meade, MD. Created in 1999, The standards are high for induction into the Hall of Honor. The individuals honored were innovators over their entire peers or made major contributions to the structure and processes of American cryptology. Inductees Yearly, the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation recommends a slate of honorees to the National Security Agency for consideration along with nominees from other sources. 2021 Joseph E. Gilligan, Jr. Jack C. Mortick Clifford Cocks, James H. Ellis, and Malcolm J. Williamson 2020 George Cotter Whitfield Diffie David Kahn (writer) Barbara McNamara Lester Myers 2019 Edward M. Drake Chief Radioman Harry Kidder, USN Colonel Alva Bryan Lasswell, USMC Lieutenant General Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF 2018 Richard L. "Dick" Bernard Seymour R. Cray Michael J. Jacobs Hilda Faust Mathieu Whitney E. Reed 2017 Mary H. "Polly" Budenbach Dennis M. Chiari Colonel Frank E. Herrelko, USAF Admiral Bobby Inman, USN Floyd L. Weakley 2016 Gerald Hale Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA 2015 Ralph W. Adams, Jr. Charles R. Lord William O. Marks Robert J. McNelis Virginia Jenkins Riley 2014 Frank C. Austin Walter Deeley Howard Ehret Marian Rejewski Alan Turing 2013 Vera Ruth Filby Richard Proto Washington Wong Native American Code talkers 2012 Ann Caracristi Robert E. Drake Ronald Hunt Juliana Mickwitz 2011 William D. Coffee Joseph Desch Colonel Parker Hitt Laura Holmes 2010 Joseph Amato David Boak Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein Leo Rosen 2009 Richard A. Day Jr. Minnie M. Kenny Major general Doyle E. Larson Arthur Levenson 2008 Benson K. Buffman Charles L. Gandy General Alfred M. Gray Oliver R. Kirby Rear Admiral Donald M. Showers 2007 Jacob "Jack" Gurin Robert J. Hermann Samuel Simon Snyder Milton Zaslow 2006 Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana Edward A. Everett Cecil J. Phillips James W. Pryde Thomas E. Tremain 2005 William Blankinship Francis Raven Arthur J. Salemme Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger 2004 Dorothy T. Blum James R. Chiles Meredith Gardner Brigadier General John Tiltman 2003 Lambros D. Callimahos Lowell K. Frazer Juanita Moody Howard E. Rosenblum 2002 Captain Thomas H. Dyer Norman Wild Richard A. Leibler Mitford M. Mathews Charles