Fink was honored for his wartime service by the Medal of Freedom ( 1946 ) and a President 's Certificate of Merit ( 1948 ) . He became a Fellow of the IRE in 1947 " in recognition of his espousal of high standards of technical publishing and for his wartime contributions in the field of electronic aids to navigation " ; he was also elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1951 and of the National Academy of Engineering in 1969 . In 1972 , the U.S. Army gave him their Outstanding Civilian Service Medal . He received the IEEE Founders Medal in 1977 , and the IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984 . The IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award was established in his honor in 1979 , and is given annually to " the most outstanding survey , review , or tutorial paper published in the IEEE Transactions , Journals , Magazines , or in the Proceedings of the IEEE between 1 January and 31 December of the preceding year "
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Donald G. Fink