Burka Award

Sponsored by:  The Institute of Navigation

Purpose:  To recognize outstanding achievement in the preparation of papers contributing to the advancement of navigation and space guidance.

Eligibility:  Authorship of paper on navigation or space guidance published in NAVIGATION, the Journal of the Institute of Navigation.

Memorial:  Given in Memory of Dr. Samuel M. Burka, a dedicated public servant who devoted a long and distinguished career to the research and development of air navigation equipment and reviewing technical material for official publications. He retired from public service in 1958 and died several months later.

Previous Winners:

• 2010: Dr. Dean C. Bruckner, Dr. Frank van Graas, and Dr. Trent A. Skidmore
• 2009: Denis Laurichesse, Flavien Mercier, Jean-Paul Berthias, Patrick Broca and Luca Cerri
• 2008: Dr. Holger G. Krapp
• 2007: Dr. Chun Yang, Dr. Mikel Miller and Dr. Thao Nguyen
• 2006: Dr. Suneel I. Sheikh and Dr. Darryll J. Pines
• 2005: Dr. Mark L. Psiaki, Dr. Dennis M. Akos and Jonas Thor
• 2004: Dr. Christopher R. Carlson, Dr. J. Christian Gerdes and Dr. J. David Powell
• 2003: Dr. Donghyun Kim and Prof. Richard B. Langley
• 2002: Dr. Chan-Woo Park, Professor Jonathan P. How and Dr. Larry Capots
• 2001: Dr. James J. Spilker and Dr. A.J. Van Dierendonck
• 2000: Dr. John Betz and Dr. Kevin R. Kolodziejski
• 1999: Dr. Jean-Marie Sleewaegen
• 1998: Dr. Per Enge
• 1997: Siebren van der Werf
• 1996: Mats Brenner
• 1995: John A. Klobuchar, Patricia H. Doherty, and M. Bakry El-Arini
• 1994: David Last and Dr. Yi Bian
• 1993: Warren Hundley
• 1992: Dr. A. J. VanDierendonck
• 1991: Capt. Benjamin B. Peterson
• 1990: Dr. Clyde C. Goad
• 1989: Paul Jorgensen
• 1988: M. P. Ananda, H. Bernstein, W. A. Feess and T. C. Paugstat
• 1987: Kevin T. Fitzgibbon and Dr. Bradford Parkinson
• 1986: Julian L. Center, Jr. and Stanley K. Jordan
• 1985: Frederick G. Edwards and Peter V. W. Loomis
• 1984: Robert A. Maher
• 1983: R. Grover Brown and Patrick Y. C. Hwang
• 1982: C. San Giovanne, Jr. and E. Levinson
• 1981: Robert W. Hill and Dr. Walter J. Senus
• 1980: Paul S. Jorgensen
• 1979: Louis Carrier, Andrew Van Leeuwen, and Edward Rosen
• 1978: Dr. R. Grover Brown
• 1977: Robert J. Kelly
• 1976: John M. Wuerth
• 1975: John M. Beukers
• 1974: John M. Beukers
• 1973: Charles H. Acton, Jr., and Thomas C. Duxbury
• 1972: Andrew Edwards, Jr.
• 1971: Eric R. Swanson
• 1970: Saul Moskowitz
• 1969: Morton J. Howard, Jack Kritz
• 1968: Thomas A. Stansell, Jr.
• 1967: Loren E. DeGroot, John Larsen
• 1966: Earl J. McCartney
• 1965: C. W. Benfield
• 1964: Maj. William L. Polhemus, USAF
• 1963: Eldon J. Weigman, Rex G. Hadfield
• 1962: John S. White, Rodney C. Wingrove
• 1961: E. Capen, Alan M. Schneider, E.P. Wallner, Jr.
• 1960: Donald A. Gordon
• 1959: Leroy R. Hoover, Dr. Leonard Pode, Norman V. Peterson