Thurlow Award

Founded by: Sherman Mills Fairchild

Sponsored by: The Institute of Navigation

Purpose: To recognize outstanding contributions to the science of navigation.

Eligibility: Individuals making one of the following contributions, listed in descending order of importance:

An outstanding invention or design of equipment which applies to the science of navigation
An outstanding method developed for use in navigation
Outstanding research or study relating to navigation

Memorial: Given in memory of Colonel Thomas L. Thurlow, U.S. Army Corps, a brilliant engineer, skillful pilot, and able officer who contributed significantly to the development and testing of navigation equipment and the training of navigators and pilots. He met an untimely death while flight testing a new compass in 1944.

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Previous Winners:

2009: Dr. Dennis M. Akos
2008: Dr. Todd Walter
2007: Dr. Maarten Uijt de Haag
2006: Mr. David J. Pietraszewski
2005: Dr. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska
2004: Mr. Anthony S. Abbott
2003: Dr. John G. Mark
2002: Mr. Robert J. Erlandson
2001: Dr. Frank Van Graas
2000: Mr. Ronald R. Hatch
1999: Prof. Dr Ir Durk van Willigen
1998: Dr. Norman F. Krasner
1997: Dr. A.J. Van Dierendonck
1996: Dr. Per Enge

1995: Dr. William K. Burns
1994: Walter F. Blanchard
1993: Dr. Paul Johannessen
1992: Harold F. Erdley
1991: David M. Gleason
1990: (Award not presented)
1989: Phillip W. Ward
1988: James R. Huddle
1987: Gus Stavis
1986: Bradford W. Parkinson
1985: John S. Lukesh
1984: Benedict O. Olson
1983: Ernest Metzger
1982: Daniel B. DeBra
1981: Milton Trageser
1980: Sanford Cohen
1979: Davis L. Gardner
1978: Roger L. Easton
1977: David Gold
1976: Kenneth Fertig
1975: Clarence R. Gates
1974: Joseph C. Boltinghouse
1973: Ernest Jellinek
1972: Jerold P. Gilmore
1971: John P. Mayer
1970: Emil Ray Schiesser
1969: David G. Hoag
1968: Maurice A. Meyer
1967: Winslow Palmer
1966: W. J. O'Brien
1965: Dr. Ernst Ludwig Kramar
1964: Col. Robert A. Duffy, USAF
1963: Joseph A. Cestone
1962: Thomas E. Curtis
1961: John R. Moore
1960: Victor E. Carbonara
1959: William J. Tull
1958: Charles F. Blair, Jr.
1957: Dr. Samuel M. Burka
1956: Dr. Charles Stark Draper
1955: Captain Phillip VanHorn Weems, USN
1954: Paul D. Schrock
1953: Capt. F. J. Wylie, RN
1952: Alton B. Moody
1951: Squadron Leader K. R. Greenway, RCAF
1950: Dr. E. G. Bowen
1949: Commander T. D. Davies, USN
1948: D. H. Sadler
1947: J. A. Pierce
1946: Dr. John C. Bellamy
1945: Wing Commander K. C. Maclure, RCAF

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