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The Lemelson-MIT Prize, endowed in 1994 by Jerome Lemelson, and administered through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is awarded to inventors from the United States for outstanding achievement. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest invention prize.Past winners:
2004
- Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Edith Flanigen (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Saul Griffith (Student Prize)
- N/A (Invention Apprentice)
2003
- Leroy Hood (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- William Murphy, Jr (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- James McLurkin (Student Prize)
- N/A (Invention Apprentice)
2002
- Dean Kamen (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Ruth R. Benerito (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Andrew Heafitz (Student Prize)
- Kavita Shukla (Invention Apprentice)
2001
- Raymond Kurzweil (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Raymond Damadian (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Brian Hubert (Student Prize)
- Jordan Sand (Invention Apprentice)
2000
- Thomas Fogarty (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Al Gross (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Amy Smith (Student Prize)
- Charles Johnson (Invention Apprentice)
- Michael Lim , Jalal Khan , and Thomas Murphy received a one-time student team prize
1999
- Carver Mead (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Stephanie Kwolek (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Daniel DiLorenzo (Student Prize)
- Krysta Morlan (Invention Apprentice)
1998
- Robert Langer (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Jacob Rabinow (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Akhil Madhani (Student Prize)
1997
1996
- Stanley Cohen (Co-recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Herbert Boyer (Co-recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- Wilson GreatbatchWilson Greatbatch is an inventor who developed batteries for the early implantable cardiac pacemakers. He is a graduate of Cornell University and the State University of New York at Buffalo. External links . (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- David LevyLevy is an American astronomer. David Levy is a Scottish international master chess player. David Levy (also: David Levi (born 1937) is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of Knesset of the Likud party. He used to belong to the small Gesher Pa (Student Prize)
1995
- William Bolander (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
- William HewlettWilliam R. Hewlett ( May 20, 1913 January 12, 2001) was the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan but moved to San Francisco at the age of 3 years. He attended Lowell High School and was ac (Co-recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award)
- David PackardDavid Packard ( September 7, 1912 March 26, 1996) was a cofounder of Hewlett-Packard. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, he received his B. from Stanford University in 1934. Afterwards he worked for the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York. In 1938 he (Co-recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Thomas Massie (Student Prize)
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