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The award is named after the American scientist Vannevar Bush (1890-1974).

List of winners:

• 1980 James R. Killian, Jr.
• 1981 William O. Baker
• 1982 Lee A. DuBridge
• 1983 Frederick Seitz
• 1984 Roger R. Revelle
• 1985 Hans A. Bethe
• 1986 I. I. Rabi
• 1987 David Packard
• 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day. Glenn T. SeaborgGlenn Theodore Seaborg ( April 19, 1912 February 25, 1999) was an American atomic scientist. He was one of the first scientists to produce a transuranium element. Of Swedish ancestry, Seaborg was born in Ishpeming, Michigan, grew up in South Gate, Califor
• 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra Linus PaulingOsaka University in 1955. Linus Carl Pauling ( February 28, 1901 August 19, 1994) was an American physical chemist. Pauling was one of the first quantum chemists, and in 1954 was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work describing the nature of c
• 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo no award
• 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac James A. Van Allen
• 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi Jerome B. Wiesner
• 1993 Norman Hackerman
• 1994 Frank Press
• 1995 Norman F. Ramsey, Jr.
• 1996 Phillip H. Abelson
• 1997 H. Guyford Stever
• 1998 Robert M. White
• 1999 Maxine Frank Singer
• 2000 Herbert F. York and Norman Borlaug
• 2001 Harold Varmus and Lewis Branscomb
• 2002 Erich Bloch