Lifetime Achievement Award

The award is presented by the IEEE SA President at the SA Awards Ceremony

• Recipient honored at the IEEE SA Awards Ceremony
• Recognition on the IEEE SA website and social media post

There are no restrictions or preferences as to the nationality, race, sex, creed or age.

Annual Deadline 31 July

Nominate a Party for This Award

Please note that the nomination package, including at least 3 endorsements must be completed and submitted by 31 July.  Nominations packages that are incomplete as of 31 July will not be considered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.

The award is to be presented at the annual IEEE SA Awards Ceremony. There is no funding from the IEEE SA Board of Governors for the recipient for travel to or accommodations at the award venue.

This award is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association, administered by the IEEE SA Awards and Recognition Committee.

Adam Cron

For continuous and outstanding service to the standards development community in the field of electronic testing and design-for-test solutions

Leslie T. Falkingham

For more than 25 years of leadership and significant contributions to the creation and development of national and international standards from IEEE, IEC, and BSI in the field of electrical switchgear

Lauri J. Hiivala

For more than 45 years of meritorious service to the IEEE Insulated Conductors Committee, outstanding contributions to the science and technology of underground cables, and to the development of associated international standards

Richard H. Hulett

For 45 years of leadership and contributions to global trace heating standards

Richard Kennedy

For significant contributions to radio regulations in support of the IEEE 802 family of wireless standards

Jim McDowall

For leadership in the development of IEEE battery standards and testing protocols

Daleep Mohla

For contributions to IEEE SA and for leadership of arc-flash standards development

Hans-Wolfgang Oertel

For outstanding contributions and commitment to the IEEE Power and Energy Society Surge Protective Devices Committee (SPDC), which ensured surge suppression components were integral to industry standards

Nicholas Paulter

For leadership in the production of standards for the Waveform Generation, Measurement, and Analysis Committee of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society

Steven G. Whisenant

For nearly five decades of dedicated service to the electric power industry, IEEE, the Surge Protective Device Committee, and EPRI in the development of surge protection and neutral grounding standards

R. Allen Bernstorf

For nearly 50 years of dedicated service to the industry and countless contributions to IEEE, ANSI, and NEMA across many areas related to overhead lines and insulator standards

Thomas M. Kurihara

For a lifetime of unceasing dedication to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and its working groups, and for advancing technologies and standards to make all forms of transportation safer and more efficient

Kang B. Lee

For three decades of tireless leadership and dedication to the development and promotion of IEEE precision time protocol and other standards profoundly impacting global industry and commerce

Wei-Jen Lee

For leadership in advancing standards in the field of electrical safety

Jerome Blair

For more than 30 years of outstanding contributions to the science and technology of waveform generation, measurement, and analysis and to the development of associated international documentary standards

Leonardo Chiariglione

For thought leadership, technological prowess, and seminal contributions in the development and promotion of digital media standards deployed into billions of products and services worldwide

Paul Forquer

For contributions to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Traction Power Systems Standards Committee for more than 20 years

Ernie Gallo

In recognition of a long and distinguished career of contributions to IEEE and other standards development organizations

Robert M. Grow

For leadership roles in IEEE 802.3™, the IEEE Standards Association, and for key contributions to automotive optical Ethernet

Steven B. Carlson

For efforts to expand Ethernet into the vehicular networking, non-traditional power over Ethernet, and commercial lighting/energy management and building automation spaces

Norman Finn

For a career devoted to relentlessly advancing a multitude of IEEE 802.1™ technologies, from foundational to key components of Ethernet bridging to the time-sensitive networking toolset

Annette D. Reilly

For contributions to the international standardization of information development and software engineering processes

Richard A. Tell

For more than 50 years of outstanding contributions to the science and technology of non-ionizing radiation safety, and for developing standards for measurement methods, safety programs, and exposure limits

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