The Frank P. Brown Medal was formerly awarded by the

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for excellence in science, engineering, and structures. It was established by the 1938 will of Franklin Pierce Brown, a member of the Master Plumbers Association. The designer of the medal was Walker Kirtland Hancock.

Laureates

*1941 – Willis Haviland Carrier Engineering *1942 – Duff Andrew Abrams Engineering *1943 – Albert Kahn Engineering *1944 – Harvey Clayton Rentschler Engineering *1945 – David Gilmore Clarke Engineering *1946 –

Karl Terzaghi Karl von Terzaghi (October 2, 1883 – October 25, 1963) was an Austrians, Austrian Mechanical Engineer, mechanical engineer, geotechnical engineer, and geologist known as the "father of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering". Early life I ...

Earth Science *1947 – Karl P. Billner Engineering *1950 – Gustave Magnel Engineering *1950 –

Eugene Freyssinet Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the sin ...

Engineering *1951 –

Samuel Arnold Greeley Samuel Arnold Greeley (August 8, 1882, Chicago – February 3, 1968, Phoenix, Arizona) was an American civil engineer. He was largely responsible for the North Shore Sanitary District works from 1913 until 1963, and founded the engineering firm of ...

Civil Engineering *1952 –

Fred N. Severud Fred Severud (June 8, 1899 - June 11, 1990) was a Norwegian born, American structural engineer. His projects included the St. Louis Gateway Arch, Seagram Building and Madison Square Garden. Background Fred N. Severud was born Fridtjov Nikolai S ...

Engineering *1953 –

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

Engineering *1954 –

Edmund Germer Edmund Germer (August 24, 1901 – August 10, 1987) was a German inventor, recognized as the father of the fluorescent lamp. His father was an accountant. He obtained a doctorate from the University of Berlin in lighting technology. He appli ...

Engineering *1954 – Hans J. Spanner Engineering *1954 – Humboldt W. Leverenz Engineering *1955 – Charles S. Leopold Engineering *1956 – Robert G. Letourneau Engineering *1957 -

Pier Luigi Nervi Pier Luigi Nervi (21 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University from 1946 to 1961 and is known wor ...

Engineering *1958 - Charles Milton Spofford Engineering (author of ''The Theory of Structures'' 1915) *1959 -

Hardy Cross Hardy Cross (1885–1959) was an American structural engineer and the developer of the moment distribution method for structural analysis of statically indeterminate structures. The method was in general use from c. 1935 until c. 1960 when it was ...

Engineering *1960 -

Richard Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more t ...

Engineering *1961 - Charles Edouard Jeanneret LeCorbusier Engineering *1962 -

Edmund Norwood Bacon Edmund Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910October 14, 2005) was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author. During his tenure as the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, his visions shaped to ...

Civil Engineering *1964 -

Louis I. Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

Engineering *1965 -

William Jaird Levitt William Jaird Levitt (February 11, 1907 – January 28, 1994) was an American real-estate developer and housing pioneer. As president of Levitt & Sons, he is widely credited as the father of modern American Suburbs, suburbia. He was named one of ...

Engineering *1966 - Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. Engineering *1967 -

Carl Koch (architect) Carl Koch (May 11, 1912 – July 3, 1998) was a noted American architect. He was most associated with the design of prefabricated homes and development of the Techcrete building system. Early life and education Albert Carl Koch, Jr. was born i ...

Engineering *1968 - Philip Newell Youtz Engineering *1970 - Trevor Lloyd Wadley Engineering *1971 - Henry Lee Willet Engineering *1974 - Hans Liebherr Engineering *1975 - Public Building Services of U.S. Govt Engineering *1976 - E. Dale Waters Engineering *1978 - Henry J. Degenkolb Engineering *1982 -

Vincent G. Kling Vincent George Kling (May 9, 1916 – November 23, 2013) was an American architect who co-founded the architectural practice KlingStubbins. Biography Kling was born in East Orange, New Jersey on May 9, 1916. He was the son of a builder and joi ...

Engineering *1982 -

Lynn S. Beedle Dr. Lynn S. Beedle (December 7, 1917 – October 30, 2003) was an American structural engineer, the founder and the director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, notable also for his design and building of skyscrapers. Paul Weidlinger Paul Weidlinger (22 December 1914 – 5 September 1999) was a Hungarian structural engineer. Paul was born in Budapest on December 22, 1914. He attended the Brno University of Technology, Czechoslovakia followed by Swiss Polytechnic Institute, ...

Engineering *1988 - Ben C. Gerwick, Jr. Engineering *1988 - Marvin A. Mass Engineering *1992 – John W. Fisher Engineering *1995 –

Jean M. Muller Jean Muller (May 25, 1925 – March 17, 2005) was a French bridge engineer who focused on design and construction of concrete bridges. Early career Born in Levallois-Perret, France, Muller attended the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in P ...

Engineering *Now dormant as an award. The last Frank P. Brown Medal was awarded in 1995.

References

{{Reflist Franklin Institute awards Engineering awards Awards disestablished in 1988 Awards established in 1941

Laureates

See also

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