The Hall of Honor is a memorial at the

National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collecti ...

headquarters in

Fort Meade, Maryland Fort Meade is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,327 at the 2010 census. It is the home to the National Security Agency, Central Security Service, Uni ...

. It honors individuals who rendered distinguished service to American

cryptology Cryptography, or cryptology (from grc, , translit=kryptós "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or '' -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of adve ...

The Hall of Honor

The Hall of Honor is located on the grounds of the

National Cryptologic Museum The National Cryptologic Museum (NCM) is an American museum of cryptologic history that is affiliated with the National Security Agency (NSA). The first public museum in the U.S. Intelligence Community, NCM is located in the former Colony Sev ...

adjacent to NSA's headquarters in Ft. Meade, MD. Created in 1999, The standards are high for induction into the Hall of Honor. The individuals honored were innovators over their entire peers or made major contributions to the structure and processes of American cryptology.

Inductees

Yearly, the

Foundation recommends a slate of honorees to the National Security Agency for consideration along with nominees from other sources.

2021

* Joseph E. Gilligan, Jr. * Jack C. Mortick *

Clifford Cocks Clifford Christopher Cocks (born 28 December 1950) is a British mathematician and cryptographer. In 1973, while working at the United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), he invented a public-key cryptography algorithm equiv ...

, James H. Ellis, and

Malcolm J. Williamson Malcolm John Williamson (2 November 1950 – 15 September 2015) was a British mathematician and cryptographer. In 1974 he developed what is now known as Diffie–Hellman key exchange. He was then working at Government Communications Headquarters ...

2020

* George Cotter *

Whitfield Diffie Bailey Whitfield 'Whit' Diffie (born June 5, 1944), ForMemRS, is an American cryptographer and mathematician and one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography along with Martin Hellman and Ralph Merkle. Diffie and Hellman's 1976 paper ''New Dire ...

David Kahn (writer) David Kahn (b. February 7, 1930* ) is an American historian, journalist, and writer. He has written extensively on the history of cryptography and military intelligence. Kahn's first published book, '' The Codebreakers - The Story of Secret Wri ...

Barbara McNamara Barbara A. McNamara (born circa 1942) is an American linguist. She was the NSA's Deputy Director from October 1997 until June 2000. She was succeeded by William B. Black, Jr. Biography McNamara joined the NSA in 1963 as a linguist working with ...

* Lester Myers

2019

* Edward M. Drake * Chief Radioman

Harry Kidder Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

, USN * Colonel Alva Bryan Lasswell, USMC * Lieutenant General Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF

2018

* Richard L. "Dick" Bernard * Seymour R. Cray * Michael J. Jacobs * Hilda Faust Mathieu * Whitney E. Reed

2017

* Mary H. "Polly" Budenbach * Dennis M. Chiari * Colonel Frank E. Herrelko, USAF * Admiral

Bobby Inman Bobby Ray Inman (born April 4, 1931) is a retired United States Navy admiral who held several influential positions in the United States Intelligence Community. Early years Inman was born and raised in the community of Rhonesboro, Upshur Count ...

, USN * Floyd L. Weakley

2016

* Gerald Hale * Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG * Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA

2015

* Ralph W. Adams, Jr. * Charles R. Lord * William O. Marks * Robert J. McNelis * Virginia Jenkins Riley

2014

* Frank C. Austin * Walter Deeley * Howard Ehret *

Marian Rejewski Marian Adam Rejewski (; 16 August 1905 – 13 February 1980) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who in late 1932 reconstructed the sight-unseen German military Enigma cipher machine, aided by limited documents obtained by French mili ...

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical com ...

2013

* Vera Ruth Filby * Richard Proto * Washington Wong * Native American

Code talker A code talker was a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication. The term is now usually associated with United States service members during the world wars who used their k ...

2012

* Ann Caracristi * Robert E. Drake * Ronald Hunt *

Juliana Mickwitz Juliana Mickwitz (russian: Юлиана Эрнестовна Миквиц) (1889-1976) was a Finnish-born Russian who became a naturalized American citizen. She was employed with the American military and later National Security Agency as a trans ...

2011

* William D. Coffee *

Joseph Desch Joseph Raymond Desch (23 May 1907 – August 3, 1987) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. During World War II, he was Research Director of the project to design and manufacture the US Navy version of the bombe, a cryptanalytic mac ...

* Colonel

Parker Hitt Parker may refer to: Persons * Parker (given name) * Parker (surname) Places Place names in the United States *Parker, Arizona *Parker, Colorado *Parker, Florida *Parker, Idaho *Parker, Kansas *Parker, Missouri *Parker, North Carolina *Parker, Pe ...

* Laura Holmes

2010

* Joseph Amato * David Boak *

Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein Genevieve Marie Grotjan Feinstein (April 30, 1913 – August 10, 2006) was an American mathematician and cryptanalyst. She worked for the Signals Intelligence Service throughout World War II, during which time she played an important role in deci ...

Leo Rosen Leo Rosen was a U.S. cryptanalyst who worked with Frank Rowlett at Signals Intelligence Service (S.I.S.) before the start of World War II on Japanese ciphers. Rowlett found a method to read the messages enciphered on the Japanese PURPLE machine. R ...

2009

* Richard A. Day Jr. * Minnie M. Kenny * Major general Doyle E. Larson * Arthur Levenson

2008

* Benson K. Buffman * Charles L. Gandy * General

Alfred M. Gray Alfred Mason Gray Jr. (born June 22, 1928) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 July 1987 until his retirement on 30 June 1991 after 41 years of service. Early li ...

* Oliver R. Kirby * Rear Admiral

Donald M. Showers Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is part ...

2007

* Jacob "Jack" Gurin * Robert J. Hermann *

Samuel Simon Snyder Samuel Simon Snyder (August 18, 1911 – December 28, 2007) was a cryptographer for the United States Government. His pioneering work in early computers led directly to the development of the computer as we know it, and laid the foundation for ...

* Milton Zaslow

2006

* Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana * Edward A. Everett * Cecil J. Phillips * James W. Pryde * Thomas E. Tremain

2005

* William Blankinship * Francis Raven * Arthur J. Salemme * Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger

2004

* Dorothy T. Blum * James R. Chiles *

Meredith Gardner Meredith Knox Gardner (October 20, 1912August 9, 2002) was an American linguist and codebreaker. Gardner worked in counter-intelligence, decoding Soviet intelligence traffic regarding espionage in the United States, in what came to be known as ...

* Brigadier General

John Tiltman Brigadier John Hessell Tiltman, (25 May 1894 – 10 August 1982) was a British Army officer who worked in intelligence, often at or with the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) starting in the 1920s. His intelligence work was largely conn ...

2003

* Lambros D. Callimahos * Lowell K. Frazer *

Juanita Moody Juanita Moody (née Morris; May 29, 1924 – February 17, 2015) was an American cryptographer, intelligence analyst and National Security Agency (NSA) executive. She worked for the Signals Intelligence Service (SIS) and NSA from 1943 until 1976. ...

* Howard E. Rosenblum

2002

* Captain Thomas H. Dyer * Norman Wild * Richard A. Leibler * Mitford M. Mathews * Charles C. Tevis *

Julia Ward Julia Ward (December 1900 – June 18, 1962) was the founder of the central reference division of the National Security Agency (NSA). She was inducted into the Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 2002. Education Ward received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr ...

2001

* Howard C. Barlow * Mahlon E. Doyle * Sydney Jaffe * Major General John E. Morrison

2000

* Louis W. Tordella * Captain

Joseph Rochefort Joseph John Rochefort (May 12, 1900 – July 20, 1976) was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of M ...

* Agnes Meyer Driscoll

1999

William F. Friedman William Frederick Friedman (September 24, 1891 – November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s. ...

Elizebeth Friedman Elizebeth Smith Friedman (August 26, 1892 – October 31, 1980) was an American cryptanalyst and author who deciphered enemy codes in both World Wars and helped to solve international smuggling cases during Prohibition. Over the course of her ca ...

Herbert Yardley Herbert Osborn Yardley (April 13, 1889 – August 7, 1958) was an American cryptologist. He founded and led the cryptographic organization the Black Chamber. Under Yardley, the cryptanalysts of The American Black Chamber broke Japanese diplomatic ...

* Captain

Laurance Safford Captain, U.S.N. Laurance Frye Safford (October 22, 1893 – May 15, 1973) was a U.S. Navy cryptologist. He established the Naval cryptologic organization after World War I, and headed the effort more or less constantly until shortly after the ...

Frank Rowlett Frank Byron Rowlett (May 2, 1908 – June 29, 1998) was an American cryptologist. Life and career Rowlett was born in Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia and attended Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. In 1929 he received a bachelor's d ...

Abraham Sinkov Abraham Sinkov (August 22, 1907 – January 19, 1998) was a US cryptanalyst. An early employee of the U.S. Army's Signals Intelligence Service, he held several leadership positions during World War II, transitioning to the new National Security A ...

Solomon Kullback Solomon Kullback (April 3, 1907August 5, 1994) was an American cryptanalyst and mathematician, who was one of the first three employees hired by William F. Friedman at the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, along with Frank ...

* Lieutenant General

Ralph Canine Ralph Julian Canine (November 9, 1895 – March 8, 1969) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and the first director of the National Security Agency. Early life and education Canine was born in 1895 in Flora, Indiana, one of two c ...