The Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology is the highest civilian award bestowed by the U.S. state of
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
in those fields. It is awarded in the five categories of academia, science education, industry, government, and a special category. The award was initiated in 1987 and is sponsored by the
Utah Science and Technology Research Initiative and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Nominations are reviewed by the Utah State Science Advisory Council before being presented to the governor.
Award winners
1980s
;1987:
Academia:
*Del Allen,
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ...
*Sidney R. Ash,
Weber State College
Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy and earned its current name in 1991.
As of fall 2023, the student population reached 30,536 students, cons ...
*Wilford Hansen, Utah State University
*
Eugene Loh,
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
*James Mac Mahon, Utah State University
*
William Odell, University of Utah
*
Robert W. Parry,
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
*Richard Riesenfeld, University of Utah
*
John Roth, University of Utah
*
L. Douglas Smoot, Brigham Young University
*Milton E. Wadsworth,
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
*
Homer F. Walker,
Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public university, public land grant colleges, land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah, United States. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's federal ...
Education:
*Richard Dix Cloward,
Bonneville High School
*Shu Ming Chang, Clearfield High School
*Wade W. Gleary, Davis High School
*Rachelle Argyle, Park City High School
*Wendy Hendrickson, Richfield High School
Industry:
*
David Evans,
Evans & Sutherland
Evans & Sutherland is an American computer graphics firm founded in 1968 by David C. Evans (computer scientist), David Evans and Ivan Sutherland. Its current products are used in digital projection environments like planetariums. Its simulation b ...
*
Milton Lee, Lee Scientific
*Michael Alder, NPI
*Benjamin V. Cox,
Unisys
Unisys Corporation is a global technology solutions company founded in 1986 and headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The company provides cloud, AI, digital workplace, logistics, and enterprise computing services.
History Founding
Unis ...
*Wayne Brown, Utah Innovation Center
;1988:
Academia:
*Douglas Chabries, Brigham Young University
*Eldon Gardner, Utah State University
*William J. Higuchi, University of Utah
*Jack Keller, Utah State University
*
Sung Wan Kim, University of Utah
*Carl D. Marti, Jr., Weber State College
*Don Olsen, University of Utah
*Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University
*Robert W. Sidwell, Utah State University
Education:
*Rober Cefalo,
Box Elder High School
Box Elder High School (BEHS) is a public high school located in Brigham City, Utah. Part of the Box Elder School District, it serves approximately 1,500 students in the 10th through 12th grades in Utah's Box Elder County. The school's boundaries ...
*RuthAnn Yahne,
Layton High School
Layton High School is a secondary school located in Layton, Utah, United States. Part of the Davis School District, Layton High School educates students in grades 10 to 12. As of the 2014–2015 school year, 1,743 students were enrolled and ac ...
*David G. Rettie,
Olympus High School
Olympus High School is a public high school in the Granite School District in Holladay, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.
Description
The school opened on September 1, 1953, with an original enrollment of 1028 students. In the fall of 1960, th ...
*Linda Jean Preston,
Park City High School
Park City High School is a public high school located at 1750 Kearns Boulevard in Park City, Utah, Park City, Utah, United States. It is one of eight public schools in the Park City School District and serves tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grad ...
*Merrill Webb,
Provo High School
Provo High School is a public secondary school located in Provo, Utah, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Provo City School District and was the oldest secondary school in the city. In the Summer of 2017 the school district be ...
Industry:
*
Alan Ashton,
WordPerfect
WordPerfect (WP) is a word processing application, now owned by Alludo, with a long history on multiple personal computer platforms. At the height of its popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was the market leader of word processors, disp ...
;1989:
Academia:
*
James W. Cronin, University of Utah
*Doran J. Baker, Utah State University
*Dean F. Peterson, Jr., Utah State University
Education:
*Pamela P. Giles,
Brighton High School
*Gerald B. Lord,
Granger High School
Industry:
*Robert A. Schumacker,
Evans & Sutherland
Evans & Sutherland is an American computer graphics firm founded in 1968 by David C. Evans (computer scientist), David Evans and Ivan Sutherland. Its current products are used in digital projection environments like planetariums. Its simulation b ...
*Aaron W. Farr, Jetway Systems
*Ronald K. Bell,
Unisys
Unisys Corporation is a global technology solutions company founded in 1986 and headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The company provides cloud, AI, digital workplace, logistics, and enterprise computing services.
History Founding
Unis ...
1990s
;1990:
Academia:
*John A. Dixon, University of Utah
*
Reed M. Izatt, Brigham Young University
*
Stephen Jacobsen
Stephen Charles Jacobsen (1940–2016) was an American bioengineer, a pioneer in his field, specifically in developing medical devices and tools, including an artificial kidney and an exoskeleton, and was Distinguished Professor at University of ...
, University of Utah
*
Fritz Luty
Fritz Luty (1928 – 11 September 2017) was an American physicist.
He was born in Essen, Germany, and briefly saw action as a teenager in the German Army towards the end of World War II. He then studied physics and was awarded a PhD by the Univer ...
,
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
*Cyrus M. Mckell, Weber State College
*Ronald Ragsdale, University of Utah
*John Paul Riley, Utah State University
Education:
*Dwight O. Brown, Bountiful High School
*John W. Barainca, Brighton High School
*Michael B. Harris, Layton High School
Industry:
*Allan Steed,
Space Dynamics Laboratory
Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is a nonprofit government contractor owned by Utah State University. SDL is the sole University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the United States Missile Defense Agency; and, is one of 15 UARCs in the nati ...
*William Partridge, Technical Research Associates, Inc.
;1991:
Academia:
*Jerald Bradshaw, Brigham Young University
*
J. Calvin Giddings, University of Utah
*Douglas James, Utah State University
*Verlaine McPhie,
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is a public community college in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is the state's largest two-year college with the most diverse student body. It serves almost 50,000 students on 8 campuses as well as through online ...
*Gilbert Moore, Utah State University
*
Baldomero Olivera
Baldomero Olivera (born 1941) is a Filipino chemist known for discovery of many cone snail toxins important for neuroscience. These molecules, called conotoxins, led to a breakthrough in the study of ion channels and neuromuscular synapses.
He dis ...
, University of Utah
*Frank Redd, Utah State University
Education:
Marcie Wolfe, Mt. Ogden Middle School
Government:
*Gene Amman,
United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 United States National Forest, national forests and 20 United States Natio ...
Industry:
*Ruth Novak,
Hercules Inc.
Hercules, Inc. was a chemical and munitions manufacturing company based in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, incorporated in 1912 as the Hercules Powder Company following the breakup of the DuPont explosives monopoly by the U.S. Circuit Co ...
;1992:
Academia:
*Joseph Andrade, University of Utah
*A. Bruce Bishop, Utah State University
*Karin Caldwell, University of Utah
*David M. Grant, University of Utah
*Levi Hintze, Brigham Young University
*Bartell Jensen, Utah State University
*J. Bevan Ott, Brigham Young University
*Edward B. Walker, Weber State University
Education:
*Jan Vander Hooft, Brighton High School
*Larry Larson,
North Cache Middle School
Cache County School District is a school district located in Cache County, Utah, United States. It serves all the communities within Cache County, except most of the city of Logan (which is served by Logan City School District). It is one o ...
*Vern W. Bangerter,
Timpview High School
Timpview High School (THS) is a public secondary school located in Provo, Utah, United States. Timpview is a 5A school and is one of the three high schools in the Provo City School District. The current principal is Momi Tu'ua.
Academics
...
Industry:
*
Homer R. Warner,
American College of Medical Informatics
The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) is a college of elected fellows from the United States and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. Initially incorporated in 1984, the o ...
*J.D. Mortensen, Midmid, Inc.
*
Ray Noorda
Raymond John "Ray" Noorda (19 June 1924 – 9 October 2006) was a U.S. computer businessman. He was CEO of Novell between 1982 and 1994. He also served as chairman of Novell until he was replaced in 1994.
Early life
Noorda was born in Ogd ...
,
Novell, Inc.
Novell, Inc. () was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014. Its most significant product was the multi-platform network operating system known as NetWare. Novell technolog ...
;1993:
Academia:
*K. L. DeVries, University of Utah
*Helga E. T. Kolb, University of Utah
*Ronald Sims, Utah State University
*
Peter Stang, University of Utah
*
Raymond L. White, University of Utah
Education:
*Larry J. Peterson,
Bonneville High School
*LaMont Jensen, Clearfield High School
Government:
*Hellmut H. Doelling,
Utah Geological Survey
The Utah Geological Survey is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It also has an office in Cedar City, Utah.
It is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources and is an applied scientific agency, which creates, interprets, ...
Industry:
*J. McKay Anderson, Hercules, Inc.
*O. Lew Wood, Quartztronics, Inc.
*Raymond J. Ganowsky, Ram Company
;1994:
Academia:
*
Tracy Hall, Brigham Young University
*
Raymond Gesteland, University of Utah
*Sherman Coleman, University of Utah
*William Lee Stokes, University of Utah
*Linda Powers, Utah State University
Education:
*Ty Robinson,
Spanish Fork Intermediate
Government:
*Kevin T. Jones, Division of Utah State History
Industry:
*Keith Wilson,
Dynix
DYNIX (''DYNamic UnIX'') was a Unix-like operating system developed by Sequent Computer Systems, based on 4.2BSD and modified to run on Intel-based symmetric multiprocessor hardware. The third major (Dynix 3.0) version was released May, 1987; b ...
*Errol P. EerNisse, Quartztronics
;1995:
Academia:
*Peter F. Gerity, Utah State University
*
David W. Pershing, University of Utah
*C. Dale Poulter, University of Utah
*
Thomas G. Stockham, University of Utah
Education:
*Sherman Dickman,
Salt Lake City School District
The Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD) is the oldest public school district in Utah. Boundaries for the district are identical to the city limits for Salt Lake City. Employing about 1,300 teachers who instruct about 25,000 students K-12, the ...
Government:
*Charles B. Hunt,
U.S. Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March ...
Industry:
*
Mark Skolnick,
Myriad Genetics
Myriad Genetics, Inc. is an American genetic testing and precision medicine company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Myriad employs a number of proprietary technologies that permit doctors and patients to understand the genetic basi ...
;1996:
Academia:
*C. Anthon Ernstrom, Utah State University
*
Richard A. Normann, University of Utah
*Morris Robbins, Brigham Young University
Education:
*Walter Saunders, Utah State University
Government:
*Von Del Chamberlain,
Hansen Planetarium
*Walter Arabasz, University of Utah
Industry:
*Dinesh Patel,
TheraTech, Inc.
*Harold Ritchey,
Thiokol
Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur () and glue (), an allusion to the company ...
*Laurence Reaveley, University of Utah
;1997:
Academia
*Gerald B. Stringfellow, University of Utah
Education:
*Rose Marie Voce, Jackson Elementary
Industry:
*Bryant F. Anderson,
Lockheed Martin
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American Arms industry, defense and aerospace manufacturer with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta on March 15, 1995. It is headquartered in North ...
*Peter Meldrum,
Myriad Genetics
Myriad Genetics, Inc. is an American genetic testing and precision medicine company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Myriad employs a number of proprietary technologies that permit doctors and patients to understand the genetic basi ...
*Dan Fischer, Ultradent Products, Inc.
;1998:
Academia:
*John O. Evans, Utah State University
*Spotswood Spruance, University of Utah
Education:
*Joseph Hugh Baird, Brigham Young University
*Duane Merrell, Emery High School
Government:
*David Madsen,
Utah Geological Survey
The Utah Geological Survey is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It also has an office in Cedar City, Utah.
It is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources and is an applied scientific agency, which creates, interprets, ...
Industry:
*David Burt,
Space Dynamics Laboratory
Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is a nonprofit government contractor owned by Utah State University. SDL is the sole University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the United States Missile Defense Agency; and, is one of 15 UARCs in the nati ...
;1999:
Academia:
*
Christopher R. Johnson, University of Utah
*
James Ehleringer, University of Utah
*Stephen M. Prescott, University of Utah
*Marvin N. Tolman, Brigham Young University ED
*Don Carl Smellie, Utah State University ED
Government:
*Eva C. Nieminski,
Utah Department of Environmental Quality
*Alan J. Mohr,
Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a United States Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and south of the Utah Test and Training Range.
Location
Dugway Provin ...
*Bruce Barrett,
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Industry:
*Robert F. Keller,
Alliant Techsystems
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and arms industry, arms manufacturer headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia. The company operated across 22 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally. ATK reven ...
*Marlin Shelley, Cirris Systems Corporation
2000s
;2000:
Academia:
*Thomas Henderson, University of Utah
*William Carroll, University of Utah
*Gary Belovsky, Utah State University
Education:
*Richard Tolman, Brigham Young University
*Donald Burge,
College of Eastern Utah
Utah State University Eastern (USU Eastern) is a public regional college within the Utah State University system. The USU Eastern campus is located in Price, Utah, United States. Founded as Carbon College in 1937, the college joined the Universit ...
*Donald Jensen, Utah State University
Government:
*James Kohler,
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands, U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than of land, or one ...
*Stanley Perkes, Bureau of Land Management
*James Bowers,
Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a United States Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and south of the Utah Test and Training Range.
Location
Dugway Provin ...
*Suzanne Winters,
The Escalante Center
Industry:
*Gilson Newman Bingham Team: Bradley S. Gilson, Mark Newman, Judd Lawrence, Scott Hill
*James Boye,
Varian Medical Systems
Varian Medical Systems is an American radiation oncology treatments and software maker based in Palo Alto, California. Their medical devices include linear accelerators (LINACs) and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with ...
;2001:
Academia:
*
Mary Beckerle, University of Utah
*Gail Bingham, Utah State University
Education:
*Janet Ross, Four Corners School
Government:
*Doyle Stephens,
US Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March ...
Industry:
*Bob Randolph,
Alliant Techsystems
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and arms industry, arms manufacturer headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia. The company operated across 22 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally. ATK reven ...
;2002:
Academia:
*Steven D. Aust, Utah State University
*Randall W. Burt, University of Utah
*Om P. Gandhi, University of Utah
Industry:
*Larry J. Ashton, Rocky Mountain Composites, Inc.
*Hunter Jackson,
NPS Pharmaceuticals
*Bill Jordan Pope, Diamicron, Inc.
Education:
*Kathleen P. Ochsenbein, Roy Junior High School
Special:
*
Mario Capecchi
Mario Ramberg Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born molecular geneticist and a co-awardee of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knoc ...
, University of Utah
;2003:
Academia:
*Clair Batty, Utah State University
*David Bowles, Utah State University
*Carl Wittwer, University of Utah
Education:
*Virgina Ord, Davis School District
*William Smith, Granite School District
Government:
*Jerry Miller,
US Bureau of Reclamation
*Brett Moulding,
Utah State Office of Education
Industry:
*Fred Lampropoulos, Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
*Ashok Joshi,
Ceramatec, Inc.
;2004:
Academia:
*A. Lorris Betz, University of Utah
*
Noelle E. Cockett, Utah State University
*Karl Gordon Lark, University of Utah
*Joel S. Miller, University of Utah
*
C. Arden Pope, Brigham Young University
*Wynn R. Walker, Utah State University
Education:
*Richard Halterman,
Granite School District
The Granite School District is a public school district spread across central Salt Lake County, Utah, serving West Valley City, Millcreek, Taylorsville, South Salt Lake, Holladay, Kearns, and Magna; and parts of West Jordan, Murray and ...
Government:
*Michael Glass,
Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a United States Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and south of the Utah Test and Training Range.
Location
Dugway Provin ...
Industry:
*Stephen R. Carter, Novell, Inc.
Special:
*Rex S. Spendlove, HyClone
;2005:
Academia:
*David W. Hoeppner, University of Utah
*
Daniel L. Simmons, Brigham Young University
*Z. Valy Vardeny, University of Utah
Education
*Barbara Gentry,
Jordan School District
*Donna Lee Trease,
Davis County School District
Government:
*Loren Morton, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Industry:
*Dean Lester, ATK
Thiokol
Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur () and glue (), an allusion to the company ...
*
James LeVoy Sorenson, Sorenson Companies
Special:
*Richard K. Koehn, SentrX Surgical, Inc.
*Richard W. Grow, University of Utah
;2006:
Academia:
*Merrill W. Beckstead, Brigham Young University
*
Jan D. Miller, University of Utah
*
Pierre Sokolsky
Pierre Vsevolod Sokolsky is an American physicist, currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Dean Emeritus of the University of Utah College of Science and also a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Biography
Pierre S ...
, University of Utah
*
Anil Virkar, University of Utah
Education:
*Gina Sanzenbacher,
Jordan Applied Technology Center
Government:
*Theron Miller, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Industry:
*Glenn D. Prestwich, Carbylan BioSurgery, Inc.
;2007:
Academia:
*Chris Ireland, University of Utah
*Thomas Wilkerson, Utah State University
*Bonnie Baxter,
Westminster College
Education:
*Paul Nance, Jordan School District
Government:
*Greg Jones,
Moran Eye Center
Industry:
*Jerry R. Nelson, Nelson Laboratories, Inc.
*
Josh James,
Omniture
Omniture is an online marketing and web analytics business unit in Orem, Utah. It was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2009. Until 2011, Omniture operated as a business unit within Adobe as the "Omniture Business Unit", but as of 2012 Adobe began ret ...
Special:
*Jack Sunderlage, ContentWatch
;2008:
Academia:
*Brent Adams, Brigham Young University
*David S. Chapman, University of Utah
Education:
*Lee Siegel, University of Utah
*Bonnie Bourgeous,
Clearfield High School
*Vickie Ahlstrom, Sego Lily Elementary
Industry:
*H. Dewayne Ashmead, Albion Laboratories, Inc.
Government:
*David Wakefield, Utah Department of Public Safety/Forensic Services
Special:
*
Mario Capecchi
Mario Ramberg Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born molecular geneticist and a co-awardee of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knoc ...
, University of Utah
;2009:
Academia:
*Randall J. Olsen, Moran Eye Center
Education:
*W. Farrell Edwards, Utah State University
*Glen Westbroek,
Alpine School District
Alpine School District.
The district was founded in 1915, and includes all grades from kindergarten through high school (K-12). As of 2018, there were 58 elementary schools, 14 junior high schools, 11 high schools, and 9 special purpose sch ...
*National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, Utah State University
Industry:
*Ashok C. Khandkar, Amedica Corp
*Reaveley Engineers & Associates
Government:
*William R. Lund, Utah Geological Survey
2010s
;2010
Academia:
*Paul Israelsen, Utah State University
*
Peter B. Armentrout, University of Utah
Education:
*Louisa Stark, Genetic Science Learning Center
*Doug Panee, Oak Canyon Jr. High
Industry:
*Dennis Farrar, Upstart Ventures
*D. Clark Turner, Aribex, Inc
Government:
*Kevin Jensen, Forage & Range Research Lab
;2011
Academia:
*Byard D. Wood, Utah State University
*
Bruce Bugbee, Utah State University
*Edward M. Eyring, University of Utah
Education:
*
Hugo Rossi
Hugo E. Rossi (born 1935) is an American mathematician working in complex analysis.
Rossi graduated from the City College of New York with bachelor's degree in 1956, and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the master's degre ...
,
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
Industry:
*Tim Miller, Echelon Biosciences
*Kelly B. Powers, CR Bard Access Systems
Government:
*Amanda Smith, Department of Environmental Quality
Special:
*Richard R. Nelson, Utah Technology Council
*Gary Harter, Governor's Office of Economic Development
*Jeff Edwards, EDCUtah
*Steve Rodgers, EmergenTek
;2012
Academia:
*David Kieda, University of Utah
*Geraldine Mineau University of Utah
*
Thure E. Cerling, University of Utah
Education:
*Adam Johnston, Weber State University
*Amy Pace,
Open High School of Utah
Industry:
*Dale Taylor, Ceramics Material Technologies
*Theodore Stanley, Anesta and ZARS
Government:
*Ted McAleer,
USTAR
The Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) is a technology-based economic development agency funded by the state of Utah. The organization works to develop ideas and research into marketable products and successful companies throu ...
*Nicole Toomey Davis, Enclavix, LLC
*Scott Anderson,
Zions Bank
;2013
Academia:
*Henry S. White, University of Utah ACA
*Kenneth L. White, Utah State University ACA
Education:
*Aloysius S. Church, University of Utah
Industry:
*
IM Flash Technologies
IM Flash Technologies, LLC was the semiconductor company founded in January 2006, by Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. IM Flash produced 3D XPoint used in data centers and high end computers. It had a 300mm wafer fab in Lehi, Utah, Un ...
*Larry Grandia, Health Catalyst
*Larry Rigby, Larada Sciences
Government:
*Tamara Goetz, Utah Valley University
;2014
Academia:
*
Phyllis Coley, University of Utah
*
Erik Jorgensen
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Nor ...
, University of Utah
Education:
*Christine Celestino,
Juan Diego Catholic High School
Juan Diego Catholic High School (JDCHS) is a private, Catholic high school located in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper, Utah, operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.
History
American Stores's Chief Executive Officer Leona ...
*Helen Hu, Westminster College
Industry:
*Niel Holt,
Space Dynamics Laboratory
Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is a nonprofit government contractor owned by Utah State University. SDL is the sole University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the United States Missile Defense Agency; and, is one of 15 UARCs in the nati ...
*Ronald Weiss,
ARUP Laboratories
Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. (ARUP Laboratories) is a Salt Lake City, Utah-based nonprofit laboratory at University of Utah's Department of Pathology. It is located in the University of Utah Research Park
The Universi ...
*
US Synthetic
Special:
*Troy D’Ambrosio, University of Utah
;2015
Academia:
*
Noelle E. Cockett, Utah State University
*Joel Harris, University of Utah
Education:
*Michelle Baker, Utah State University
*Christine Hailey, Utah State University
*Richard B. Brown, University of Utah
*Paul Hill, Utah State University
Industry:
*Susan Opp,
L-3 Communications
L3 Technologies, formerly L-3 Communications Holdings, was an American company that supplied command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ( C3ISR) systems and products, avionics, ocean products, training ...
*Rich Linder, CoNextions Medical
*Nelson Laboratories
Special:
*Sarah George, University of Utah
*Tom Parks, University of Utah
;2016
Academia:
*
Cynthia Burrows, University of Utah
*
Cynthia Furse, University of Utah
*Timothy McLain, Brigham Young University
*Terry Messmer, Utah State University
*John Morrey, Utah State University
*Kyle Rollins, Brigham Young University
Education:
*Debra Spielmaker, Utah State University
*Adam Beehler, University of Utah
Industry:
*ENVE Composites
*Lawrence Thatcher, The Thatcher Company
Government:
*Robert Baskin, US Geological Survey
Special:
*
Vivian S. Lee, University of Utah
External links
Governors Medals for Science and Technology winners
References
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Awards established in 1987
1987 establishments in Utah
Government of Utah
State awards and decorations of the United States
Utah culture
Science and technology in Utah