The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via " continuing ...
for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community" in honour of
Henry Laurence Gantt
Henry Laurence Gantt (; May 20, 1861 – November 23, 1919) was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management. He created the Gantt chart in the 1910s.
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.Henry Laurence Gantt Medal at asme.org. Accessed 08-05-2017 By the year 1984 in total 45 medals had been awarded.
Award winners
;20th-century winners, a selection:
* 1929:
Henry Laurence Gantt
Henry Laurence Gantt (; May 20, 1861 – November 23, 1919) was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management. He created the Gantt chart in the 1910s.
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(posthumously)Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel (1978), ''Encyclopedia of professional management .'' p. 456.
* 1930:
Fred J. Miller
Fred J. Miller (January 3, 1857 – November 26, 1939) was an American mechanical and industrial engineer, known for his seminal work in designing high-precision scientific instruments,Winfield Scott Downs, American Historical Company. ''Encycloped ...
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* 1931:
Leon Pratt Alford
Leon Pratt Alford (Jan. 3, 1877 – Feb. 2, 1942) was an American mechanical engineer, organizational theorist, and administrator for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. known for his seminal work in the field of industrial management ...
* 1932:
Henry S. Dennison
Henry Sturgis Dennison (March 4, 1877 – February 29, 1952)Morgen Witzel (2005). ''Encyclopedia of History of American Management.'' p. 116 was an American progressive business man, president and owner of Dennison Manufacturing Co. Paper Box Fac ...
William Loren Batt
William Loren Batt (July 31, 1885 – 1965) was an American mechanical engineer, and president SKF Industries, Inc., awarded the Order of Vasa in 1923, the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1940,''Electrical Engineering,'' Vol. 60, 1941. p. 308 and the ...
Dexter S. Kimball
Dexter Simpson Kimball (October 21, 1865 – November 1, 1952) was an American engineer, professor of industrial engineering at Cornell University, early management author and president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1922–23.M ...
* 1944:
Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.
Frank Bunker Gilbreth (July 7, 1868 – June 14, 1924) was an American engineer, consultant, and author known as an early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of time and motion study, and is perhaps best known as the father and ce ...
(posthumously) and
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth (; May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972) was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies. She was described in the 1940s ...
Paul G. Hoffman
Paul Gray Hoffman (April 26, 1891October 8, 1974) was an American automobile company executive, statesman, and global development aid administrator. He was the first administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration, where he led the im ...
Harold Fowler McCormick
Harold Fowler McCormick (May 2, 1872 – October 16, 1941) was an American businessman. He was chairman of the board of International Harvester Company and a member of the McCormick family. In 1948 he was awarded the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal ...
Thomas Roy Jones
Thomas Roy Jones (April 26, 1890 - June 21, 1985"Thomas Roy Jones," obituary in: ''New York Times.'' June 27, 1985) was an American industrialist and management author, known as business school graduate, company president, and recipient of the Henr ...
* 1952:
Frank Henry Neely
Frank Henry Neely (January 19, 1884 – May 24, 1979)Thomas E. Millsop
* 1954:
Clarence Francis
Clarence Francis (December 1, 1888 - December 22, 1985) was a business executive and internationally recognized expert on food.
Early life
He was born in Staten Island in 1888. Upon graduating from Amherst College in 1910 he went to New York City ...
* 1955:
Walker Lee Cisler
Walker Lee Cisler (October 8, 1897 – October 18, 1994) was a noted American engineer, business executive, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Early life
Walker Lee Cisler was born on October 8, 1897, in Marietta, Oh ...
Richard Redwood Deupree
Richard Redwood (Red) Deupree (May 7, 1885 - March 14, 1974) was an American businessman, president of Procter & Gamble and chairman of its board. He was the first Procter & Gamble president, who was not a Procter or Gamble family member, and was ...
* 1959:
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; ; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business co ...
Lyndall Urwick
Lyndall Fownes Urwick (3 March 1891 – 5 December 1983) was a British management consultant and business thinker. He is recognised for integrating the ideas of earlier theorists like Henri Fayol into a comprehensive theory of management admi ...
Ralph J. Cordiner
Ralph Jarron Cordiner (March 20, 1900 - December 5, 1973) was an American businessman. He served as president of General Electric from 1950 to 1958, and as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1958 to 1963.
Biography
He was born in 1900 ...
* 1968:
J. Erik Jonsson
John Erik Jonsson (6 September 1901 – 31 August 1995) was a co-founder and early president of Texas Instruments Incorporated. He became Mayor of Dallas, a major advocate of the creation of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and a philan ...
* 1969:
Dave Packard
David Packard ( ; September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board (1964–68 ...
Donald C. Burnham Donald Clemens Burnham (January 23, 1915 - April 17, 2005) was an American business executive at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and recipient of the 1971 Henry Laurence Gantt Medal.Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel (1978), ''Encyclopedi ...
* 1972:
Robert Elton Brooker
Robert Elton Brooker (July 18, 1905 - May 17, 2001) was an American business executive at Sears, Roebuck & Co., Whirlpool Corporation, and Montgomery Ward, and recipient of the 1972 Henry Laurence Gantt Medal.Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers ...
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick Eugene Haggerty (March 17, 1914 – October 1, 1980) was an American engineer and businessman. He was a co-founder and former president and chairman of Texas Instruments, Incorporated (TI). Under his leadership, the company grew from a s ...
Edmund T. Pratt Jr.
Edmund T. Pratt Jr. (1927 - September 5, 2002) was the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc. He served as President from 1971 to 1972, CEO from 1972 to 1991, and Chairman from 1972 to 1992. He is the namesake of Duke University's Engineering Scho ...
* 1988: William S. Lee
* 1996: George N. Hatsopoulosor 1997, see ''IEEE Membership Directory,'' Vol, 1-2, 2001, p. 192.
; 21st-century winners
* 2000:
Paul Soros
Paul Soros ( hu, Soros Pál; born Pál Schwartz; June 5, 1926 – June 15, 2013) was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Soros founded Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling ...
William R. Timken
William Robert Timken Jr. (born December 21, 1938) is an American industrialist, businessman and former diplomat. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2005–2008. He has served at The Timken Company (which his great-grandfather Hen ...
Charles M. Vest
Charles "Chuck" Marstiller Vest (September 9, 1941 – December 12, 2013) was an American educator and engineer. He served as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from October 1990 until December 2004. He succeeded Paul Gray a ...
* 2018: Todd R. Allen
* 2019: Margaret G. McCullough