R. Tom Sawyer Award
The award was established in 1972 to honor R. Tom Sawyer who, for over four decades, toiled zealously to advance gas turbine technology in all of its aspects.
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Nomination Instructions
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| Form of Award: | $1000, plaque and certificate |
| Administrative Responsibility: | International Gas Turbine Institute |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Nomination Deadline: | August 15 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
R. Tom Sawyer Awardees
| 2024 | Kenneth C. Hall |
| 2023 | Karen A. Thole |
| 2022 | Timothy C. Lieuwen |
| 2021 | Robert E. Kielb |
| 2020 | Sunao Aoki |
| 2019 | Om P. Sharma |
| 2018 | Aspi R. Wadia |
| 2017 | Alan H. Epstein |
| 2016 | Nicholas Cumpsty |
| 2015 | Lee S. Langston |
| 2014 | Reza S. Abhari |
| 2013 | Anthony J. Strazisar |
| 2012 | David C. Wisler |
| 2011 | Dilip R. Ballal |
| 2010 | Herbert Jericha |
| 2009 | Michael G. Dunn |
| 2008 | Theodore H. Okiishi |
| 2007 | John Douglas Denton |
| 2006 | Erio Benvenuti |
| 2005 | Edward M. Greitzer |
| 2004 | Herb I.H. Saravanamuttoo |
| 2003 | Sigmar Wittig |
| 2002 | Philip C. Ruffles |
| 2001 | Max Bentele |
| 2000 | Martin C. Hemsworth |
| 1999 | Donald E. Bently |
| 1998 | Donald W. Bahr |
| 1997 | John H. Horlock |
| 1996 | Donald D. Hill |
| 1995 | Geoffrey L. Wilde. |
| 1994 | Brian H. Rowe |
| 1993 | Arthur J. Wennerstrom |
| 1992 | William R. Hawthorne |
| 1991 | Gerhard Neumann |
| 1990 | Hans J.P. von Ohain |
| 1989 | Edward S. Wright |
| 1988 | Bernard L. Koff |
| 1987 | Leroy H. Smith, Jr. |
| 1986 | Elvie L. Smith |
| 1985 | Anselm Franz |
| 1984 | Arthur H. Lefebvre |
| 1983 | Sven-Olof Kronogard |
| 1982 | R. Noel Penny |
| 1981 | Thomas E. Stott, Jr. |
| 1980 | Ralph L. Boyer |
| 1979 | Sam B. Williams |
| 1978 | Sir Frank Whittle |
| 1977 | Alexander L. London |
| 1976 | Curt Keller |
| 1975 | Bruce O. Buckland |
| 1974 | Waheeb Rizk |
| 1973 | John W. Sawyer |
| 1972 | R. Tom Sawyer |