Rufus Oldenburger Medal
The Rufus Oldenburger Medal is a prestigious Society award for lifetime achievements in automatic control. Inaugurated in 1968, the medal recognizes significant contributions and outstanding achievements in the field of automatic control. Such achievements may be, for example, in the areas of education, research, development, innovation, and service to the field and profession.
The award was established to honor Rufus Oldenburger for his distinctive achievements in the field and for his service to the Society and the Division. The list of recipients is a true honor role of major contributors to the science and profession of control.
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| Form of Award: | $2000, bronze medal and certificate |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Dynamic Systems & Control Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Rufus Oldenburger Medalists
| 2025 | Hassan K. Khalil |
| 2024 | Petros A. Ioannou |
| 2023 | Davor Hrovat |
| 2022 | Wayne J. Book |
| 2021 | Sosale S. Sastry |
| 2020 | Mark W. Spong |
| 2019 | Huei Peng |
| 2018 | Roberto Horowitz |
| 2017 | Miroslav Krstic |
| 2016 | Jean-Jacques Slotine |
| 2015 | Manfred Morari |
| 2014 | Robert R. Bitmead |
| 2013 | Graham C. Goodwin |
| 2012 | Mathukumalli Vidyasagar |
| 2011 | Haruhiko H. Asada |
| 2010 | Rolf Isermann |
| 2009 | Neville J. Hogan |
| 2008 | A. Galip Ulsoy |
| 2007 | Suguru Arimoto |
| 2006 | J. Karl Hedrick |
| 2005 | Roger W. Brockett |
| 2004 | Alistair MacFarlane |
| 2003 | Vadim Utkin |
| 2022 | Masayoshi Tomizuka |
| 2000 | Ioan D. Landau |
| 1999 | Yu-Chi Ho |
| 1998 | David G. Luenberger |
| 1997 | Thomas B. Sheridan |
| 1996 | George D. Zames |
| 1995 | George Leitmann |
| 1994 | Howard H. Rosenbrock |
| 1993 | Lotfi A. Zadeh |
| 1992 | Issac M. Horowitz |
| 1991 | John G. Truxal |
| 1990 | Harold Chestnut |
| 1989 | Jaakov Z. Tsypkin |
| 1988 | Robert H. Cannon, Jr. |
| 1987 | Walter R. Evans |
| 1986 | Eliahu I. Jury |
| 1985 | Karl J. Astrom |
| 1984 | Herbert H. Richardson |
| 1983 | J. Lowen Shearer |
| 1982 | Bernard Friedland |
| 1981 | Shih-Ying Lee |
| 1980 | Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. |
| 1979 | Henry M. Paynter |
| 1978 | Yasundo Takahashi |
| 1977 | Gordon S. Brown & Harold L. Hazen |
| 1976 | Rudolf Emil Kalman |
| 1975 | Hendrik W. Bode & Harry Nyquist |
| 1974 | Herbert W. Ziebolz |
| 1973 | Clesson E. Mason |
| 1972 | Albert J. Williams, Jr. |
| 1971 | Charles Stark Draper |
| 1970 | John R. Ragazzini |
| 1969 | Nathaniel B. Nichols |
| 1968 | Rufus Oldenburger |