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 |
| Nomination Sent To: | Leila Persaud |
| Phone Number: | 212-591-7071 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
RUFUS OLDENBURGER MEDALISTS
| 1968 | Rufus Oldenburger | 1985 | Karl J. Astrom | 2005 | Roger W. Brockett |
| 1969 | Nathaniel B. Nichols | 1986 | Eliahu I. Jury | 2006 | J. Karl Hedrick |
| 1970 | John R. Ragazzini | 1987 | Walter R. Evans | 2007 | Suguru Arimoto |
| 1971 | Charles Stark Draper | 1988 | Robert H. Cannon, Jr. | 2008 | A. Galip Ulsoy |
| 1972 | Albert J. Williams, Jr. | 1989 | Jaakov Z. Tsypkin | 2009 | Neville J. Hogan |
| 1973 | Clesson E. Mason | 1990 | Harold Chestnut | 2010 | Rolf Isermann |
| 1974 | Herbert W. Ziebolz | 1991 | John G. Truxal | 2011 | Haruhiko H. Asada |
| 1975 | Hendrik W. Bode | 1992 | Issac M. Horowitz | 2012 | Mathukumalli Vidyasagar |
| Harry Nyquist | 1993 | Lotfi A. Zadeh | 2013 | Graham C. Goodwin | |
| 1976 | Rudolf Emil Kalman | 1994 | Howard H. Rosenbrock | 2014 | Robert R. Bitmead |
| 1977 | Gordon S. Brown | 1995 | George Leitmann | 2015 | Manfred Morari |
| Harold L. Hazen | 1996 | George D. Zames | 2016 | Jean-Jacques Slotine | |
| 1978 | Yasundo Takahashi | 1997 | Thomas B. Sheridan | 2017 | Miroslav Krstic |
| 1979 | Henry M. Paynter | 1998 | David G. Luenberger | 2018 | Roberto Horowitz |
| 1980 | Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. | 1999 | Yu-Chi Ho | 2019 | Huei Peng |
| 1981 | Shih-Ying Lee | 2000 | Ioan D. Landau | 2020 | Mark W. Spong |
| 1982 | Bernard Friedland | 2002 | Masayoshi Tomizuka | 2021 | Sosale S. Sastry |
| 1983 | J. Lowen Shearer | 2003 | Vadim Utkin | 2022 | Wayne J. Book |
| 1984 | Herbert H. Richardson | 2004 | Alistair MacFarlane |