This award is given for notable achievement in advancement of
rotary-wing aeronautics. The award, sponsored by industry pioneer
Frank Piasecki, consists of a certificate and the engraving of the
recipient's name on a plaque. Established in 1952, it honors the
memory of an eminent aeronautical engineer, educator, author, and
outstanding pioneer in rotary-wing aeronautics.
2008 - Abraham Karem
2007 - Andrew W. Kerr
2006 - Jean Jacques Philippe
2005 - C. Harry Parkinson
2004 - John P. Magee
2003 - Dean C. Borgman
2002 - Walter G. Sonneborn
2001 - Dr. Peter G. Hamel
2000 - Raymond W. Prouty
1999 - Troy Gaffey
1998 - Francois Legrand
1997 - William W. Walls
1996 - Prof. Alfred Gessow
1995 - Dr. Marat N. Tischenko
1994 - Dr. Kenneth M. Rosen
1993 - Frank Robinson
1992 - Leonard M. "Jack" Horner
1991 - Stanley Hiller, Jr.
1990 - Dr. Kurt Pfleiderer
1989 - Joseph Mallen
1988 - Charles W. Ellis
1987 - Robert Zincone
1986 - Jack G. Real
1985 - Richard M. Carlson
1984 - Kenneth Grina
1983 - Robert R. Lynn
1982 - Wayne Wiesner
1981 - Charles Kaman
1980 - Frank N. Piasecki
1979 - Rene Mouille
1978 - William F. Paul
1977 - Ralph P. Alex
1976 - Kenneth B. Amer
1975 - Edward Woll
1974 - Bernard Lindenbaum
1973 - Paul F. Yaggy
1972 - Edward J. Ducayet
1971 - Robert A. Wagner
1970 - Charles Marchetti
1969 - LTG William B. Bunker, USA
1968 - Rene H. Miller
1967 - Dr. Anselm Franz
1966 - Irven H. Culver
1965 - Elliot Daland
1964 - Dr. Kurt H. Hohenemser
1963 - Frederick B. Gustafson
1962 - BG Robert R. Williams, USA
1961 - Leon L. Douglas
1960 - V. Keith Putnam
1959 - Robert L. Lichten
1958 - Friedrich L. Von Doblhoff
1957 - CPT Wayne W. Eggert, USAF
1956 - Charles H. Zimmerman
1955 - Bartram Kelley
1954 - Michael Gluhareff
1953 - Raoul Hafner
1952 - Louis Breguet
1951 - Igor I. Sikorsky
