Leonardo da Vinci Medal

Short description: History of technology award

The Leonardo da Vinci Medal is the highest award of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), and was first given in 1962.[1] In general this award is granted annually to scholars who have contributed outstandingly to the history of technology through research, teaching, publication or other activities. The prize consists of a certificate and a medal.

The medal is a circular bronze medallion designed by the Hungarian expressionist sculptor András Beck. The face depicts the head of Leonardo da Vinci based on one of his self-portraits and the reverse depicts "the basic sources of energy (water, wind, and fire)," in the sculptor's words.[2]

## List of recipients

* 1962 Robert James Forbes
* 1963 Abbott Payson Usher
* 1964 Lynn T. White, Jr.
* 1965 Maurice Daumas
* 1966 Cyril Stanley Smith
* 1967 Melvin Kranzberg
* 1968 Joseph Needham
* 1969 Lewis Mumford
* 1970 Bertrand Gille
* 1971 A. G. Drachmann
* 1972 Ladislao Reti
* 1973 Carl W. Condit
* 1974 Bern Dibner
* 1975 Friedrich Klemm
* 1976 Derek J. de Solla Price
* 1977 Eugene S. Ferguson
* 1978 Torsten Althin
* 1979 John U. Nef
* 1980 John Bell Rae
* 1981 Donald S. L. Cardwell
* 1982 not awarded
* 1983 Louis C. Hunter
* 1984 Brooke Hindle
* 1985 Thomas P. Hughes
* 1986 Hugh G. J. Aitken
* 1987 Robert P. Multhauf
* 1988 Sidney M. Edelstein
* 1989 R. Angus Buchanan
* 1990 Edwin T. Layton, Jr.
* 1991 Carroll W. Pursell
* 1992 Otto Mayr
* 1993 W. David Lewis
* 1994 Merritt Roe Smith
* 1995 Bruce Sinclair
* 1996 Nathan Rosenberg
* 1997 Ruth Schwartz Cowan
* 1998 Walter G. Vincenti
* 1999 not awarded
* 2000 Silvio A. Bedini
* 2001 Robert C. Post[3]
* 2002 Leo Marx
* 2003 Bart Hacker
* 2004 David Landes
* 2005 David E. Nye[4]
* 2006 Eric H. Robinson
* 2007 David A. Hounshell
* 2008 Joel A. Tarr
* 2009 Susan J. Douglas
* 2010 Svante Lindqvist
* 2011 John M. Staudenmaier
* 2012 Wiebe Bijker
* 2013 Rosalind Williams
* 2014 Pamela O. Long
* 2015 Johan Schot[5]
* 2016 Ronald R. Kline[6]
* 2017 Arnold Pacey[7]
* 2018 Joy Parr[8]
* 2019 Francesca Bray[9]
* 2020 Maria Paula Diogo
* 2020 Arthur P. Molella
* 2021 Suzanne Moon
* 2022 Donald MacKenzie
* 2023 Alex Roland[10]
* 2024 Stuart W. Leslie[11]
* 2025 John Krige[12]

## References

1. ↑ The Leonardo da Vinci Medal – Society for the History of Technology. Accessed 2017-09-08.
2. ↑ "The Leonardo da Vinci Medal". Technology and Culture 6 (2): 324–326. 1965.
3. ↑ Robert Post: Bio - Robert Post: Home at epostscripts.net. 2007. Accessed Sept. 7, 2017.
4. ↑ The Leonardo da Vinci Medal , Society for the History of Technology. Accessed June 25, 2011
5. ↑ Making Europe - Johan Schot receives Leonardo da Vinci Medal at makingeurope.eu. 4 November 2015. Accessed 2017-09-07.
6. ↑ Ron Kline receives Society for the History of Technology’s Leonardo da Vinci Medal, at ece.cornell.edu. Thursday, July 7, 2016. Accessed 2017-09-07.
7. ↑ 2017 Leonardo da Vinci Medal winner, Arnold Pacey, Society for the History of Technology. Accessed September 26, 2018
8. ↑ "Leonardo da Vinci Medal 2018 - Joy Parr". https://www.historyoftechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DaVinciMedal2018.pdf.
9. ↑ https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-leonardo-da-vinci-medal/2019-leonardo-da-vinci-medal-winner-francesca-bray/ (Accessed Dec. 2019)
10. ↑ "2023 Leonardo Da Vinci Recipient Alex Roland – Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)". https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-leonardo-da-vinci-medal/2023-leonardo-da-vinci-recipient-alex-roland/.
11. ↑ "2023 Da Vinci Winner, Stuart W. Leslie – Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)". https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/awards-prizes-and-grants/the-leonardo-da-vinci-medal/2023-da-vinci-winner-stuart-w-leslie/.
12. ↑ "2025 SHOT Awards". https://www.historyoftechnology.org/2025/10/14/2025-shot-awards/.

## External links

* The Leonardo da Vinci Medal – Society for the History of Technology

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