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The Frank P. Brown Medal was formerly awarded by the Franklin Institute for excellence in science, engineering, and structures.^[1] It was established by the 1938 will of Franklin Pierce Brown, a member of the Master Plumbers Association.^[2]

The designer of the medal was Walker Kirtland Hancock.^[3]

Laureates

1941 – Willis Haviland Carrier Engineering
1942 – Duff Andrew Abrams Engineering
1943 – Albert Kahn Engineering
1944 – Harvey Clayton Rentschler Engineering
1945 – David Gilmore Clarke Engineering
1946 – Karl Terzaghi Earth Science
1947 – Karl P. Billner Engineering
1950 – Gustave Magnel Engineering
1950 – Eugene Freyssinet Engineering
1951 – Samuel Arnold Greeley Civil Engineering
1952 – Fred N. Severud Engineering
1953 – Frank Lloyd Wright Engineering
1954 – Edmund Germer Engineering
1954 – Hans J. Spanner Engineering
1954 – Humboldt W. Leverenz Engineering^[4]
1955 – Charles S. Leopold Engineering^[5]
1956 – Robert G. Letourneau Engineering
1957 - Pier Luigi Nervi Engineering
1958 - Charles Milton Spofford Engineering (author of The Theory of Structures 1915)
1959 - Hardy Cross Engineering
1960 - Richard Buckminster Fuller Engineering
1961 - Charles Edouard Jeanneret LeCorbusier Engineering
1962 - Edmund Norwood Bacon Civil Engineering
1964 - Louis I. Kahn Engineering
1965 - William Jaird Levitt Engineering
1966 - Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. Engineering
1967 - Carl Koch (architect) Engineering
1968 - Philip Newell Youtz Engineering ^[6]
1970 - Trevor Lloyd Wadley Engineering
1971 - Henry Lee Willet Engineering
1974 - Hans Liebherr Engineering
1975 - Public Building Services of U.S. Govt Engineering
1976 - E. Dale Waters Engineering ^[7]^[8]^[9]
1978 - Henry J. Degenkolb Engineering
1982 - Vincent G. Kling Engineering
1982 - Lynn S. Beedle Engineering
1987 - Paul Weidlinger Engineering
1988 - Ben C. Gerwick, Jr. Engineering ^[10]
1988 - Marvin A. Mass Engineering ^[11]
1992 – John W. Fisher Engineering
1995 – Jean M. Muller Engineering
Now dormant as an award. The last Frank P. Brown Medal was awarded in 1995.^[12]

References

^ Willis Haviland Carrier 1941 Engineering Brown
^ Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Volumes 45-47 Boston Society of Civil Engineers
^ MedalArtists.com
^ Oral-History:Humboldt W. Leverenz "He received the Franklin Institute Brown Medal in 1954 for his contributions to the development of the fluorescent lamp. Head of RCA Laboratories, developed a Periodic Chart of the Elements
^ Air-conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960 Gail Cooper; JHU Press, 2002 ;227 pages; page 171 and notes,
^ Youtz, Philip Newell, 1895-1972 Architect, curator, inventor and educator
^ Development of heat pipes for foundations in Arctic regions
^ "US Patent. Permafrost structural support with heat pipe stabilization, Inventor. E. Waters". patents.google.com.
^ "Elmer Dale Waters". Sunset Gardens Obituaries.
^ Introduction of Ben C. Gerwick Jr., Recipient of the 2001 Ralph B. Peck Award American Society of Civil Engineers
^ Eye on People Jewish Post, "He received the prestigious Franklin Pierce Brown Medal for scientific achievement in 1989"
^ "Search Laureates". The Franklin Institute Awards.

[1] Willis Haviland Carrier 1941 Engineering Brown

[2] Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Volumes 45-47 Boston Society of Civil Engineers

[3] MedalArtists.com

[4] Oral-History:Humboldt W. Leverenz "He received the Franklin Institute Brown Medal in 1954 for his contributions to the development of the fluorescent lamp. Head of RCA Laboratories, developed a Periodic Chart of the Elements

[5] Air-conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960 Gail Cooper; JHU Press, 2002 ;227 pages; page 171 and notes,

[6] Youtz, Philip Newell, 1895-1972 Architect, curator, inventor and educator

[7] Development of heat pipes for foundations in Arctic regions

[8] "US Patent. Permafrost structural support with heat pipe stabilization, Inventor. E. Waters". patents.google.com.

[9] "Elmer Dale Waters". Sunset Gardens Obituaries.

[10] Introduction of Ben C. Gerwick Jr., Recipient of the 2001 Ralph B. Peck Award American Society of Civil Engineers

[11] Eye on People Jewish Post, "He received the prestigious Franklin Pierce Brown Medal for scientific achievement in 1989"

[12] "Search Laureates". The Franklin Institute Awards.

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