Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology

The Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology is the highest civilian award bestowed by the U.S. state of Utah in those fields.[1] It is awarded in the five categories of academia, science education, industry, government, and a special category. The award was initiated in 1987 and is sponsored by the Utah Science and Technology Research Initiative and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.[2][3] Nominations are reviewed by the Utah State Science Advisory Council before being presented to the governor.[4]

Award winners

1980s

1987

Academia:

Education:

  • Richard Dix Cloward, Bonneville High School
  • Shu Ming Chang, Clearfield High School
  • Wade W. Gleary, Davis High School
  • Rachelle Argyle, Park City High School
  • Wendy Hendrickson, Richfield High School

Industry:

1988

Academia:

  • Douglas Chabries, Brigham Young University
  • Eldon Gardner, Utah State University
  • William J. Higuchi, University of Utah
  • Jack Keller, Utah State University
  • Sung Wan Kim, University of Utah
  • Carl D. Marti, Jr., Weber State College
  • Don Olsen, University of Utah
  • Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University
  • Robert W. Sidwell, Utah State University

Education:

Industry:

1989

Academia:

  • James W. Cronin, University of Utah
  • Doran J. Baker, Utah State University
  • Dean F. Peterson, Jr., Utah State University

Education:

Industry:

1990s

1990

Academia:

Education:

  • Dwight O. Brown, Bountiful High School
  • John W. Barainca, Brighton High School
  • Michael B. Harris, Layton High School

Industry:

1991

Academia:

Education: Marcie Wolfe, Mt. Ogden Middle School

Government:

Industry:

1992

Academia:

  • Joseph Andrade, University of Utah
  • A. Bruce Bishop, Utah State University
  • Karin Caldwell, University of Utah
  • David M. Grant, University of Utah
  • Levi Hintze, Brigham Young University
  • Bartell Jensen, Utah State University
  • J. Bevan Ott, Brigham Young University
  • Edward B. Walker, Weber State University

Education:

Industry:

1993

Academia:

  • K. L. DeVries, University of Utah
  • Helga E. T. Kolb, University of Utah
  • Ronald Sims, Utah State University
  • Peter Stang, University of Utah
  • Raymond L. White, University of Utah

Education:

Government:

Industry:

  • J. McKay Anderson, Hercules, Inc.
  • O. Lew Wood, Quartztronics, Inc.
  • Raymond J. Ganowsky, Ram Company
1994

Academia:

  • Tracy Hall, Brigham Young University
  • Raymond Gesteland, University of Utah
  • Sherman Coleman, University of Utah
  • William Lee Stokes, University of Utah
  • Linda Powers, Utah State University

Education:

Government:

  • Kevin T. Jones, Division of Utah State History[5]

Industry:

  • Keith Wilson, Dynix
  • Errol P. EerNisse, Quartztronics
1995

Academia:

Education:

Government:

Industry:

1996

Academia:

  • C. Anthon Ernstrom, Utah State University
  • Richard A. Normann, University of Utah
  • Morris Robbins, Brigham Young University

Education:

  • Walter Saunders, Utah State University

Government:

Industry:

1997

Academia

  • Gerald B. Stringfellow, University of Utah

Education:

  • Rose Marie Voce, Jackson Elementary

Industry:

1998

Academia:

  • John O. Evans, Utah State University
  • Spotswood Spruance, University of Utah

Education:

  • Joseph Hugh Baird, Brigham Young University
  • Duane Merrell, Emery High School

Government:

Industry:

1999

Academia:

  • Christopher R. Johnson, University of Utah
  • James Ehleringer, University of Utah
  • Stephen M. Prescott, University of Utah
  • Marvin N. Tolman, Brigham Young University ED
  • Don Carl Smellie, Utah State University ED

Government:

Industry:

2000s

2000

Academia:

  • Thomas Henderson, University of Utah
  • William Carroll, University of Utah
  • Gary Belovsky, Utah State University

Education:

  • Richard Tolman, Brigham Young University
  • Donald Burge, College of Eastern Utah
  • Donald Jensen, Utah State University

Government:

Industry:

2001

Academia:

  • Mary Beckerle, University of Utah
  • Gail Bingham, Utah State University

Education:

  • Janet Ross, Four Corners School

Government:

Industry:

2002

Academia:

  • Steven D. Aust, Utah State University
  • Randall W. Burt, University of Utah
  • Om P. Gandhi, University of Utah

Industry:

  • Larry J. Ashton, Rocky Mountain Composites, Inc.
  • Hunter Jackson, NPS Pharmaceuticals
  • Bill Jordan Pope, Diamicron, Inc.

Education:

  • Kathleen P. Ochsenbein, Roy Junior High School

Special:

2003

Academia:

  • Clair Batty, Utah State University
  • David Bowles, Utah State University
  • Carl Wittwer, University of Utah

Education:

  • Virgina Ord, Davis School District
  • William Smith, Granite School District

Government:

Industry:

2004

Academia:

  • A. Lorris Betz, University of Utah
  • Noelle E. Cockett, Utah State University
  • Karl Gordon Lark, University of Utah
  • Joel S. Miller, University of Utah
  • C. Arden Pope, Brigham Young University
  • Wynn R. Walker, Utah State University

Education:

Government:

Industry:

  • Stephen R. Carter, Novell, Inc.

Special:

  • Rex S. Spendlove, HyClone
2005

Academia:

  • David W. Hoeppner, University of Utah
  • Daniel L. Simmons, Brigham Young University
  • Z. Valy Vardeny, University of Utah

Education

Government:

  • Loren Morton, Utah Department of Environmental Quality

Industry:

Special:

  • Richard K. Koehn, SentrX Surgical, Inc.
  • Richard W. Grow, University of Utah
2006

Academia:

Education:

Government:

  • Theron Miller, Utah Department of Environmental Quality

Industry:

  • Glenn D. Prestwich, Carbylan BioSurgery, Inc.
2007

Academia:

  • Chris Ireland, University of Utah
  • Thomas Wilkerson, Utah State University
  • Bonnie Baxter, Westminster College

Education:

  • Paul Nance, Jordan School District

Government:

Industry:

Special:

  • Jack Sunderlage, ContentWatch
2008

Academia:

  • Brent Adams, Brigham Young University
  • David S. Chapman, University of Utah

Education:

Industry:

  • H. Dewayne Ashmead, Albion Laboratories, Inc.

Government:

  • David Wakefield, Utah Department of Public Safety/Forensic Services

Special:

2009

Academia:

  • Randall J. Olsen, Moran Eye Center

Education:

  • W. Farrell Edwards, Utah State University
  • Glen Westbroek, Alpine School District
  • National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, Utah State University

Industry:

  • Ashok C. Khandkar, Amedica Corp
  • Reaveley Engineers & Associates

Government:

  • William R. Lund, Utah Geological Survey

2010s

2010

Academia:

Education:

  • Louisa Stark, Genetic Science Learning Center
  • Doug Panee, Oak Canyon Jr. High

Industry:

  • Dennis Farrar, Upstart Ventures
  • D. Clark Turner, Aribex, Inc

Government:

  • Kevin Jensen, Forage & Range Research Lab
2011

Academia:

  • Byard D. Wood, Utah State University
  • Bruce Bugbee, Utah State University
  • Edward M. Eyring, University of Utah

Education:

Industry:

  • Tim Miller, Echelon Biosciences
  • Kelly B. Powers, CR Bard Access Systems

Government:

  • Amanda Smith, Department of Environmental Quality

Special:

  • Richard R. Nelson, Utah Technology Council
  • Gary Harter, Governor's Office of Economic Development
  • Jeff Edwards, EDCUtah
  • Steve Rodgers, EmergenTek
2012

Academia:

  • David Kieda, University of Utah
  • Geraldine Mineau University of Utah
  • Thure E. Cerling, University of Utah

Education:

Industry:

  • Dale Taylor, Ceramics Material Technologies
  • Theodore Stanley, Anesta and ZARS

Government:

  • Ted McAleer, USTAR
  • Nicole Toomey Davis, Enclavix, LLC
2013

Academia:

  • Henry S. White, University of Utah ACA
  • Kenneth L. White, Utah State University ACA

Education:

  • Aloysius S. Church, University of Utah

Industry:

Government:

  • Tamara Goetz, Utah Valley University
2014

Academia:

Education:

Industry:

Special:

  • Troy D’Ambrosio, University of Utah
2015

Academia:

Education:

  • Michelle Baker, Utah State University
  • Christine Hailey, Utah State University
  • Richard B. Brown, University of Utah
  • Paul Hill, Utah State University

Industry:

Special:

  • Sarah George, University of Utah
  • Tom Parks, University of Utah
2016

Academia:

  • Cynthia Burrows, University of Utah
  • Cynthia Furse, University of Utah
  • Timothy McLain, Brigham Young University
  • Terry Messmer, Utah State University
  • John Morrey, Utah State University
  • Kyle Rollins, Brigham Young University

Education:

  • Debra Spielmaker, Utah State University
  • Adam Beehler, University of Utah

Industry:

  • ENVE Composites
  • Lawrence Thatcher, The Thatcher Company

Government:

  • Robert Baskin, US Geological Survey

Special:

References

  1. ^ Brunson, Anna. "Dr. David S. Bowles receives the Governor's Medal". Utah State University Research and Graduate Studies. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "State Science Medals - Procedures and Criteria". Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ LaVista, Jennifer (18 January 2017). "USGS Scientist Wins Governor's Medal for Science and Technology". US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ Wilkinson, Whitney (6 January 2014). "UVU Assistant Dean Recipient Of Governor's Science Medal". UVU Press Releases. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ^ "The 8th Annual Governor's Medal for Science and Technology Awards Luncheon" (PDF). H. Tracy Hall Foundation. 1 June 1994. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. ^ Bauman, Joe (21 April 2000). "Science awards to honor Utahns' achievements". Deseret News. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[dead link‍]