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	Charles Stark Draper Prize
		The Charles Stark Draper Prize is awarded by the National Academy of Engineering for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering.
		The prize is named for the "father of inertial navigation", an MIT professor and founder of the Draper Laboratory[?].
		1999: Charles K. Kao[?], Robert D. Maurer[?], and John B. MacChesney[?] for the development of fiber optics.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Charles_Stark_Draper_Prize.html (166 words)

	Charles Stark Draper Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Charles Stark Draper Prize is awarded by the National Academy of Engineering for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering.
		The prize is named for Charles Stark Draper, the "father of inertial navigation", an MIT professor and founder of the Draper Laboratory.
		1999: Charles K. Kao, Robert D. Maurer, and John B. MacChesney for the development of fiber optics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Stark_Draper_Prize (244 words)

	The 1997 Charles Stark Draper Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Draper Prize is endowed by the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
		Charles "Doc" Draper was the father of modern inertial guidance systems used in aircraft, space vehicles, strategic missiles, and submarines.
		The Draper Prize was established in 1988 to recognize individuals whose outstanding engineering achievements have contributed to the well-being and freedom of all humanity.
	www4.nationalacademies.org /news.nsf/29da5313bea215ad8525674d005370ca/08597acd5b0ad53085256ca70072dbd1?OpenDocument (784 words)

	The 1999 Charles Stark Draper Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Charles Stark Draper Prize, endowed by Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., was established in 1988 to recognize individuals whose outstanding engineering achievements have contributed to the well-being and freedom of humanity.
		The prize was created by the NAE at the request of Ohio University from which Fritz Russ graduated in 1942 with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering.
		Draper Laboratory serves the nation as an independent, nonprofit laboratory engaged in applied research, engineering development, education, and technology transfer.
	www4.nationalacademies.org /news.nsf/isbn/10061999?OpenDocument (988 words)

	Charles Stark Draper Prize
		Recognized as one of the world's preeminent awards for engineering achievement, the Charles Stark Draper Prize honors an engineer whose accomplishment has significantly impacted society by improving the quality of life, providing the ability to live freely and comfortably, and/or permitting the access to information.
		The Draper Prize is awarded annually, the recipient receives a $500,000 cash award, and the prize recognizes achievements in all engineering disciplines.
		History of Charles Stark Draper and the Draper Prize
	www.nae.edu /nae/awardscom.nsf/weblinks/NAEW-4NHML8?OpenDocument (137 words)

	The 1998 Charles Stark Draper Prize
		The Charles Stark Draper Prize, the engineering profession's highest honor, will be awarded annually by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) beginning in the year 2000.
		The Draper Laboratory is increasing the endowment to allow the prize to be presented annually.
		Charles "Doc" Draper was the father of modern inertial guidance systems used in aircraft, space vehicles, strategic missiles, and submarines.
	www8.nationalacademies.org /onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02251998 (334 words)

	Bell Labs: MacChesney Honored for Research in Fiber Optics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sharing the $500,000 prize with MacChesney will be Charles Kao, formerly of Standard Telecommunications Laboratories Ltd. in England, and Robert Maurer, formerly of Corning Inc. All three contributed to the development of low-loss fibers as a transmission medium for light and an enabler of optical communications.
		The first Draper Prize was awarded in 1989 to Jack S. Kilby and Robert N. Noyce for their invention of the integrated circuit.
		The Draper Prize is named for Charles "Doc" Draper, the father of modern inertial guidance systems used in aircraft, space vehicles, strategic missiles, and submarines.
	www.bell-labs.com /news/1999/october/6/1.html (754 words)

	Draper Prize Awarded (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The NAE also announced the creation of the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize — a new $500,000 award to be given biennially beginning in 2000 — to recognize outstanding achievement in an engineering field of critical importance that, through widespread use, contributes to improving the human condition.
		The Charles Stark Draper Prize, endowed by Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., was established in 1988 to recognize individuals whose outstanding engineering achievements have contributed to the well-being and freedom of humanity.
		The prize was created by the NAE at the request of Ohio University from which Fritz Russ graduated in 1942 with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering.
	www.eweek.org /site/News/Eweek/draper99.shtml (960 words)

	Engology.com, Engineer Charles Kao, Professor, Engineer Inventor, Father of Fiber Optics, Patents, Professional ...
		Charles Kao (Chinese University of Hong Kong) is recognized internationally as the "Father of Fiber Optic Communications" and was the Vice Chancellor (President) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
		Charles K. Kao, Robert D. Maurer, and John B. MacChesney have been selected to receive the Charles Stark Draper Prize, one of the engineering profession's highest honors.
		Charles Kao is credited for first publicly proposing the possibility of practical telecommunications using fibers.
	www.engology.com /eng5kao.htm (1295 words)

	ASEE PRISM - May/June 2001 - Refractions
		To the Draper Prize ceremony this year was added the inaugural presentation of the National Academy's Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, named after the founders of the electronic and automation corporation, Systems Research Laboratories.
		The reputation of a prize is ultimately established by the aptness of the innovation and the quality of the recipients whom it recognizes.
		The reputation of a prize is ultimately established not by the institution that administers it or the honorarium that it carries but rather by the aptness of the innovation and the quality of the recipients whom it recognizes.
	www.prism-magazine.org /may01/refractions.cfm (712 words)

	Lucent Technologies Bell Labs :: Bell Labs' Willard Boyle and George Smith Receive Draper Prize for the Development of ...
		Endowed by the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., the Draper Prize recognizes outstanding engineering achievements that have contributed to the welfare and freedom of humanity.
		The first Draper Prize was awarded in 1989 to Jack S. Kilby and Robert N. Noyce for their invention of the integrated circuit.
		Recipients of the prize have included the inventors of the turbojet engine, the developer of FORTRAN computer language, and the developers of satellite communications.
	sev.prnewswire.com /telecommunications/20060104/NYW21105012006-1.html (824 words)

	kolff: University of Utah News Release: February 19, 2003
		The prizes were to be presented at a dinner in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 18.
		The Draper Prize was established in 1988 at the request of The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass., to honor the memory of "Doc" Draper, the "father of inertial navigation," and to increase public understanding of the contributions of engineering and technology.
		The Russ Prize was established in 1999 through a multimillion-dollar endowment to Ohio University from Fritz Russ, a 1942 engineering graduate, and his wife Dolores.
	www.utah.edu /unews/releases/03/feb/kolff.html (1069 words)

	2005's highest engineering honors awarded
		The Russ Prize was established in 1999 at the request of Ohio University to honor alumnus and esteemed engineer Fritz Russ and his wife, Dolores.
		Their multimillion dollar endowment for the prize promotes engineering education and recognizes outstanding achievement in an engineering field of critical importance that contributes to the advancement of engineering.
		The Gordon Prize was established in 2001 as a biennial prize recognizing new modalities and experiments in education that develop effective engineering leaders.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-02/tna-2he021605.php (1468 words)

	EWEEK Activities
		The Draper Prize is considered by many to be the "Nobel Prize" of engineering.
		Since NAE first began administering the Draper Prize in 1989, 11 of 18 recipients have been IEEE members.
		The Draper Prize and the prestigious Russ Prize will be presented at a dinner in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, 18 February.
	www.ieeeusa.org /communications/eweek/2003/draper03.html (376 words)

	By Kevin R. Lang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The NAE awarded Langer the Draper Prize for his invention of drug delivery technologies which led to such techniques as controlled-release drug implants, ultrasound drug delivery, and the use of computer chips for drug delivery.
		The Draper prize was awarded at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 19, attended by renowned engineers, scientists, and business leaders.
		The prize was awarded in the past for such landmark inventions as the Internet, fiber optics, satellite communications, the FORTRAN programming language, and the jet engine.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V122/N6/6prize.6n.html (420 words)

	1999 Charles Stark Draper Award Presented
		WASHINGTON -- Three engineers -- Charles K. Kao, Robert D. Maurer, and John B. MacChesney -- are in Washington to collect $500,000 for winning the 1999 Charles Stark Draper Prize.
		The Charles Stark Draper Prize, established by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and endowed by Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., has been awarded since 1988 to recognize individuals whose outstanding engineering achievements have contributed to the well-being and freedom of humanity.
		Draper developed the sophisticated navigational system that landed the Apollo astronauts on the moon and returned them safely to Earth.
	www8.nationalacademies.org /onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02222000 (605 words)

	Frameless Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 1997 Draper Prize recipient Vladimir Haensel recently lectured at the Museum of Science, Boston, about his invention Platforming.
		Haensel received the 1997 Charles Stark Draper Prize at a department of State Dinner on February 24, 1998.
		The Prize was awarded by the National Academy of Engineering and is the engineering profession's highest honor.
	www.dc.draper.com /frameless/news.html (341 words)

	Draper Laboratory - The Draper Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Administered by the National Academy of Engineering, the Draper Prize is endowed by The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., and was established in 1988.
		The Prize is awarded for outstanding achievement, particularly innovation and reduction to practice, in engineering and technology contributing to the advancement of the welfare and freedom of humanity.
		Recipients of the Prize are chosen by a committee of members of the National Academy of Engineering who represent a broad spectrum of engineering disciplines.
	www.draper.com /corporate/drprize/dprize.htm (363 words)

	GPS pioneer Bradford Parkinson awarded Draper Prize in engineering: 2/03
		There was a time, not long ago, when hikers had to rely exclusively on a compass or map to find their way out of the woods.
		Parkinson, chairman of the board of trustees of the California-based Aerospace Corporation, shared the prize with Getting, the former president of Aerospace, who first envisioned a system in the 1950s that would use satellite transmitters to pinpoint locations anywhere on Earth with extreme accuracy.
		The Draper Prize was established to increase public understanding of the contributions of engineering and technology.
	www.stanford.edu /group/news/pr/03/draper219.html (438 words)

	Things Sink-Things Float-printable version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1998, Vladimir Haensel received the Charles Stark Draper Prize, a $450,000 award, for his work.
		It is presented by the National Academy of Engineering, with an endowment from the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.
		Charles Stark Draper was an engineer and "father" of modern inertial guidance systems, used in commercial aircraft, space vehicles, strategic missiles, and submarines.
	www.discoverymuseum.net /tiop_a1.html (387 words)

	Charles Stark Draper Prize Nomination Procedures
		The Draper Prize is awarded for a specific achievement or for a series of achievements in any engineering discipline, and may be awarded to an individual or a group of individuals contributing to the same achievement.
		The nominator is responsible for soliciting supporting letters and ensuring that the letters are submitted to the NAE Awards Office before the deadline.
		Supporting letters may be addressed to the nominator or to the Draper Prize committee and forwarded to the NAE Awards Office.
	www.graingerchallenge.com /NAE/awardscom.nsf/weblinks/NAEW-4NHME8?OpenDocument (532 words)

	UCLA Engineering: UCLA Engineer Fall 2004
		The Kyoto Prize is an international award given by the Inamori Foundation to people who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind.
		Kay received the 2003 Turing Award, considered the “Nobel Prize of Computing,” from the Association for Computing Machinery for his breakthrough concepts on personal computing and for leading the team that invented Smalltalk, the first complete dynamic object-oriented programming language.
		He was awarded the National Academy of Engineering’s 2004 Charles Stark Draper Prize along with three colleagues for their work at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s.
	www.engineer.ucla.edu /magazine/kay.html (527 words)

	CCD Inventors Win Charles Stark Draper Prize Worth $500,000 - PhotographyBLOG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Draper Prize was established in 1988 at the request of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass., to honor the memory of “Doc” Draper, the “father of inertial navigation,” and to increase public understanding of the contributions of engineering and technology.
		The Gordon Prize was established in 2001 as a biennial prize recognizing new modalities and experiments in education that develop effective engineering leaders.
		Recognizing the potential to spur a revolution in engineering education, NAE announced in 2003 that the prize would be awarded annually.
	www.photographyblog.com /index.php/weblog/comments/ccd_inventors_win_charles_stark_draper_prize_worth_500000 (1207 words)

	NCCAM Grantee Receives 2002 Draper Award
		Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology received the 2002 Charles Stark Draper Prize for innovative engineering achievement.
		"Bob Langer was chosen for the Draper Prize both for the substance of his contributions and because he is a role model," said NAE President William Wulf.
		NCCAM is supporting Langer's study of shark cartilage as a potential inhibitor of the uncontrolled growth of new capillaries (angiogenesis), which is characteristic of diseases such as solid tumor growth and metastases and rheumatoid arthritis.
	nccam.nih.gov /news/highlightsarchive/draper.htm (202 words)

	Backus Receives NAE's Draper Prize for Development of FORTRAN
		John Backus has received the 1993 National Academy of Engineering's Charles Stark Draper Prize in recognition of his development of FORTRAN, a programming language used throughout science and industry.
		The Draper Prize is given for engineering achievement that contributes to human welfare and freedom.
		In addition to the Draper Prize, he has received the McDowell Award and the Turing Award for his contributions to computer science.
	www.crpc.rice.edu /newsletters/oct93/news.backus.html (208 words)

	Alan Kay wins another prize
		In February, Kay won the National Academy of Engineering's 2004 Charles Stark Draper Prize along with three colleagues for their 1970s work at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center.
		The prize, given to an engineer whose accomplishment has significantly impacted society, included a $500,000 cash award.
		And the 2004 Recipients of the Charles Stark Draper Prize achieved far more than the design of a programming language.
	www.cincomsmalltalk.com /blog/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3265286532 (388 words)

	News in Mechanical Engineering - Department of Mechanical Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On February 21, Edward A. Miller, '50, and James W. Plummer, '53, received the Charles Stark Draper Prize from the National Academy of Engineering—one of the world's preeminent awards in engineering—for their pioneering work in the top-secret Corona Project.
		The Draper Prize, in the words of the Academy, “honors an engineer whose accomplishment has significantly impacted society by improving the quality of life, providing the ability to live freely and comfortably, and/or permitting the access to information.”
		Previous Draper Prizes recognized those who pioneered or developed personal computer networking, the global positioning system, fiber optics and other major engineering advances.
	www.enme.umd.edu /news/march05/draper.html (352 words)

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