Admiral Frank L. Bowman (U.S. Navy, Retired), President Strategic Decisions, LLC CitationFor lifelong marine engineering innovation of nuclear-powered warships and leadership in Navy and commercial maritime safety culture.
Jerome H. Milgram Professor Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology CitationFor wide-ranging original contributions to naval architecture in theoretical hydromechanics, education, yacht design, environmental protection, and the practical arts of ocean systems.
Robert G. Keane Jr. CitationFor continued excellence as a naval architect over many years, exemplified by the outstanding naval warships that he had a major part in designing, helping to make the U.S. Navy the most powerful in the world.
Keith W. Tantlinger CitationFor his visionary and innovative design of the cellular container ship and supporting systems that transformed the world's shipping fleet and facilitated the rapid expansion of global trade.
Dr. Donald Liu Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer American Bureau of Shipping (Retired) CitationFor first introducing finite element techniques into ship design and being the driving force behind the revolution in basing classification society rules on scientific principles.
Alfred C. Malchiodi CitationFor leading innovations in developing the naval architecture of submarines for the efficient utilization of advanced technology.
Mr. Edward E. Horton President Horton Offshore CitationFor visionary and innovative concept development and design of off-shore platforms, mooring systems, and related technology that have significantly influenced development of deep-water operations.
Dr. Justin E. Kerwin Professor of Naval Architecture Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Retired) CitationFor his outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture, including the development of computational methods used worldwide in propeller design.
Dr. William B. Morgan Retired Head, Hydromechanics Directorate David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock Division (Retired) CitationFor his technical leadership in improving performance, quieting, and design of advanced marine propulsion systems, and development of large modern propulsion research and testing facilities.
Owen H. Oakley CitationFor his significant contributions to the field of naval architecture, especially in the design of naval ships, submarines, and advanced ship types and submersibles.
Mr. Olin J. Stephens, II Sparkman and Stephens, Inc. CitationFor his design of outstanding sailing vessels, including six defenders of the America's Cup and thousands of ocean-racing yachts, and for promoting the use of scientific knowledge and research in the field of naval architecture.
Mr. Bruce G. Collipp Marine Engineering Consultant CitationFor his invention of the semisubmersible, offshore, floating drilling platform, and for his sustained pioneering leadership in devising innovative ocean-engineering technologies.
Leslie A. Harlander American Naval Architectural Consultant CitationFor his pioneering effort in the design of specialized vessels and cargo-handling equipment associated with intermodal shipping by container systems.
John Charles Niedermair American Naval Architect U.S. Naval Institute CitationFor his outstanding contributions to the field of naval architecture and marine engineering.
Mr. Phillip Eisenberg President, Founder Hydronautics, Inc. CitationFor his work that is the basis of much of what is known about hydrofoils and how ships move smoothly.
Henry A. Schade University of California, Berkeley CitationFor his outstanding contributions in the design, construction, and performance of ships.
Dr. Alfred Adolf Keil Professor Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology CitationFor his outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering.
Dr. Frederick Henry Todd Naval architect and marine engineer U.S. Department of the Navy CitationFor his contributions to the theory of ship design through model experiments, and for his leadership in hydrodynamic research.