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NSA Hall of Honor

{{short description|Memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters}}

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The Hall of Honor is a memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. It honors individuals who rendered distinguished service to American cryptology.{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/ |title=Cryptologic Hall of Honor - NSA/CSS |publisher=Nsa.gov |access-date=2016-11-27}}

The Hall of Honor

The Hall of Honor is located on the grounds of the National Cryptologic Museum adjacent to NSA's headquarters in Ft. Meade, MD. Created in 1999, The standards are high for induction into the Hall of Honor. The individuals honored were innovators over their entire peers or made major contributions to the structure and processes of American cryptology.{{cite web|url=http://jsnyder42.smugmug.com/gallery/3714341_hmRyP#212972386_Qao7h |title=Samuel S. Snyder - NSA Hall of Honor Inductee 2007 - jsnyder42's Photos |publisher=Jsnyder42.smugmug.com |date=2007-10-25 |access-date=2013-06-08}}

Inductees

Yearly, the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation recommends a slate of honorees to the National Security Agency for consideration along with nominees from other sources.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcryptologicmuseumfoundation.com/honors.htm |title=national cryptologic museum foundation Resources and Information |publisher=nationalcryptologicmuseumfoundation.com |access-date=2013-06-08}}

=2023=

  • Evelyn Akeley
  • James Lovell
  • Major General Joseph Mauborgne
  • James Radford
  • Harry Rashbaum{{cite web |title=Five Cryptologic Giants to be Inducted into NSA's Cryptologic Hall of Honor |url=https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3631341/five-cryptologic-giants-to-be-inducted-into-nsas-cryptologic-hall-of-honor/ |website=National Security Agency/Central Security Service |access-date=14 July 2024}}

=2022=

  • Eunice Russel Willson Rice
  • Youn P. (YP) Kim
  • Richard "Dickie" George
  • Robert Orestes Ferner{{cite web |title=NSA Historical Figures |url=https://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/CollectionId/19636/ |website=www.nsa.gov |access-date=14 July 2024}}

=2021=

  • Joseph E. Gilligan, Jr.
  • Jack C. Mortick
  • Clifford Cocks, James H. Ellis, and Malcolm J. Williamson{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/#honor |title=Hall of Honor Inductees 2021 |publisher=Nsa.gov |access-date=2022-05-11}}

=2020=

=2019=

  • Edward M. Drake
  • Chief Radioman Harry Kidder, USN
  • Colonel Alva Bryan Lasswell, USMC
  • Lieutenant General Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF{{cite news|first=Loren|last=Blinde|title=NSA inducts four pioneers into the Cryptologic Hall of Honor|url=https://intelligencecommunitynews.com/nsa-inducts-four-pioneers-into-the-cryptologic-hall-of-honor/|website=Intelligence Community News|access-date=9 February 2020|date=8 November 2019}}

=2018=

=2017=

=2016=

  • Gerald Hale
  • Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG
  • Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2016/ |title=Hall of Honor Inductees: 2016 |publisher=National Security Agency |date=October 18, 2016 |access-date=2016-11-27}}

=2015=

  • Ralph W. Adams, Jr.
  • Charles R. Lord
  • William O. Marks
  • Robert J. McNelis
  • Virginia Jenkins Riley{{cite web|author=|title=Five Cryptologists Added to NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor|url=https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2015/five_cryptologists_added_to_hall_of_honor.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403041601/https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2015/five_cryptologists_added_to_hall_of_honor.shtml|archive-date=3 April 2016|publisher=National Security Agency|access-date=13 April 2016|location=Fort George G. Meade, Maryland|date=29 October 2015}}

=2014=

  • Frank C. Austin
  • Walter Deeley
  • Howard Ehret
  • Marian Rejewski
  • Alan Turing{{cite web|author=|title=Five Cryptologists Added to NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor|url=https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2014/Cryptologists_Added_to_Hall_of_Honor.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314145852/https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2014/Cryptologists_Added_to_Hall_of_Honor.shtml|archive-date=14 March 2016|publisher=National Security Agency|access-date=13 April 2016|location=Fort George G. Meade, Maryland|date=22 October 2014}}

=2013=

  • Vera Ruth Filby
  • Richard Proto
  • Washington Wong
  • Native American Code talkers{{cite web|author=|title=Hall of Honor Inductees: 2013|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall_of_honor/2013/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918010622/https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall_of_honor/2013/index.shtml|archive-date=18 September 2014|publisher=National Security Agency|access-date=27 November 2016|location=Fort George G. Meade, Maryland|date=13 November 2013}}

=2012=

  • Ann Caracristi
  • Robert E. Drake
  • Ronald Hunt
  • Juliana Mickwitz{{cite web|author=|title=NSA/CSS Inducts Four Cryptologic Heroes Into Cryptologic Hall of Honor|url=http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2012/hall_honor_inductees.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219003912/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2012/hall_honor_inductees.shtml|archive-date=19 February 2013|publisher=National Security Agency|access-date=13 April 2016|location=Fort George G. Meade, Maryland|date=13 September 2012}}

=2011=

  • William D. Coffee
  • Joseph Desch
  • Colonel Parker Hitt
  • Laura Holmes{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2011/ |title=Hall of Honor Inductees 2011 - NSA/CSS |publisher=Nsa.gov |date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2016-11-27}}

=2010=

=2009=

=2008=

=2007=

=2006=

  • Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana
  • Edward A. Everett
  • Cecil J. Phillips
  • James W. Pryde
  • Thomas E. Tremain{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2006/ |title=Hall of Honor Inductees 2006 - NSA/CSS |publisher=Nsa.gov |date=2009-01-15 |access-date=2016-11-27}}

=2005=

=2004=

  • Dorothy T. Blum
  • James R. Chiles
  • Meredith Gardner
  • Brigadier General John Tiltman{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2004/ |title=Hall of Honor Inductees 2004 - NSA/CSS |publisher=Nsa.gov |date=2009-01-15 |access-date=2016-11-27}}

=2003=

=2002=

=2001=

  • Howard C. Barlow
  • Mahlon E. Doyle
  • Sydney Jaffe
  • Major General John E. Morrison{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2001/ |title=Hall of Honor Inductees 2001 - NSA/CSS |publisher=Nsa.gov |date=2009-01-15 |access-date=2016-11-27}}

=2000=

  • Louis W. Tordella
  • Captain Joseph Rochefort
  • Agnes Meyer Driscoll{{cite web|url=https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2000/ |title=Hall of Honor Inductees 2000 - NSA/CSS |publisher=Nsa.gov |date=2009-01-15 |access-date=2016-11-27}}

=1999=

References

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See also

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