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.{{cite web|last1=Brunson|first1=Anna|title=Dr. David S. Bowles receives the Governor's Medal|url=http://rgs.usu.edu/blog/dr-david-s-bowles-receives-the-governors-medal/|website=Utah State University Research and Graduate Studies|access-date=19 June 2017}} 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.{{cite web|title=State Science Medals - Procedures and Criteria|url=http://business.utah.gov/governors-medals/procedures-criteria/|website=Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development|access-date=19 June 2017}}{{cite web|last1=LaVista|first1=Jennifer|title=USGS Scientist Wins Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology|url=https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-scientist-wins-governor-s-medal-science-and-technology|website=US Geological Survey|access-date=19 June 2017|language=en|date=18 January 2017}} Nominations are reviewed by the Utah State Science Advisory Council before being presented to the governor.{{cite news|last1=Wilkinson|first1=Whitney|title=UVU Assistant Dean Recipient Of Governor’s Science Medal|url=http://blogs.uvu.edu/newsroom/2014/01/06/uvu-assistant-dean-recipient-of-governors-science-medal/|access-date=19 June 2017|work=UVU Press Releases|date=6 January 2014}}

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{{cite web|title=The 8th Annual Governor's Medal for Science and Technology Awards Luncheon|url=http://documents.htracyhall.org/pdf/HTH-Archives/Tracy%20Hall%20Project%20Consolidation/Professional%20and%20Work%20Pictures/BYU%20Head%20of%20Research/1981-2008/1994-6-1_Governor%27s%20Medal%20for%20Science%20&%20Technology.pdf|website=H. Tracy Hall Foundation|access-date=20 June 2017|date=1 June 1994}}

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:

  • Gilson Newman Bingham Team: Bradley S. Gilson, Mark Newman, Judd Lawrence, Scott Hill{{cite news|last1=Bauman|first1=Joe|title=Science awards to honor Utahns' achievements|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/813364/Science-awards-to-honor-Utahns-achievements.html?pg=all|access-date=20 June 2017|work=Deseret News|date=21 April 2000|language=en}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • James Boye, Varian Medical Systems

;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:

  • Lee Siegel, University of Utah
  • Bonnie Bourgeous, Clearfield High School
  • Vickie Ahlstrom, Sego Lily Elementary

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