David Packard Medal of Achievement  (formerly AeA Medal of Achievement) is presented by the California Technology Council. The Medal was previously presented by TechAmerica  (formerly AeA ), between 1959 and the ultimate closure and breakup of TechAmerica in 2013.  An award dinner is held to honor the current recipient and to hear from a variety of those influenced by the honoree, including an expression of their impact on the technology industry.[ 1] 
An example of what the new David Packard Medal of Achievement might look like. 
Recipients 
Recipients are selected for their contributions to technology, community, and humankind.[ 2] 
Year
 
Recipient
 
Company
  
1959
 
H. Leslie Hoffman
 
Hoffman Radio
  
 
Richard L. Paullus
 
WEMA
  
1960
 
David Packard 
Hewlett-Packard Company 
 
1961
 
Arnold O. Beckman 
Beckman Instruments 
 
1962
 
Daniel E. Noble 
Motorola 
 
1963
 
Frederick E. Terman 
Stanford University 
 
1964
 
Howard Vollum 
Tektronix, Inc. 
 
1965
 
Charles B. Thornton 
 Litton Industries, Inc. 
 
1966
 
Sigurd Varian 
Varian Associates, Inc. 
 
 
Russell H. Varian 
Varian Associates, Inc. 
 
1967
 
Lawrence A. Hyland 
Hughes Aircraft 
 
1968
 
Alexander M. Poniatoff 
Ampex Corporation 
 
1969
 
John R. Moore
 
Rockwell International 
 
 
Lee A. DuBridge 
California Institute of Technology 
 
1970
 
Simon Ramo 
TRW 
 
1971
 
William R. Hewlett 
Hewlett-Packard Company 
 
1972
 
Patrick E. Haggerty 
Texas Instruments, Inc. 
 
1973
 
John S. Foster
 
U.S. Department of Defense 
 
1974
 
Robert N. Noyce 
Intel Corporation 
 
1975
 
William H. Pickering 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
 
1976
 
John M. Fluke
 
John Fluke Manufacturing 
 
1977
 
Arthur A. Collins 
Collins Radio 
 
1978
 
C. Lester Hogan 
Fairchild Camera & Instrument 
 
1979
 
William C. Norris 
Control Data Corporation 
 
1980
 
William J. Perry 
U.S. Department of Defense 
 
1981
 
Kenneth H. Olsen 
Digital Equipment Corporation 
 
1982
 
Frank T. Cary 
IBM Corporation 
 
1983
 
John G. Linvill 
Stanford University 
 
1984
 
An Wang 
Wang Laboratories 
 
1985
 
E. E. Ferrey
 
American Electronics Association 
 
1986
 
H. Ross Perot 
Electronic Data Systems 
 
1987
 
Thomas J. Davis, Jr. 
Mayfield Fund 
 
 
Arthur Rock 
Arthur Rock & Company
  
1988
 
Robert W. Galvin 
Motorola 
 
1989
 
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. 
IBM Corporation 
 
1990
 
John Young
 
Hewlett-Packard Company 
 
1991
 
Ian Ross
 
AT&T Bell Laboratories 
 
1992
 
Malcolm R. Currie
 
Hughes Aircraft 
 
1993
 
Gordon E. Moore 
Intel Corporation 
 
 
Andrew S. Grove 
Intel Corporation 
 
1994
 
Gary L. Tooker 
Motorola 
 
1995
 
J. Richard Iverson
 
American Electronics Association 
 
1996
 
James F. Gibbons
 
Stanford University 
 
1997
 
Ray Dolby 
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 
 
1998
 
Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs 
QUALCOMM, Inc. 
 
1999
 
Lewis E. Platt 
Hewlett-Packard Company 
 
2000
 
Charles R. Trimble
 
Trimble Navigation Limited 
 
2001
 
W. J. Sander III
 
Advanced Micro Devices 
 
2002
 
Edward W. Barnholt
 
Agilent Technologies 
 
2004
 
Richard M. Levy
 
Varian Medical Systems 
 
2005
 
Thomas J. Engibous
 
Texas Instruments, Inc. 
 
2006
 
Chuck Geschke 
Adobe Systems 
 
 
John Warnock 
Adobe Systems 
 
2007
 
William T. Archey
 
AeA 
 
2008
 
Paul S. Otellini 
Intel Corporation 
 
2009
 
John W. Thompson 
Symantec Corporation 
 
2010
 
Marc Benioff 
Salesforce.com 
 
2011
 
Ray Lane 
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 
 
2012
 
Reid Hoffman 
Greylock Partners 
 
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