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.^[1] 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.^[2][3] Nominations are reviewed by the Utah State Science Advisory Council before being presented to the governor.^[4]

Award winners

1980s

1987

Academia:

• Del Allen, Brigham Young University
• Sidney R. Ash,
  Weber State College
• Wilford Hansen, Utah State University
• Eugene Loh, University of Utah
• James Mac Mahon, Utah State University
• William Odell, University of Utah
• Robert W. Parry, University of Utah
• Richard Riesenfeld, University of Utah
• John Roth, University of Utah
• L. Douglas Smoot, Brigham Young University
• Milton E. Wadsworth, University of Utah
• Homer F. Walker, Utah State University

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:

• David Evans, Evans & Sutherland
• Milton Lee, Lee Scientific
• Michael Alder, NPI
• Benjamin V. Cox, Unisys
• Wayne Brown, Utah Innovation Center

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:

• Rober Cefalo, Box Elder High School
• RuthAnn Yahne, Layton High School
• David G. Rettie, Olympus High School
• Linda Jean Preston, Park City High School
• Merrill Webb, Provo High School

Industry:

• Alan Ashton, WordPerfect

1989

Academia:

• James W. Cronin
  , University of Utah
• Doran J. Baker, Utah State University
• Dean F. Peterson, Jr., Utah State University

Education:

• Pamela P. Giles, Brighton High School
• Gerald B. Lord, Granger High School

Industry:

• Robert A. Schumacker, Evans & Sutherland
• Aaron W. Farr, Jetway Systems
• Ronald K. Bell, Unisys

1990s

1990

Academia:

• John A. Dixon, University of Utah
• Reed M. Izatt, Brigham Young University
• Stephen Jacobsen, University of Utah
• Fritz Luty, University of Utah
• Cyrus M. Mckell, Weber State College
• Ronald Ragsdale, University of Utah
• John Paul Riley, Utah State University

Education:

• Dwight O. Brown, Bountiful High School
• John W. Barainca, Brighton High School
• Michael B. Harris, Layton High School

Industry:

• Allan Steed, Space Dynamics Laboratory
• William Partridge, Technical Research Associates, Inc.

1991

Academia:

• Jerald Bradshaw, Brigham Young University
• J. Calvin Giddings, University of Utah
• Douglas James, Utah State University
• Verlaine McPhie, Salt Lake Community College
• Gilbert Moore, Utah State University
• Baldomero Olivera, University of Utah
• Frank Redd, Utah State University

Education: Marcie Wolfe, Mt. Ogden Middle School

Government:

• Gene Amman, United States Forest Service

Industry:

• Ruth Novak, Hercules Inc.

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:

• Jan Vander Hooft, Brighton High School
• Larry Larson,
  North Cache Middle School
• Vern W. Bangerter, Timpview High School

Industry:

• Homer R. Warner, American College of Medical Informatics
• J.D. Mortensen, Midmid, Inc.
• Novell, Inc.

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:

• Larry J. Peterson, Bonneville High School
• LaMont Jensen, Clearfield High School

Government:

• Hellmut H. Doelling, Utah Geological Survey

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:

• Ty Robinson, Spanish Fork Intermediate

Government:

• Kevin T. Jones, Division of Utah State History^[5]

Industry:

• Keith Wilson, Dynix
• Errol P. EerNisse, Quartztronics

1995

Academia:

• Peter F. Gerity, Utah State University
• David W. Pershing, University of Utah
• C. Dale Poulter, University of Utah
• Thomas G. Stockham
  , University of Utah

Education:

• Sherman Dickman, Salt Lake City School District

Government:

• Charles B. Hunt,
  U.S. Geological Survey

Industry:

• Mark Skolnick, Myriad Genetics

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:

• Von Del Chamberlain,
  Hansen Planetarium
• Walter Arabasz, University of Utah

Industry:

• Dinesh Patel,
  TheraTech, Inc.
• Harold Ritchey, Thiokol
• Laurence Reaveley, University of Utah

1997

Academia

• Gerald B. Stringfellow, University of Utah

Education:

• Rose Marie Voce, Jackson Elementary

Industry:

• Bryant F. Anderson, Lockheed Martin
• Peter Meldrum, Myriad Genetics
• Dan Fischer, Ultradent Products, Inc.

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:

• David Madsen, Utah Geological Survey

Industry:

• David Burt, Space Dynamics Laboratory

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:

• Eva C. Nieminski, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
• Alan J. Mohr, Dugway Proving Ground
• Bruce Barrett,
  U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Industry:

• Robert F. Keller, Alliant Techsystems
• Marlin Shelley, Cirris Systems Corporation

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:

• James Kohler, Bureau of Land Management
• Stanley Perkes, Bureau of Land Management
• James Bowers, Dugway Proving Ground
• Suzanne Winters, The Escalante Center

Industry:

• Gilson Newman Bingham Team: Bradley S. Gilson, Mark Newman, Judd Lawrence, Scott Hill^[6]
• James Boye, Varian Medical Systems

2001

Academia:

• Mary Beckerle, University of Utah
• Gail Bingham, Utah State University

Education:

• Janet Ross, Four Corners School

Government:

• Doyle Stephens,
  US Geological Survey

Industry:

• Bob Randolph, Alliant Techsystems

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:

• Mario Capecchi, University of Utah

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:

• Jerry Miller,
  US Bureau of Reclamation
• Brett Moulding,
  Utah State Office of Education

Industry:

• Fred Lampropoulos, Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
• Ashok Joshi, Ceramatec, Inc.

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:

• Richard Halterman, Granite School District

Government:

• Michael Glass, Dugway Proving Ground

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

• Barbara Gentry, Jordan School District
• Donna Lee Trease,
  Davis County School District

Government:

• Loren Morton, Utah Department of Environmental Quality

Industry:

• Dean Lester, ATK Thiokol
• James LeVoy Sorenson, Sorenson Companies

Special:

• Richard K. Koehn, SentrX Surgical, Inc.
• Richard W. Grow, University of Utah

2006

Academia:

• Merrill W. Beckstead, Brigham Young University
• Jan D. Miller, University of Utah
• Pierre Sokolsky, University of Utah
• Anil Virkar, University of Utah

Education:

• Gina Sanzenbacher, Jordan Applied Technology Center

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:

• Greg Jones, Moran Eye Center

Industry:

• Jerry R. Nelson, Nelson Laboratories, Inc.
• Josh James, Omniture

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:

• Mario Capecchi, University of Utah

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:

• Paul Israelsen, Utah State University
• Peter B. Armentrout, University of Utah

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:

• Hugo Rossi, University of Utah

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:

• Adam Johnston, Weber State University
• Amy Pace,
  Open High School of Utah

Industry:

• Dale Taylor, Ceramics Material Technologies
• Theodore Stanley, Anesta and ZARS

Government:

• Ted McAleer, USTAR
• Nicole Toomey Davis, Enclavix, LLC

• Scott Anderson,
  Zions Bank

2013

Academia:

• Henry S. White, University of Utah ACA
• Kenneth L. White, Utah State University ACA

Education:

• Aloysius S. Church, University of Utah

Industry:

• IM Flash Technologies
• Larry Grandia, Health Catalyst
• Larry Rigby, Larada Sciences

Government:

• Tamara Goetz, Utah Valley University

2014

Academia:

• Phyllis Coley, University of Utah
• Erik Jorgensen, University of Utah

Education:

• Christine Celestino, Juan Diego Catholic High School
• Helen Hu, Westminster College

Industry:

• Niel Holt, Space Dynamics Laboratory
• Ronald Weiss, ARUP Laboratories
• US Synthetic

Special:

• Troy D’Ambrosio, University of Utah

2015

Academia:

• Noelle E. Cockett, Utah State University
• Joel Harris, University of Utah

Education:

• Michelle Baker, Utah State University
• Christine Hailey, Utah State University
• Richard B. Brown, University of Utah
• Paul Hill, Utah State University

Industry:

• Susan Opp,
  L-3 Communications
• Rich Linder, CoNextions Medical
• Nelson Laboratories

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:

• Vivian S. Lee, University of Utah

External links

• Governors Medals for Science and Technology winners

References