Cedergren Medal
The Cedergren Medal is a rarely granted honor awarded to outstanding scientists in electrical engineering by the Cedergren Foundation. Only 14 have been issued since the recognition was created in 1914.[1] Mathematics genius and electrical engineering pioneer Charles P. Steinmetz was the first recipient of the honor's silver medal.
The award is administered on behalf of the foundation by the KTH - Royal Institute of Technology,[1] one of Europe's leading technical and engineering universities.[2]
In addition to funding the honor, the foundation, which was established in 1909, also uses its endowment fund's investment returns for scholarships to Swedish electro technicians. Namesake Henrik Tore Cedergren (1853-1909) was the founder of Stockholms Allmänna Telefon AB which merged with Lars Magnus Ericsson’s company in 1918 to become Allmänna Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson. Today, Ericsson is the world’s largest mobile communication network provider, holding 35% market share.[3]
Partial list of recipients
- Charles P. Steinmetz, #1 (1914)[4]
- Ernst Alexanderson, (1944)[5]
- Reinhold Rudenberg, (1950) [6]
- John Robinson Pierce, (1964) [7]
- Hannes Alfvén, (1988)[8]
- Björn Ottersten, #12 (2014)[9]
References
- 1 2 Cedergren Medal for Bjoern Ottersten]
- ↑ KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
- ↑ "Gartner Reprint". www.gartner.com.
- ↑ Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Pioneer of Alternating Current
- ↑ Ernst Alexanderson, Lemelson-MIT Program
- ↑ Cedergren Medal for 1949: Prof. R. Rüdenberg
- ↑ International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers
- ↑ Hannes Alfvén - Awards & Honours
- ↑ Cedergren Medal for Björn Ottersten