Gilbreth Medal

The Gilbreth Medal is a former^[why?] management award (1931-2002) for outstanding contributions to Industrial Engineering, established in 1931 by the Society of Industrial Engineers in honor of Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr..^[1]

Award winners

The award winners are:^[2]^[3]

1931. Dr. Lilian Gilbreth, Ph.D.^[4]^[1]
1933. President Herbert Hoover^[5]
1936. Ordway Tead
1937. Allan H. Mogensen^[6]
1938. Erwin Schell^[7]
1939. Joseph Wickham Roe
1940. David B. Porter
1941. Ralph Mosser Barnes^[8]
1942. Glenn L. Gardiner
1943. Elmer William Engstrom^[9]
1944. John A. Aldridge^[10]
1945. James Secor Perkins^[11]
1946. Harold Bright Maynard^[12]
1947. Don F. Copell^[13]
1948. Anne G. Shaw
1949. James Keith Louden
1950. Phil Carroll^[14]^[15]
1951. Ralph Presgrave
1952. William R. Mullee
1953. Marvin Everett Mundel
1954. Craig Lee Taylor^[16]
1955. Gustave J. Stegemerten^[3]
1956. Herbert F. Goodwin
1957. Harold G. Dunlap
1958. John L. Schwab (1892-1970)
1959. Gerald B. Bailey
1960. Leo M. Moore
1961. Gerald Nadler^[17]
1962. Richard Muther
1963. Lee Whitson
1964. Oliver. J. Sizelove
1965. Robert T. Livingston
1966. Daniel M. Braum^[18]
1968. Lucien A. Brouha
1969. Erwin Rudolph Tichauer
1971. Joseph H. Quick
1972. Henry Viscardi, Jr.
1973. Richard M. Paget
1977. Arthur Spinanger
1981. Joseph M. Juran^[19]
1982. Mavin Mundel
1989. Wallace James Richardson^[20]
1991. Alan Pritsker
1996. Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
2001. David S. Ferguson^[21]
2002. Mary Ann Hainthaler^[22]

References

^ ^a ^b Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green. Notable American Women: The Modern Period : a Biographical Dictionary. 1980. p. 273.
^ Advanced Management Journal, Vol. 29. 1963. p. 27
^ ^a ^b Moustafa H. Abdelsamad (ed.) "SAM Diamond anniversary," in: SAM Advanced Management Journal, Vol 53. Nr. 2 Spring 1988. p. 41
^ Taylor Society, Bulletin of the Taylor Society. Vol. 15-16. 1930. p. 263
^ Herbert Hoover Public Positions and Honors at hoover.archives.gov. Accessed 06-07-2017.
^ The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware Wednesday, March 26, 1947. p. 10
^ The Society for the Advancements of Management. "Erwin H. Schell is the winner for 1938 of the Gilbreth Medal," 1938 letter. Online at engineering.purdue.edu, 2017.
^ Ralph Mosser Barnes at wf-eng.slerahosting.com. Accessed 06-07-2017.
^ Work Methods Training Manual, 1945. p. 31
^ Work Methods Training Manual, 1945. p. 30: "Gilbreth Medal for 1944 to Colonel Aldridge." Aldrich was former director of Research Sears, Roebuck and Co(?).
^ Guide to the James Secor Perkins Additional Papers - Cornell University, Accessed 06-07-2017.
^ John William Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, M. M. Lewis (1964), Who's who in Engineering. Vol. 9. 1964, p. 1221
^ Manufacturing Series, Nr. 211-224, 1953. p. 57
^ Professional Engineer, Vol. 20-21. National Society of Professional Engineers, 1950. p. 94.
^ Who was Phil Carroll - Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
^ Craig Lee Taylor, Engineering and Physiology: Los Angeles; 1909-1958; Professor at cdlib.org. Accessed 06-07-2017.
^ The Journal of Industrial Engineering. Vol. 12. 1961. p. i
^ “Daniel M. Braum receives Gilbreth Medal,” GC series 1, c.1, f.LMG Scrapbook of Activities, 1966–67. LMG. Cited in: Jane Lancaster (2015), Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth. p. 393.
^ Kenneth S. Stephens. ed. Juran, Quality, and a Century of Improvement, 2005. p. 5
^ Wallace Richardson, Author, Ex-professor At Lehigh University. The Morning Call. March 23, 1989.
^ The Quest, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2001, published in April 2001.
^ "SAM Awards Gilbreth Medal," In : The Quest, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 2002,

[SC_1980-1] Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green. Notable American Women: The Modern Period : a Biographical Dictionary. 1980. p. 273.

[2] Advanced Management Journal, Vol. 29. 1963. p. 27

[MHD_1988-3] Moustafa H. Abdelsamad (ed.) "SAM Diamond anniversary," in: SAM Advanced Management Journal, Vol 53. Nr. 2 Spring 1988. p. 41

[4] Taylor Society, Bulletin of the Taylor Society. Vol. 15-16. 1930. p. 263

[5] Herbert Hoover Public Positions and Honors at hoover.archives.gov. Accessed 06-07-2017.

[6] The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware Wednesday, March 26, 1947. p. 10

[7] The Society for the Advancements of Management. "Erwin H. Schell is the winner for 1938 of the Gilbreth Medal," 1938 letter. Online at engineering.purdue.edu, 2017.

[8] Ralph Mosser Barnes at wf-eng.slerahosting.com. Accessed 06-07-2017.

[9] Work Methods Training Manual, 1945. p. 31

[10] Work Methods Training Manual, 1945. p. 30: "Gilbreth Medal for 1944 to Colonel Aldridge." Aldrich was former director of Research Sears, Roebuck and Co(?).

[11] Guide to the James Secor Perkins Additional Papers - Cornell University, Accessed 06-07-2017.

[LDL_1964-12] John William Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, M. M. Lewis (1964), Who's who in Engineering. Vol. 9. 1964, p. 1221

[13] Manufacturing Series, Nr. 211-224, 1953. p. 57

[14] Professional Engineer, Vol. 20-21. National Society of Professional Engineers, 1950. p. 94.

[15] Who was Phil Carroll - Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers

[16] Craig Lee Taylor, Engineering and Physiology: Los Angeles; 1909-1958; Professor at cdlib.org. Accessed 06-07-2017.

[17] The Journal of Industrial Engineering. Vol. 12. 1961. p. i

[18] “Daniel M. Braum receives Gilbreth Medal,” GC series 1, c.1, f.LMG Scrapbook of Activities, 1966–67. LMG. Cited in: Jane Lancaster (2015), Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth. p. 393.

[19] Kenneth S. Stephens. ed. Juran, Quality, and a Century of Improvement, 2005. p. 5

[20] Wallace Richardson, Author, Ex-professor At Lehigh University. The Morning Call. March 23, 1989.

[21] The Quest, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2001, published in April 2001.

[22] "SAM Awards Gilbreth Medal," In : The Quest, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 2002,

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