Lemelson-MIT Prize

The Lemelson-MIT Prize, endowed in 1994 by Jerome Lemelson[?] is awarded to inventors from the United States for outstanding achievement. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest invention prize.

Past winners: 2003

• Leroy Hood (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• (Student Prize)
• (Invention Apprentice)

2002

• Dean Kamen (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Ruth R. Benerito[?] (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Andrew Heafitz (Student Prize)
• Kavita Shukla (Invention Apprentice)

2001

• Raymond Kurzweil (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Raymond Damadian[?] (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Brian Hubert (Student Prize)
• Jordan Sand (Invention Apprentice)

2000

• Thomas Fogarty[?] (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Al Gross[?] (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Amy Smith (Student Prize)
• Charles Johnson (Invention Apprentice)
• Michael Lim, Jalal Khan, and Thomas Murphy received a one-time student team prize

1999

• Carver Mead[?] (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Stephanie Kwolek[?] (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Daniel DiLorenzo (Student Prize)
• Krysta Morlan (Invention Apprentice)

1998

• Robert Langer[?] (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Jacob Rabinow[?] (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Akhil Madhani (Student Prize)

1997

• Douglas Engelbart (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Gertrude Elion[?] (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Nathan Kane (Student Prize)

1996

• Stanley Cohen[?] (Co-recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Herbert Boyer[?] (Co-recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• Wilson Greatbatch[?] (Lifetime Achievement Award)
• David Levy (Student Prize)

1995

• William Bolander[?] (Lemelson-MIT Prize)
• William Hewlett (Co-recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award)
• David Packard[?] (Co-recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Thomas Massie (Student Prize)