The Howard Vollum Award for Distinguished Accomplishment in Science and Technology is an annual award that was created by Reed College and endowed in 1975 by a grant from the Millicent Foundation, now a part of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The award was created as a tribute to the late C. Howard Vollum, a 1936 Reed graduate and lifelong friend of the college. For his senior thesis project, Vollum built an oscilloscope; he later went on to co-found Tektronix, which revolutionized oscilloscope design and became a world leader in test, measurement, and monitoring technology. The award "recognizes and celebrates the exceptional achievement of one or more members of the scientific and technical community of the Northwest." Winners are selected for "the perseverance, creative imagination, ability to work with people, and fresh approach to problem solving that characterized Howard Vollum's career." Past recipients include Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Leroy Hood.
Recipients 2022 - Kevan M. Shokat 2018 - Mary Ruckelshaus 2017 - Geraldine (Geri) Richmond 2015 - Mary-Claire King 2014 - Ivan E. Sutherland 2013 - Kip S. Thorne 2012 - Edward D. Lazowska 2011 - Lynn M. Riddiford 2010 - Brian Druker 2009 - Carl E. Wieman 2008 - B. Kenneth Koe 2007 - Stanley Fields 2006 - Daniel Bump 2005 - Linus Torvalds 2004 - Warren M. Washington 2003 - Leroy Hood 2002 - Kenneth Raymond 2000 - James T. Russell 1999 - Jane Lubchenco 1997 - Russell J. Donnelly 1996 - Edwin G. Krebs 1995 - Adele Goldberg 1994 - Brian W. Matthews 1993 - Lynwood W. Swanson 1992 - Jerry F. Franklin 1991 - Steve Jobs 1990 - Lewis H. Kleinholz 1989 - Michael L. Posner 1988 - Harold K. Lonsdale 1987 - Gertrude F. Rempfer 1986 - David Powell Shoemaker 1985 - Howard S. Mason 1984 - Bill Gates and George Streisinger 1983 - Paul Lutus 1982 - Victor Klee 1981 - M. Lowell Edwards and Albert Starr 1980 - Paul H. Emmett 1979 - Linus C. Pauling 1978 - C. Norman Winningstad 1977 - Arthur F. Scott 1976 - John M. Fluke 1975 - Douglas C. Strain
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