Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award

• Name — Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award • Sponsor — Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research • Awarded For — Naval Research • Established — 1957

The award is named in honor of Captain Robert Dexter Conrad, who was the primary architect of the Navy's basic research program, and the head of the Planning Division of the Office of Naval Research at the time of its establishment. It is designed to recognize and to reward outstanding technical and scientific achievement in research and development for the Department of the Navy (DON).

The Captain Robert Dexter Conrad award will be granted, on an annual basis, to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of research and development for the DON. Such contribution shall be so outstanding as to be widely recognized, not only by the cognizant personnel within the DON, but also by the civilian scientific and engineering community of the Nation. While no time limitation is intended to be imposed in selecting a candidate for the award, it is recommended that only accomplishments of recent years be considered. Award considerations will be given to achievements in any of the following: • Planning and administration of scientific research and development. • Individual achievement or series of achievements which contribute to the progress of science or technology in fields of significance to the Department of the Navy.

At the time of the achievement or contribution cited as a basis for the award, nominees must have been in one of the following categories: • a civilian employee in an active employment status in the Department of Navy • an employee of a Department of Navy contractor • a member of the military service on active duty.

The Chief of Naval Research (CNR) is responsible for obtaining and forwarding, with comments, a nomination to the Secretary of the Navy via the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and System) annually. If none of the nominees submitted in a given year meet the established standards, the CNR will recommend to the Secretary that no award be granted for that year. To avoid possible embarrassment, nominations should be designated “FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY” and safeguarded until final action has been taken.

The Chief of Naval Research will establish a Nomination Review Committee. The committee will consist of nine representatives from Navy activities, which have significant research and development programs. The committee will be responsible for ensuring that the widest possible consideration of potential nominees and for making an appropriate recommendation to the CNR. Award nominations should be in the correct format and be favorably endorsed by the headquarters command. The CNR will issue a notice concerning the nomination due date and general information on the Committee meeting. Prior to this meeting, Committee members will receive a copy of each nomination to be considered. When the Committee meets, each representative should be prepared to provide supporting information on the potential candidate(s) submitted by his or her organization. After each nomination has been discussed, ballots will be completed and a recommendation will be formulated and forwarded to the CNR.

List of recipients and year supplied by the Office of Naval Research; affiliation gleaned from a web search. • 1957 Alan Tower Waterman, Office of Naval Research • 1958 Charles Lauritsen, California Institute of Technology • 1959 Robert M. Page, Naval Research Laboratory • 1960 Ralph Edward Gibson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory • 1961 Howard T. Karsner, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery • 1962 John T. Hayward, United States Navy • 1963 Gerald M. Clemence, Naval Observatory • 1964 Herbert Friedman, Naval Research Laboratory • 1965 Ashton Graybiel, Navy School of Aviation Medicine Pensacola • 1966 Levering Smith, United States Navy • 1967 William Markowitz, Marquette University • 1968 William A. Zisman, Naval Research Laboratory • 1969 George R. Irwin, Naval Research Laboratory • 1970 Haskell G. Wilson, Naval Weapons Center China Lake • 1971 Harry Hoogstraal, Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Cairo Egypt • 1972 Howard O. Lorenzen, Naval Research Laboratory • 1973 William S. Pellini, Naval Research Laboratory • 1974 Fred N. Spiess, Scripps Institution of Oceanography • 1975 John A. Pierce, Harvard University • 1976 Jerome Karle, Naval Research Laboratory • 1977 Charles E. Brodine, Navy Medical Research and Development Command • 1978 Walter H. Munk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography • 1979 Harold E. Bennett, Naval Weapons Center China Lake • 1980 Isabella L. Karle, Naval Research Laboratory • 1981 Victor L. Granatstein, Naval Research Laboratory • 1982 Alan Berman, Naval Research Laboratory • 1983 Alan Powell, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock • 1984 Thomas G. Giallorenzi, Naval Research Laboratory • 1985 Larry J. Argiro, Naval Surface Warfare Center Annapolis • 1986 Peter G. Wilhelm, Naval Research Laboratory • 1987 C. Robert Valeri, Navy Blood Research Laboratory Plymouth • 1988 Fred E. Saalfeld, Naval Research Laboratory and Office of Naval Research • 1989 Jay Paul Boris, Naval Research Laboratory • 1990 Homer W. Carhart, Naval Research Laboratory • 1991 Robert D. Ballard, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute • 1992 William B. Morgan, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock • 1993 Carver A. Mead, California Institute of Technology • 1994 Carl O. Bostrom, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory • 1995 Maurice M. Sevik, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock • 1996 Carl H. June, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Bethesda • 1997 Norman L. Owsley, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport • 1998 Stephen L. Hoffman, Navy Medical Research Center Forest Glen • 1998 Ming Chiang Lin, Naval Research Laboratory • 1999 Timothy P. Coffey, Naval Research Laboratory • 2005 Rolf G. Kasper, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport • 2007 Baruch Levush, Naval Research Laboratory • 2008 Josko Catipovic, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport • 2009 Robert M. Koch, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport • 2010 Ted R. Clem, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City • 2011 Keith Lucas, Naval Research Laboratory • 2012 Kazhikathra Kailasanath, Naval Research Laboratory • 2014 Wallace Arden Smith, Office of Naval Research • 2015 Jerry Meyer, Naval Research Laboratory • 2016 Thomas L. Reinecke, Naval Research Laboratory

Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award is associated with United States. Recorded from 1957.