Award of Merit Recipients
The ASIS&T Award of Merit, established in 1964 by the Delaware Valley Chapter, is now the Association’s highest honor, bestowed annually to an individual who has made a noteworthy contribution to the field of information science, including the expression of new ideas, the creation of new devices, the development of better techniques and outstanding service to the profession of information science. The Award of Merit is sponsored by the Association.
The recipients of the Award of Merit are:
Year
Recipient
2024
Marcia Zeng
2023
Andrew Dillon
2022
Harry Bruce
2021
Steve Sawyer
2020
Diane H. Sonnenwald
2019
Christine Borgman
2018
Toni Carbo
2017
Tom Wilson
2016
Peter Ingwersen
2015
Michael E.D. Koenig
2014
Marjorie M.K. Hlava
2013
Carol C. Kuhlthau
2012
Michael Buckland
2011
Gary Marchionini
2010
Linda C. Smith
2009
Carol Tenopir
2008
Clifford Lynch
2007
Donald H. Kraft
2006
Blaise Cronin
2005
Marcia Bates
2004
Howard D. White
2003
Nicholas J. Belkin
2002
Karen Sparck Jones
2001
Patrick G. Wilson
2000
Donald R. Swanson
1999
Jose Marie Griffiths
1998
Henry Small
1997
Dagobert Soergel
1996
Jean Tague-Sutcliffe
1995
Tefko Saracevic
1994
Harold Borko
1993
Robert M. Hayes
1992
Robert S. Taylor
1991
Roger K. Summit
1990
P. Atherton Cochrane
1989
Gerard Salton
1988
F. Wilfrid Lancaster
1987
Donald W. King
1986
Bernard M. Fry
1985
Robert L. Chartrand
1984
Joseph Becker and Martha Williams
1983
Dale B. Baker
1982
Andrew A. Aines
1981
Herbert S. White
1980
Claire K. Schultz
1979
Frederick Kilgour
1978
Calvin N. Mooers
1977
Allen Kent
1976
Laurence Heilprin
1975
Eugene Garfield
1974
Manfred Kochen
1973
Jesse H. Shera
1972
Phyllis Richmond
1971
Jerold Orne
1970
Cyril W. Cleverdon
1968
Carlos A. Cuadra
1967
Robert Fairthorne
1966
Mortimer Taube
1965
Charles P. Bourne
1964
Hans Peter Luhn