- Benjamin Franklin Medal
The Royal Society of Arts Benjamin Franklin Medal was instituted in 1956 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of
Benjamin Franklin 's birth and the 200th anniversary of his membership to theRoyal Society of Arts .The medal is conferred by the RSA on individuals, groups, and organisations who have made profound efforts to forward Anglo-American understanding in areas closely linked to the RSA's agenda. It is also awarded to recognise those that have made a significant contribution to global affairs through co-operation and collaboration between the
United States and theUnited Kingdom .The medal is awarded annually, alternately to citizens of the United States and the United Kingdom.
Medalists
* 1957 Professor
Frederic Calland Williams OBE DSc MIEE FRS, professor of electrical engineering at theUniversity of Manchester
* 1958Peter Ustinov , actor, producer, director, playwright
* 1959 George Horatio Nelson MA MICE MIMechE MIEE, managing director of The English Electric Company Limited
* 1960 Robert Nicholson, FSIA exhibition and interior designer
* 1961Alick Dick , chairman and managing director of Standard-Triumph International Limited
* 1962 The Lord Rootes GBE, joint founder of theRootes Group
* 1963John Hay Whitney , American diplomatist and publisher
* 1964 SirEvelyn Wrench KCMG, founder of theEnglish-Speaking Union and of the Overseas League
* 1965Paul Mellon , American business and foundation executive
* 1966 SirDenis Brogan D-es Lettres LLD, writer on United States affairs
* 1967 Dr.Detlev Bronk , president of theRockefeller University
* 1968 Peter Wilson, chairman ofSotheby's
* 1969 Dr.Louis Booker Wright PhD Dlitt LHD, director of theFolger Shakespeare Library ,Washington DC
* 1970 SirDenning Pearson , chief executive and chairman ofRolls-Royce Limited
* 1971 David Bruce, diplomat
* 1972 SirWilliam Walton OM, composer
* 1973Alistair Cooke , writer and journalist
* 1974 DameMargot Fonteyn DBE, prima ballerina
* 1975Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis , English scholar
* 1976 Rt HonHarold Macmillan , statesman and publisher
* 1977J. William Fulbright , former United States Senator for Arkansas
* 1978 Dr.Ivor Armstrong Richards , professor emeritus ofHarvard University
* 1979 ProfessorHenry-Russell Hitchcock , writer and lecturer on architectural history
* 1980 SirBernard Lovell OBE FRS, professor of radio astronomy,University of Manchester and then-director ofJodrell Bank Observatory
* 1981Lincoln Kirstein , director,School of American Ballet ,New York City Ballet Company
* 1982 The Lord Sherfield GCB GCMG Diplomat
* 1983 Dr.Lewis Mumford , writer and teacher on town and country planning
* 1984 The LordGordon Richardson of Duntisbourne, retiredGovernor of the Bank of England
* 1985Harry L. Hansen , professor at theHarvard Graduate School of Business Administration
* 1986 SirDavid Wills CBE TD DL, former chairman of theDitchley Foundation
* 1987Kingman Brewster , diplomat
* 1988 ProfessorEsmond Wright , English scholar
* 1989Sam Wanamaker , actor, director and founder of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
* 1990 SirDavid Attenborough , naturalist and broadcaster
* 1991Edward Streator , diplomat
* 1993Robert Venturi andDenise Scott Brown , architects
* 1994 SirJohn Templeton , financial analyst and philanthropist
* 1995 The HonorableRaymond G. H. Seitz , diplomat
* 1996 SirDavid Puttnam , film producer
* 1997William R. Hewlett , co-founder and director emeritus ofHewlett-Packard Company
* 1998 Sir Alex Trotman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofFord Motor Company
* 1999 SenatorGeorge J. Mitchell , special counsel and chairman of the peace negotiations inNorthern Ireland
* 2000 DameJudi Dench , actress
* 2001 AmbassadorPhilip Lader , former US Ambassador to the Court of St James’s
* 2002 DameMarjorie Scardino , chief executive officer ofPearson PLC
* 2003 GeneralColin Powell , former US Secretary of State
* 2004Jonathan Ive , vice-president of design,Apple Computer
* 2005 Dr.Amory Lovins , chief executive officer ofRocky Mountain Institute
* 2008 Ken RobinsonExternal links
* [http://www.thersa.org/about-us/history-and-archive/medals/benjamin-franklin-medal The Benjamin Franklin Medal]
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