- James H. Doolittle Award
The James H. Doolittle Award is an honor presented annually by the
Society of Experimental Test Pilots . It is an award for "outstanding accomplishment in technical management or engineering achievement in aerospace technology". The award consistes of a perpetual trophy on permanent display at SETP headquarters, and a smaller replica presented to the recipient. It is named after General James Doolittle, famous for theDoolittle Raid on Tokyo during World War II.Recipients
*1966 - James L. Pearce
*1967 - Richard W. Taylor
*1968 - William Paul Thayer
*1969 - Guy M. Townsend, BGen., USAF (Ret)
*1970 - William M. Magruder
*1971 - C. H. Meyer
*1972 - Donald K. Slayton, NASA/MSC
*1973 - William S. Ross, McDonnell Aircraft Company
*1974 - William R. Murray
*1975 -Robert A. Rushworth , Major General, USAF
*1976 -Frank Borman
*1977 - Robert C. Little
*1978 - William R. Laidlaw
*1979 - Thomas P. Stafford, LGen., USAF
*1980 - J. Lynn Helms
*1981 -Thomas B. Hayward , Admiral, USN
*1982 -Allen E. Paulson
*1983 - Herbert Z. Hopkins
*1984 - Donald D. Engen, VAdm, USN (Ret)
*1985 - Olle Klinker
*1986 - Hon. John E. Krings
*1987 -Burt Rutan ,Scaled Composites
*1988 -Richard H. Truly , Rear Admiral, USN
*1989 - Irving L. Burrows
*1990 - Robert P. Harper
*1991 - Gordon E. Fornell, LGen., USAF
*1992 - William C. Bowes, Vadm., USN and Peter W. Odgers, MGen, USAF (Ret)
*1993 - A. W. "Tony" LeVier
*1994 - Per E. Pellebergs
*1995 - Stephan A. Hanvey
*1996 - Sean C. Roberts, National Test Pilot School
*1997 - Franklin D. Robinson
*1998 - J. Kenneth Higgins
*1999 - Pete Reynolds
*2000 - Sir Charles Masefield
*2001 - Joe Dyer, VAdm,USN
*2002 - Phil Schultz
*2003 – Rogers E. Smith, EADS
*2004 –Burt Rutan
*2005 - Robert C. Ettinger,Northrop Grumman Unmanned SystemsReferences
* [http://www.setp.org/HTML/Awards/Criteria/Doolittle.htm SETP Award webpage]
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