ASA Silver Medal
The ASA Silver Medal is an award presented by the Acoustical Society of America to individuals, without age limitation, for contributions to the advancement of science, engineering, or human welfare through the application of acoustic principles or through research accomplishments in acoustics. The medal is awarded in a number of categories depending on the technical committee responsible for making the nomination.
Recipients of the medal are listed below.
Silver Medal
- 1976 - Theodore J. Schultz
- 1999 - Ronald T. Verrillo
- 2004 - James G. Miller
Silver Medal in Bioresponse to Vibration
- 1974 - Harry F. Olson
- 1976 - Hugh S. Knowles
- 1978 - Benjamin B. Bauer
- 1982 - Per Vilhelm Bruel
- 1984 - Vincent Salmon
- 1986 - Albert G. Bodine
- 1989 - Joshua E. Greenspon
- 1992 - Alan Powell
- 1995 - James E. West
- 1998 - Richard H. Lyon
- 2004 - John V. Bouyoucos
- 1981 - Carleen M. Hutchins
- 1984 - Arthur H. Benade
- 1986 - John C. Backus
- 1989 - Max V. Matthews
- 1992 - Thomas D. Rossing
- 1998 - Neville H. Fletcher
- 2003 - Johan E.F. Sundberg
- 2008 - Gabriel Weinreich
Silver Medal in Noise
- 1978 - Harvey H. Hubbard
- 1981 - Henning E. von Gierke
- 1984 - William W. Lang
- 1986 - Tony F. W. Embleton
- 1988 - William J. Galloway
- 1992 - George C. Maling, Jr.
- 1994 - Kenneth M. Eldred
- 1999 - Larry H. Royster
- 2002 - Louis C. Sutherland
- 2006 – Alan H. Marsh
- 1975 - Isadore Rudnick
- 1977 - Martin Greenspan
- 1979 - Herbert J. McSkimin
- 1985 - David T. Blackstock
- 1988 - Mark A. Breazeale
- 1991 - Allan D. Pierce
- 1994 - Julian D. Maynard
- 1997 - Robert E. Apfel
- 2000 - Gregory W. Swift
- 2003 - Philip L. Marston
- 2006 – Henry E. Bass
- 2008 - Peter J. Westervelt
- 1977 - Lloyd A. Jeffress
- 1981 - Ernest Glen Wever
- 1987 - Eberhard Zwicker
- 1990 - David M. Green
- 1994 - Nathaniel I. Durlach
- 2001 - Neal F. Viemeister
- 2002 - Brian C. J. Moore
- 2004 - H. Steven Colburn
- 2006 – William A. Yost
- 1975 - Franklin S. Cooper
- 1980 - Gunnar Fant
- 1983 - Kenneth N. Stevens
- 1987 - Dennis H. Klatt
- 1991 - Arthur S. House
- 1994 - Peter Ladefoged
- 1997 - Patricia K. Kuhl
- 2005 - Katherine S. Harris
- 2007 - Ingo R. Titze
- 2009 - Winifred Strange
Interdisciplinary Silver Medal
If the nomination is made by two or more technical committees the Silver Medal is known as the Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal. Recipients include
- 1983 - Eugen J. Skudrzyk (Theoretical and Applied Acoustics)
- 1990 - Wesley L. Nyborg (Physical Acoustics and Bioresponse to Vibration)
- 1991 - W. Dixon Ward (Psychological andPhysiological Acoustics, Musical Acoustics, and Noise)
- 1992 - Victor C. Anderson (Underwater Acoustics and Engineering Acoustics)
- 1993 - Steven L. Garrett (Physical Acoustics and Engineering Acoustics)
- 1997 - Gerhard M. Sessler (Engineering Acoustics and Physical Acoustics)
- 1998 - David E. Weston (Acoustical Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics)
- 1999 - Jens P. Blauert (Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, Architectural Acoustics and
- 2000 - Lawrence A. Crum (Physical Acoustics and Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration)
- 2001 - William M. Hartmann (Musical Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics and Architectural Acoustics)
- 2002 - Arthur B. Baggeroer Underwater Acoustics, Acoustical Oceanography and Signal Processing in Acoustics)
- 2004 - David Lubman (Silver Medal in Architectural Acoustics and Noise)
- 2005 - Gilles A. Daigle (Noise and Physical Acoustics)
- 2006 - Mathias Fink (Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration/Acoustical Oceanography)