1998 – Naoki Yokoyama 1997 – Fujio Masuoka 1996 – Seiki Ogura 1995 – M. George Craford 1994 – Lubomyr T. Romankiw 1993 – B. Jayant Baliga 1992 – Praveen Chaudhari, Jerome J. Cuomo, and Richard J. Gambino 1991 – Morton B. Panish 1990 – Satoshi Hiyamizu and Takashi Mimura 1989 – Takanori Okoshi 1988 – James R. Boddie and Richard A. Pedersen 1986 – Bishnu S. Atal and Fumitada Itakura 1985 – Russell D. Dupuis and Harold M. Manasevit 1984 – David E. Carlson and Christopher R. Wronski 1983 – Robert W. Brodersen, Paul R. Gray, and David A. Hodges 1982 – John Arthur, Jr. and Alfred Y. Cho 1981 – Calvin F. Quate 1980 – Anthony J. Demaria 1979 – Ping King Tien 1978 – Charles K. Kao, John B. MacChesney, and Robert D. Maurer 1977 – Horst H. Berger and Siegfried K. Wiedmann 1976 – Herbert John Shaw 1975 – A. H. Bobeck, P. C. Michaelis, and H. E. D. Scovil 1974 – Willard Boyle and George E. Smith 1973 – Nick Holonyak 1972 – Stewart E. Miller 1971 – Martin Ryle 1970 – John A. Copeland 1969 – J. B. Gunn 1968 – Emmett N. Leith 1966 – Paul K. Weimer 1965 – William R. Bennett, Jr.