Inventor of the Year

Background                                                                                                         Nominating a Candidate for 2008

Since 1973, the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association has each year recognized as "Distinguished Inventor of the Year" an individual or team of individuals from the local community for their contributions to the useful arts. Nominations for this award come from the RIPLA membership, in response to a call for nominations published annually in the Fall of the preceding year. The RIPLA Distinguished Inventor of the Year award winners represent a wide cross-section of fields of endeavor - from academia and independent entrepreneurial efforts to fortune 500 corporate research and development organizations. The award winners make up a virtual "who's who" in innovation in the Rochester area.

Past Recipients of the RIPLA
Distinguished Inventor of the Year Award

 

 1973  Dr. John V. Bouyoucos  1990  Dr. Robert J. Gruber
 1974  Mr. Robert W. Gundlach  1991  Dr. Robert E. Booms and
  Dr. James T. Kofron
 1975  Dr. Kenneth Hickman  1992  Mr. Klaus Gueldenpfennig
 1976  Mr. Ernest Wildhaber  1993  Dr. Duncan T. Moore
 1977  Dr. Wesley T. Hanson, Jr  1994  Dr. Porter W. Anderson and
  Dr. Ronald J. Eby
 1978  Dr. W. Alan Burris  1995  Dr. Damodar M. Pai,
  Dr. Milan Stolka and
  Mr. John F. Yanus
 1979  Dr. Andrew S. Kende  1996  Dr. Derek D. Chapman and
  Dr. Steven Evans
 1980  Mr. John H. Auer, Jr.  1997  Dr. Santokh S. Badesha
 1981  Dr. Max M. Boudakian  1998  Mr. William C. Atkinson,
  Mr. Robert P. Cloutier,
  Mr. Michael L. Wash, and
  Mr. Arthur A. Whitfield
 1982  Dr. Arnold Weissberger  1999  Dr. Robert C. U. Yu
 1983  Mr. Erwin J. Nunlist  2000  Dr. Joe E. Maskasky
 1984  Mr. Donald Harvey  2001  Mr. Vernon E. Gleasman
 1985  Mr. Donald D. Stoltman  2002  Steven Van Slyke and Ching Tang
 1986  Mr. James D. Rees  2003  Dr. Jude Sauer
 1987  Mr. Joseph Mammino  2004  Mr. Frederick J. Buja
 1988  Mr. Matthew J. Russel  2005  Dr. John F. Hamilton, Jr. and Mr. James E. Adams, Jr.
 1989  Dr. Ronald J. Weetman