Franklin Institute Awards
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The Franklin Institute Awards is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute awards comprises the Benjamin F
Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, received the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.
John McCarthy, AI pioneer, received the 2003 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer Science.
John Kerry receives the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Leadership in 2016.
Vinton Cerf, Internet pioneer, received the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer Science.
Jane Goodall
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Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee ex
Franklin Institute Awards
…Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking. Some of the 21st century laureates of the institute awards are Bill Gates, James P. Allison, Indra Nooyi, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Blackburn, George Church, Robert S. Langer, and Alex Gorsky. In 1998, the Benjamin Franklin Medals were created by reorganizing all of the…
Goodall in 2015
A sculpture of Jane Goodall and David Greybeard outside the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
Goodall in 2009 with Hungarian Roots & Shoots group members
Goodall in 2009 with Lou Perrotti, who contributed to her book Hope for Animals and Their World