Meet the 2018 Class of Inductees
Honoring a past that has shaped the world’s future.
Founded in 1973 to celebrate our best and brightest achievers, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has inducted more than 500 forward-thinkers who have revolutionized our world. This year’s class is no exception.
Induction Ceremony May 3, 2018 Washington, DC
Meet the Inductees:
Leonard Adleman……RSA Cryptography, Marvin Caruthers….Chemical Synthesis of DNA, Warren Johnson…..Temperature Control, Sumita Mitra…..Nanocomposite Dental Materials, Stan Honey…..Sports Broadcast Graphic Enhancements, Howard S. Jones Jr…….Conformal Antennas, Mary Engle, Pennington….Food Preservation and Storage, Ronald Rivest…..RSA Cryptography, Arogyaswami Paulraj…..MIMO Wireless Technology, Adi Shamir……RSA Cryptography, Joseph C. Shivers Jr……LYCRA? Fiber (Spandex), Ching Wan Tang….Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED, Steven Van Slyke…..Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), Paul Terasaki….Tissue Typing for Organ Transplants; The Terasaki Tray, Jacqueline Quinn…..EZVI (Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron)
Larry King, NIHOF Select Review Committee