1980s • 1982
J. Roger Beatty - Senior Research Fellow at
B. F. Goodrich known for development of rubber testing instruments and methods • 1983
Aubert Y. Coran -
Monsanto researcher responsible for invention of
thermoplastic elastomer Geolast • 1984
Eli M. Dannenberg -
Cabot scientist known for contributions to surface chemistry of carbon black • 1985
William M. Hess -
Columbian Chemicals Company scientist known for contributions to characterization of
carbon black dispersion in rubber • 1986
Albert M. Gessler -
ExxonMobil researcher known for development of elastomeric thermoplastics • 1987
Avrom I. Medalia -
Cabot scientist known for contributions to understanding electrical conductivity and dynamic properties of carbon black filled rubbers • 1988
John G. Sommer -
GenCorp scientist and author of popular texts on rubber technology • 1989
Joginder Lal -
Goodyear Polymer Research Manager and expert in the synthesis and mechanism of the formation of high polymers.
1990s • 1990
Gerard Kraus -
Phillips Petroleum Scientist known for developing testing standard for carbon black surface area • 1991
Charles S. Schollenberger -
B. F. Goodrich chemist who invented
Estane • 1992
Robert W. Layer -
B. F. Goodrich chemist noted for contributions to chemistry of
imines • 1993
John R. Dunn -
Polysar synthetic rubber research chemist • 1994
Noboru Tokita -
Uniroyal and later
Cabot scientist known for studying processing of elastomers • 1995
Edward N. Kresge -
Exxon Chief Polymer Scientist who developed tailored
molecular weight density
EPDM elastomers • 1997
Russell A. Livigni -
Gencorp scientist known for discovery and development of barium-based
catalysts for the
polymerization of butadiene and its copolymerization with styrene to give high trans rubbers with low vinyl content • 1998
Henry Hsieh -
Phillips Petroleum scientist known for contributions to polymerization chemistry • 1999
Avraam I. Isayev -
University of Akron Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science known for widely used texts on rheology and polymer molding technology, as well as for development of technology for
ultrasonic devulcanization of tire rubber.
2000s • 2000
Joseph Kuczkowski -
Goodyear chemist who elucidated mechanisms of
antioxidant function, resulting in the commercialization of several new antioxidant systems • 2002
C. Michael Roland -
Naval Research Lab scientist recognized for blast and impact protection using elastomers, and for diverse contributions to elastomer science • 2003
Walter H. Waddell -
Exxon scientist recognized for his work on tire
innerliner technology • 2004
Oon Hock Yeoh -
Freudenberg Scientist known for contributions to
nonlinear elasticity and
fracture mechanics • 2005
Kenneth F. Castner - Senior Research and Development Associate at
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company known for his work in nickel catalyzed diene polymerization for the synthesis of high cis-polybutadiene • 2006
Meng-Jaio Wang -
Cabot scientist known for studies of
carbon black • 2007
Daniel L. Hertz Jr. - President of Seals Eastern and NASA consultant on the
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster • 2008
Robert P. Lattimer -
Lubrizol Advanced Materials research and development technical fellow • 2009
Frederick Ignatz-Hoover -
Eastman technology fellow and 9th editor of
Rubber Chemistry and Technology 2010s • 2010
William J. van Ooij -
University of Cincinnati professor known for elucidating the mechanisms of brass-rubber adhesion in tires • 2011
Periagaram S. Ravishankar -
Exxon Senior Staff Engineer recognized for development of Vistalon EPDM elastomers • 2012
Robert Schuster - former director of the
German Institute for Rubber Technology (DIK) and popular lecturer on rubber technology • 2014
Shingo Futamura - Materials scientist noted for his concept of the
Deformation Index • 2015
Alan H. Muhr -
TARRC scientist noted for contributions to understanding the mechanics elastomer applications, including laminated rubber isolators, marine fenders, automotive mounts, and structural energy dissipation systems • 2016
Dane Parker -
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company researcher known for developing a single-step process for converting
Nitrile latex to
HNBR latex • 2017
David J. Lohse -
ExxonMobil Materials Scientist known for contributions on thermodynamics of mixing, nanocomposites for controlling permeability, neutron scattering of polymers, rheology of polymers • 2018
Joseph Padovan -
University of Akron Distinguished Professor known for pioneering
finite element procedures for analysis of rolling tires. • 2019
Manfred Klüppel -
German Institute for Rubber Technology department head of Material Concepts and Modeling group
2020s • 2020
Kenneth T. Gillen -
Sandia National Labs researcher noted for contributions to service life prediction methods for elastomers • 2021
Howard Colvin - Organic chemist and consultant to the
tire and
rubber industries noted for developments to rubber chemicals and polymers • 2022
Anil K. Bhowmick -
University of Houston professor known for contributions to polymer nanocomposites, thermoplastic elastomers, sustainability, adhesion, failure and degradation of rubbers and rubber technology • 2023
Anke Blume - engineering technology professor at the
University of Twente known for her contributions to
silica and
silane chemistry for rubber applications. • 2024
Andrew V. Chapman -
TARRC scientist noted for contributions to AFM microscopy of tire tread compounds. • 2025
Sunny Jacob -
ExxonMobil scientist known for leading the development of
Thermoplastic vulcanizates products and processes. • 2026
William V. Mars - Founder of elastomer durability simulation software company Endurica. == See also ==