The YSEA AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, OR EDUCATION is conferred upon an individual outside of the central Yale University community, who has received a degree from Yale, who is recognized for a career reflecting creditably upon the University, and who, through preeminence in science or engineering, has achieved distinction in industry, commerce or education. Past award winners count among their number leading figures from industry and education, including CEOs of some of the world’s most well-known businesses, heads of research and development at premier science and technology firms, cutting edge technology investors, influential faculty members, philanthropists, innovators in management consulting, and others.
HONOR ROLL
Recent recipients:
2022 – Marcella Nunez-Smith
2021 – Susan Hockfield
2020 – Eileen K. Pollack ’78
2019 – Michael Gold ’60 M.Eng.
2018 – Dena M. Bravata, ’89, M.D., M.S.
2017 – Jonathan Ayers ’78
2016 – Edward Tufte ’68 Ph.D.
2013 – David I. Scheer ’84 M.S.
2012 – David W. Pogue ’85
2011 – George C. McNamee ’69
2010 – G. Todd Milne ’89
2009 – George W. Mead II ’50
All recipients, listed in alphabetical order:
- Jonathan Ayers
- David Walter Barry
- Dena M. Bravata
- Tze-Chiang Chen
- William J. Dixon
- Richard N. Foster
- Gordon H. Geiger
- Michael Gold
- Michael H. Jordan
- George A. Keyworth II
- C. Judson King
- Peter J. Kindlmann
- Richard L. Kline
- George C. McNamee
- George W. Mead II
- George M. Milne, Jr.
- G. Todd Milne
- Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.
- David W. Pogue
- Eileen K. Pollack
- Henry B. Schacht
- David I. Scheer
- John S. Toll