TheRoyal Society of Arts Benjamin Franklin Medal [ 1] Benjamin Franklin 's birth and the 200th anniversary of his membership to theRoyal Society of Arts .
The medal is conferred by the RSA on individuals, groups, and organisations who have made profound efforts to forward Anglo-American understanding in areas closely linked to the RSA's agenda. It is also awarded to recognise those that have made a significant contribution to global affairs through co-operation and collaboration between theUnited Kingdom and theUnited States .
The medal is awarded annually, alternately to citizens of the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Benjamin Franklin Medal was designed byChristopher Ironside OBE, in 1956.
1957 ProfessorFrederic Calland Williams OBE DSc MIEE FRS, professor of electrical engineering at theUniversity of Manchester 1958Peter Ustinov , actor, producer, director, playwright 1959George Horatio Nelson MA MICE MIMechE MIEE, managing director of The English Electric Company Limited 1960Robert Nicholson , FSIA exhibition and interior designer 1961Alick Dick , chairman and managing director of Standard-Triumph International Limited 1962The Lord Rootes GBE, joint founder of theRootes Group 1963John Hay Whitney , American diplomatist and publisher 1964 SirEvelyn Wrench KCMG, founder of theEnglish-Speaking Union and of the Overseas League 1965Paul Mellon , American business and foundation executive 1966 SirDenis Brogan D-es Lettres LLD, writer on United States affairs 1967 Dr.Detlev Bronk , president of theRockefeller University 1968Peter Wilson , chairman ofSotheby's 1969 Dr.Louis Booker Wright PhD Dlitt LHD, director of theFolger Shakespeare Library ,Washington, DC 1970 SirDenning Pearson , chief executive and chairman ofRolls-Royce Limited 1971David Bruce , diplomat 1972 SirWilliam Walton OM, composer 1973Alistair Cooke , writer and journalist 1974 DameMargot Fonteyn DBE, prima ballerina 1975Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis , English scholar 1976 Rt HonHarold Macmillan , statesman and publisher 1977J. William Fulbright , former United States Senator for Arkansas 1978 Dr.Ivor Armstrong Richards , professor emeritus ofHarvard University 1979 ProfessorHenry-Russell Hitchcock , writer and lecturer on architectural history 1980 SirBernard Lovell OBE FRS, professor of radio astronomy,University of Manchester and then-director ofJodrell Bank Observatory 1981Lincoln Kirstein , director,School of American Ballet ,New York City Ballet Company 1982The Lord Sherfield GCB GCMG Diplomat 1983 Dr.Lewis Mumford , writer and teacher on town and country planning 1984 The LordGordon Richardson of Duntisbourne, retiredGovernor of the Bank of England 1985Harry L. Hansen , professor at theHarvard Graduate School of Business Administration 1986 Sir David Wills CBE TD DL, former chairman of theDitchley Foundation 1987Kingman Brewster , diplomat 1988 ProfessorEsmond Wright , English scholar 1989Sam Wanamaker , actor, director and founder of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre 1990 SirDavid Attenborough , naturalist and broadcaster 1991Edward Streator , diplomat 1993Robert Venturi andDenise Scott Brown , architects 1994 SirJohn Templeton , financial analyst and philanthropist 1995 The HonorableRaymond G. H. Seitz , diplomat 1996 SirDavid Puttnam , film producer 1997William R. Hewlett , co-founder and director emeritus ofHewlett-Packard Company 1998 SirAlex Trotman , chairman and chief executive officer ofFord Motor Company 1999 SenatorGeorge J. Mitchell , special counsel and chairman of the peace negotiations inNorthern Ireland 2000 DameJudi Dench , actress 2001 AmbassadorPhilip Lader , formerUS Ambassador to the Court of St James's 2002 DameMarjorie Scardino , chief executive officer ofPearson PLC 2003 GeneralColin Powell , formerUS Secretary of State 2004Jonathan Ive , vice-president of design,Apple Computer 2005 Dr.Amory Lovins , chief executive officer ofRocky Mountain Institute 2008 SirKen Robinson , author, educator 2009 ProfessorElizabeth Gould , psychologist,UCLA 2010 ProfessorJonathan Israel , School of Historical Studies,Institute for Advanced Study , Princeton, New Jersey. 2011 ProfessorLawrence W. Sherman , Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. 2013Walter Isaacson , thought leader and author, CEO of theAspen Institute 2015Chris Anderson , entrepreneur and the curator ofTED 2016Wendy Kopp , CEO and co-founder ofTeach For All 2018Herbie Hancock , musician/composer
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