The Distinguished PTTI Service Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions related to the management of PTTI systems.
The Award
The Distinguished PTTI Service Award consists of an appropriately designed clock and a certificate. The award is presended at the Annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting.
Award Criteria
The criteria for the Distinguished PTTI Service Award are that the award shall recognize an individual for any of the following contributions to the field of PTTI:
a. provided exceptional leadership and demonstrated ability and ingenuity in the development or application of PTTI over a number of years;
b. designed or develop a significant PTTI system.
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Recipients of the
Distinguished PTTI Service Award
1994
Dr. GERNOT M.R. WINKLER
U.S. Naval Observatory, Retired
1995
DR. JAMES A. BARNES
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (Retired)
1996
PROFESSOR SIGFRIDO M. LESCHIUTTA
Politecnico di Torino and Istituto
Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris
1997
PROFESSOR BERNARD RENE GUINOT
Honorary Astronomer
Observatoire de Paris
1998
DR. JACQUES VANIER
National Research Counsel (Retired)
1999
DR. LEONARD S. CUTLER
Agilent Technologies
2000
MR. ROGER EASTON
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (Retired)
2001
DR. ROBERT F.C. VESSOT
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Retired
2002
MR. HARRY PETERS
Sigma Tau, Incorporated (Retired)
2003
MR. S. CLARK WARDRIP
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (Retired)
2005
DR. NORMAN F. RAMSEY
Harvard University
2006
DR. DAVID MILLS
University of Delaware
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Dr. Joseph D. White, Chairman
Distinguished PTTI Service Award Committee
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Dennis McCarthy
U.S. Naval Observatory
Mr. Donald H. Mitchell
Geil Marketing Associates
Dr. Lara Schmidt
RAND Corporation
Dr. Jacques Vanier
University of Montreal
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