The '''Kilby International Awards''' was an award created by the High Tech Committee<ref>"Cook, Truman F.", ''Dallas Morning News'' (March 22, 2006)</ref> of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, in 1990 to boost interest in the area.<ref name=Nature>Anderson, Christopher. "Hagelin & Quantum Theory: Holding on by a superstring", ''Nature'' Vol 359 (September 10, 1992)</ref> It was named after inventor Jack Kilby.<ref name=overview>[http://www.kilby.org/ka_overview.html Overview], ''kilby.org'', The Kilby Awards Foundation</ref> The awards were bestowed at the Chamber's annual "Salute to High Technology" dinners,<ref>Miller, Robert. "UT Southwestern researcher receives 'ballistic' honor", ''Dallas Morning News'' (May 21, 1991)</ref> except for the 2003 Awards, which were held in London.<ref>{{cite press release| url= http://www.kilby.org/pr_2003-10-07.html |title= The Kilby International Awards in London | website= kilby.org| publisher= The Kilby Awards Foundation| date= October 7, 2003| access-date= January 12, 2022}}</ref>
== Recipients == Awards were granted in 1990–1998, 2000<ref>[http://www.kilby.org/kl_past_laureates.html Past Laureates], ''kilby.org'', The Kilby Awards Foundation</ref> and 2003.<ref name=overview/><ref>[http://www.kilby.org/kl_current_laureates.html Current Laureates], ''kilby.org'', The Kilby Awards Foundation</ref>
===1990=== *Truman Cook (Community Catalyst Award) *Mark Fulbright (Student Innovator Award) *Michael Hawley *Bell Helicopter Textron
===1991=== *Wendy Copp (Young Innovator Award) *Apple Computer *EDS *Rockwell International *Tandy Corporation *Texas Instruments *Raytheon Corporation
===1992=== *Drew Gaffney *Richard Smalley *John Hagelin *Fortune Education Summit
===1993=== *Francis S. Collins *Candace B. Pert *George F. Smoot *Mae C. Jemison *K. Eric Drexler (Young Innovator Award)
===1994=== *Robert D. Ballard *Dean Kamen *Stephanie L. Kwolek *Michael A. Zasloff *Mark A. Reed (Young Innovator Award)
===1995=== *Vinton Cerf *Huda Zoghbi *Harry Orr *Hans Herren *Jewel Plummer Cobb (Lifetime Achievement in Education Award) *Tim Berners-Lee (Young Innovator Award) *Marc Hannah (Young Innovator Award)
===1996=== *Steve Wozniak *Helen Murray Free (Lifetime Achievement Award) *Daniel Kaufman *E. Clayton Teague *Kay Toliver *Mike McCue (Young Innovator Award)
===1997=== *James H. Clark *Hector Floyd DeLuca *Sylvia A. Earle *Barry Marshall *Francine Penny Patterson *Susan Athey (Young Innovator Award)
===1998=== *Leonardo Chiariglione *Jennifer Harris (Young Innovator Award) *Florence P. Haseltine *Karl M. Johnson (Lifetime Achievement Award) *Zafra M. Lerman *William E. Strickland *Masashi Yanagisawa
===2000=== *Michael Chasen (Young Innovator Award) *Matthew Pittinsky (Young Innovator Award) *Linus Benedict Torvalds (Young Innovator Award) *Frances Anne Cordova *Bran Ferren *Hendrik Mario Geysen *Margaret Lowman *Martin Schwab *Ada Yonath
===2003=== *Onesmo K. ole-MoiYoi *Dame Bridget Ogilvie *Ralf David Hotchkiss *Mamphela Aletta Ramphele *Janna Levin (Young Innovator Award)
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