Golden Plate Awardees listed by year
1961 Roger Adams, Ph.D. National Medal of Science
1961 Luis Walter Alvarez, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics
1961 Herbert L. Block Three Pulitzer Prizes for Editorial Cartooning
1961 Charles Stark Draper, Ph.D. Aeronautics and Engineering
1961 Rear Adm. George Dufek, USN South Polar Exploration
1961 Thomas Hart Benton Painter and Muralist
1961 John W. Galbreath Industrialist and Sportsman
1961 Learned Hand Jurist and Judicial Philosopher
1961 Douglas Edison Harding Philosopher, Author and Teacher
1961 George N. Hatsopoulos, Sc.D. Thermodynamics and Engineering
1961 Bob Hope "Ambassador of Entertainment"
1961 Clarence L. (Kelly) Johnson Aircraft Design Engineer
1961 Yousuf Karsh Portrait Photography
1961 Frank H. Knight, Ph.D. Economist and Social Philosopher
1961 R. G. LeTourneau Inventor and Philanthropist
1961 Willard F. Libby, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1961 General Douglas MacArthur, USA Congressional Gold Medal
1961 Charles William Mayo, M.D. The Mayo Clinic
1961 David H. Murdock Investor and Developer
1961 Theodore Roethke Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1961 Alfred Sherwood Romer, Ph.D. Zoology and Paleontology
1961 George Silk LIFE Photojournalist
1961 Garrison and A. Mose Siskin Siskin Children's Institute
1961 Lieutenant Don Walsh, USN Undersea Exploration
1961 Alan T. Waterman, Ph.D. Science and Public Welfare
1961 Alvin M. Weinberg, Ph.D. Nuclear Energy
1961 William Wyler Motion Picture Direct
1961 Carl Owen Dunbar, Ph.D. Invertebrate Paleontologist
1961 Isadore Perlman, Ph.D. Nuclear Chemist
1961 John V. Becker Father of the X-15
1961 Konrad Bates Krauskopf, Ph.D. Geochemistry
1961 Harold S. Osborne, Eng.D. Electrical Engineering
1961 John S. Foster, Jr., Ph.D. Atomic Energy
1962 Murray Gell-Mann, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics
1962 Nina Starr Braunwald, M.D. First Woman Heart Surgeon
1962 James S. Copley Journalism
1962 Maxime A. Faget Mercury Capsule Design
1962 J. Harry Goldie Senior Engineer, Dyna-Soar Space Glider
1962 Rafer Johnson Olympic Champion
1962 Waldo K. Lyon, Ph.D. Submarine Conquest of the Arctic
1962 Marisol Sculpture
1962 Louis Nizer Law and Literature
1962 Alton Ochsner, M.D. and John Ochsner, Sr., M.D. Founders, The Ochsner Clinic
1962 Peter G. Peterson Business and Public Service
1962 John R. Pierce, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
1962 Frank Press, Ph.D. Geophysics
1962 Vice Adm. William F. Raborn, Jr., USN Father of the Polaris
1962 Robert Stack Actor, TV Series The Untouchables
1962 Wendell M. Stanley, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1962 Colonel John Stapp, M.D., Ph.D. National Medal of Technology
1962 Harrison A. Storms, Jr., Ph.D. Aeronautics Pioneer
1962 Thomas Vanderslice, Ph.D. Vacuum Research
1962 Father William B. Wasson Savior of Orphaned Children
1962 Jerrie Cobb Aviation Hall of Fame
1962 Maryly Van Leer Peck, Ph.D. Engineering and Education
1962 Theodore J. Gordon Chief Engineer, Saturn S-IV Space Vehicle
1962 A. Keith Pierce, Ph.D. Designer of the Solar Telescope
1962 Harry Julian Allen Aeronautical Engineering
1962 Frank H. Krusen, M.D. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1962 Wayne E. Quinton Bioengineering
1962 Karel Jan (Charlie) Bossart Father of the Atlas
1962 James Raymon Dempsey Civilian Space Pioneer
1962 Thomas Baron, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
2017 Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2017 Peter Gabriel Singer, Songwriter and Humanitarian
2017 Sir Michael Caine British Film Icon
2017 Sir John Gurdon Nobel Prize in Medicine
2017 Svetlana Alexievich Nobel Prize In Literature
2017 Lynsey Addario Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist
2017 Demis Hassabis, Ph.D. Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence
2017 Venki Ramakrishnan, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2017 Sir Kazuo Ishiguro Nobel Prize in Literature
2017 John Banville Acclaimed Irish Novelist
2017 Lord Norman Foster Architecture Gold Medal
2017 Simone Biles Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist
2017 Ron Dennis Founder, McLaren Technology Group
2017 Paul Kagame President of Rwanda
2017 Jimmy Page Guitarist and Founder of Led Zeppelin
2017 Valentino Garavani Fashion Design
2017 Sir Andre K. Geim Nobel Prize in Physics
2017 Neil M. Gorsuch Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
2017 Eric Greitens Governor of Missouri
2017 F. Duncan M. Haldane, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics
2017 Sebastian Junger Journalist and Filmmaker
2017 Brian K. Kobilka, M.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2017 John Overdeck Co-founder, Two Sigma Investments
2017 David Siegel, Ph.D. Pioneer in Technology and Investment Management
2017 Stefano Pessina CEO, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017 Charlie Rose Broadcast Journalism
2017 Bartlett Sher Tony Award-winning Theater Director
2017 Ernest Cardinal Simoni Albania's Heroic Servant of God
2017 Sting Songwriters Hall of Fame
2017 Randy W. Schekman, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Medicine
2017 Dame Antonia Susan Byatt English Novelist and Essayist
2019 Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D. Founder of SiriusXM and United Therapeutics
2019 Lynn Nottage Two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
2019 Leymah Gbowee Nobel Prize for Peace
2019 Lee S. Ainslie III Investor and Philanthropist
2019 James P. Allison, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Medicine
2019 Elaine L. Chao U.S. Secretary of Transportation
2019 Judy Collins Singer, Songwriter and Activist
2019 Roger Daltrey Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2019 Pete Townshend Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2019 John Doerr Investor and Venture Capitalist
2019 Sir Lucian Grainge Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group
2019 Buddy Guy Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement
2019 Thomas Heatherwick Designer of the Extraordinary
2019 Marillyn A. Hewson Chairman, President and CEO of Lockheed Martin
2019 Paul Tudor Jones II Investor and Philanthropist
2019 Daniel Kahneman, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Economics
2019 Ian McEwan English Novelist and Screenwriter
2019 Sir Van Morrison Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2019 Nadia Murad Nobel Prize for Peace
2019 James Nachtwey Photojournalist and War Photographer
2019 Orhan Pamuk Nobel Prize in Literature
2019 Justin Peck Tony Award for Choreography
2019 Armando Christian Pérez Musician, Activist and Entrepreneur
2019 Bryan Stevenson Founder of Equal Justice Initiative
2019 T.J. StilesPulitzer Prizes for History and Biography
2019 Donna Strickland, Ph.D.Nobel Prize in Physics
2019 Kip Thorne, Ph.D.Nobel Prize in Physics
2019 Steven Tyler Songwriters Hall of Fame
2019 Feng Zhang, Ph.D.Co-Developer, CRISPR Gene Editing Technology
2019 Smokey Robinson Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2019 Carla Hayden, Ph.D. Librarian of Congress
2019 Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Theatre Composer
2019 Brett M. Kavanaugh Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
2019 Ron Chernow Pulitzer Prize for Biography
2019 Yann LeCun, Ph.D. Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence
2019 Gladys Knight Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2019 Denyce Graves Mezzo-Soprano and Cultural Ambassador
2021 Andrea M. Ghez, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics
2021 Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Medicine
2021 Katalin Karikó, Ph.D. Developer of mRNA vaccines
