YEAR

AWARD WINNER

CONSIDERATIONS

1992

Rodger Shepherd

for co-founding The Oughtred Society, for starting and publishing the Journal of the Oughtred Society in the early years, for major contributions in organizational activities, and for research, Journal papers and continent-bridging translations

1993

Robert K. Otnes

for co-founding The Oughtred Society, for starting and publishing the Journal of the Oughtred Society and for building it as Editor and often as author over the past 14 years into the quality publication which is now The Oughtred Society’s flagship product, and for extensive research of the history of slide rules

1994

Conrad Schure

for researching the history of slide rules, for authoring many articles since the early 1990s in the Journal of the Oughtred Society, for serving the Society as Regional Advisor and since 2000 as Treasurer, and for organizing and hosting the Society’s East Coast Meetings for many years

1995

IJzebrand Schuitema

for organizing slide rule collectors into the Dutch Circle, for his impressive series of national and international expositions and research publications, and for his leading role in the organization of the first International Meeting IM1995 in Utrecht and later meetings

1996

Colin Barnes

for rallying slide rule collectors into the United Kingdom Slide Rule Circle, for research and publishing of many articles, facsimiles and transcriptions of originals, for editing the “Skid Stick” magazine, the “Slide Rule Gazette”, and for his substantial role in the organization of the International Meeting IM1996 in Cambridge and later meetings

1997

Dieter von Jezierski

for writing the first modern book on slide rules, for his substantial role in the organization of the International Meeting IM1997 in Stein, and for sharing his wide expertise acquired as collector and as former employee at Faber-Castell in numerous research publications and communications

1998

Heinz Joss

for his research and publications especially on Swiss slide rules and for his leading role in the organization of the International Meeting IM1998 in Huttwil

1999

Peter M. Hopp

for writing his extensive reference book on slide rules, for his organizational activities in the UKSRC and United Kingdom-based International Meetings, for co-editing the “Slide Rule Gazette”, and for publishing many diverse research studies and articles

2000

Hans (1926-2000)
& Irene Dennert

for preserving, organizing and sharing the extensive Dennert / ARISTO archive and collection with museums and collectors, and for intensively supporting, publishing and presenting studies of the history of their company

2001

Andrew D. Davie

for starting the first major slide rule website “Slide Rule Trading Post” and the “Slide Rule Forum” discussion group on the internet, reaching many hundreds of international slide rule collectors with highlights like the first slide rule emulator, the Soviet calculators collection, and the “slide rule with digital display” hoax

2002

Michael O'Leary
(1951-2003)

for stimulating and moderating internet discussions on the “International Slide Rule Group” knowingly and kindly, and for researching and publishing comprehensive studies and catalogues, especially on Keuffel & Esser and Pickett slide rules

2003

Herman van Herwijnen
(1929-2004)

for co-founding the Dutch Circle and for collecting over some 15 years data and images of many thousands of slide rules and publishing this treasure of information in the digital “Slide Rule Catalogue”

2004

Klaus Kühn

for rallying German slide rule collectors into the Rechenschieber Sammler Treffen group, for his leading role in the organization of the International Meeting IM2001 in Munich and IM2004 in Bad Driburg, and for initiating and co-editing the comprehensive reference book “Dennert & Pape / ARISTO 1872 – 1978”

2005

Thomas Wyman

for researching the history of slide rules, for authoring many articles in the Journal of the Oughtred Society and for serving the Society as Member and Officer, since 1997 as President

2006

Walter Shawlee II

For drawing over the past 10 years more than half a million visits to his striking website "Slide Rule Universe", combining with commercial offers a wealth of information on slide rules and their operation, manuals, brands, types, construction, maintenance and history, thereby encouraging many beginning slide rule enthusiasts. Also for his support of The Oughtred Society by promoting the Society in his website activities and by his involvement in the OS Slide Rule Reference Manual

2007

Rod Lovett

for creating in 2004, maintaining and extending a number of powerful and user-friendly online database and search engines, to look for many facets of slide rule information:Literature Search and Retrieval, eBay Search, ISRG and Forum Archive, and more recently Herman's Archive. These information services have made the accumulated slide rule knowledge widely available to every collector, anytime and anywhere.