NSA Hall of Honor

The Hall of Honor is a memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. It honors individuals who rendered distinguished service to American cryptology.^[1]

Criteria[]

The Hall of Honor is located on the grounds of the National Cryptologic Museum adjacent to NSA's headquarters in Ft. Meade, MD. Created in 1999, The standards are high for induction into the Hall of Honor. The individuals honored were innovators over their entire peers or made major contributions to the structure and processes of American cryptology.^[2]

Inductees[]

Yearly, the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation recommends a slate of honorees to the National Security Agency for consideration along with nominees from other sources.^[3]

2023[]

Evelyn Akeley
James Lovell
Major General Joseph Mauborgne
James Radford
Harry Rashbaum^[4]

2022[]

Eunice Russel Willson Rice
Youn P. (YP) Kim
Richard "Dickie" George
Robert Orestes Ferner^[5]

2021[]

Joseph E. Gilligan, Jr.
Jack C. Mortick
Clifford Cocks, James H. Ellis, and Malcolm J. Williamson^[6]

2020[]

George Cotter
Whitfield Diffie
David Kahn (writer)
Barbara McNamara
Lester Myers

2019[]

Edward M. Drake
Chief Radioman Harry Kidder, USN
Colonel Alva Bryan Lasswell, USMC
Lieutenant General Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF^[7]

2018[]

Richard L. "Dick" Bernard
Seymour R. Cray
Michael J. Jacobs
Hilda Faust Mathieu
Whitney E. Reed^[8]

2017[]

Mary H. "Polly" Budenbach
Dennis M. Chiari
Colonel Frank E. Herrelko, USAF
Admiral Bobby Inman, USN
Floyd L. Weakley^[9]

2016[]

Gerald Hale
Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG
Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA^[10]

2015[]

Ralph W. Adams, Jr.
Charles R. Lord
William O. Marks
Robert J. McNelis
Virginia Jenkins Riley^[11]

2014[]

Frank C. Austin
Walter Deeley
Howard Ehret
Marian Rejewski
Alan Turing^[12]

2013[]

Vera Ruth Filby
Richard Proto
Washington Wong
Native American Code talkers^[13]

2012[]

Ann Caracristi
Robert E. Drake
Ronald Hunt
Juliana Mickwitz^[14]

2011[]

William D. Coffee
Joseph Desch
Colonel Parker Hitt
Laura Holmes^[15]

2010[]

Joseph Amato
David Boak
Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein
Leo Rosen^[16]

2009[]

Richard A. Day Jr.
Minnie M. Kenny
Major general Doyle E. Larson
Arthur Levenson^[17]

2008[]

Benson K. Buffham
Charles L. Gandy
General Alfred M. Gray
Oliver R. Kirby
Rear Admiral Donald M. Showers^[18]

2007[]

Jacob "Jack" Gurin
Robert J. Hermann
Samuel Simon Snyder^[2]
Milton Zaslow^[19]

2006[]

Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana
Edward A. Everett
Cecil J. Phillips
James W. Pryde
Thomas E. Tremain^[20]

2005[]

William Blankinship
Francis Raven
Arthur J. Salemme
Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger^[21]

2004[]

Dorothy T. Blum
James R. Chiles
Meredith Gardner
Brigadier General John Tiltman^[22]

2003[]

Lambros D. Callimahos
Lowell K. Frazer
Juanita Moody
Howard E. Rosenblum^[23]

2002[]

Captain Thomas H. Dyer
Norman Wild
Richard A. Leibler
Mitford M. Mathews
Charles C. Tevis
Julia Ward^[24]

2001[]

Howard C. Barlow
Mahlon E. Doyle
Sydney Jaffe
Major General John E. Morrison^[25]

2000[]

1999[]

References[]

↑ "Cryptologic Hall of Honor - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Samuel S. Snyder - NSA Hall of Honor Inductee 2007 - jsnyder42's Photos". Jsnyder42.smugmug.com. 2007-10-25. http://jsnyder42.smugmug.com/gallery/3714341_hmRyP#212972386_Qao7h.
↑ "national cryptologic museum foundation Resources and Information". nationalcryptologicmuseumfoundation.com. http://www.nationalcryptologicmuseumfoundation.com/honors.htm.
↑ "Five Cryptologic Giants to be Inducted into NSA's Cryptologic Hall of Honor". https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3631341/five-cryptologic-giants-to-be-inducted-into-nsas-cryptologic-hall-of-honor/.
↑ "NSA Historical Figures". https://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/CollectionId/19636/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2021". Nsa.gov. https://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/#honor.
↑ Blinde, Loren (8 November 2019). "NSA inducts four pioneers into the Cryptologic Hall of Honor". https://intelligencecommunitynews.com/nsa-inducts-four-pioneers-into-the-cryptologic-hall-of-honor/.
↑ Blinde, Loren (17 December 2018). "NSA announces 5 new Hall of Honor inductees". https://intelligencecommunitynews.com/nsa-announces-5-new-hall-of-honor-inductees/.
↑ "Five Pioneers Inducted into the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor". 2 November 2017. https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/Article/1618770/five-pioneers-inducted-into-the-nsacss-cryptologic-hall-of-honor/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees: 2016". National Security Agency. October 18, 2016. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2016/.
↑ "Five Cryptologists Added to NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 29 October 2015. https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2015/five_cryptologists_added_to_hall_of_honor.shtml.
↑ "Five Cryptologists Added to NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 22 October 2014. https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2014/Cryptologists_Added_to_Hall_of_Honor.shtml.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees: 2013". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 13 November 2013. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall_of_honor/2013/index.shtml.
↑ "NSA/CSS Inducts Four Cryptologic Heroes Into Cryptologic Hall of Honor". Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: National Security Agency. 13 September 2012. http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2012/hall_honor_inductees.shtml.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2011 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2011-11-28. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2011/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2010 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2011-04-06. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2010/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2009 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-12-03. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2009/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2008 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2008/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2007 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2007/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2006 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2006/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2005 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2005/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2004 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2004/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2003 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2003/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2002 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2002/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2001 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2001/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 2000 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/2000/.
↑ "Hall of Honor Inductees 1999 - NSA/CSS". Nsa.gov. 2009-01-15. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/hall-of-honor/1999/.