The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards the Scientific and Technical Service Award upon the recommendation of its Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. The medal is awarded with a citation reading "in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy." It was first given at the 50th Academy Awards in April 1978, and is given irregularly.
Naming The medal was originally called the Medal of Commendation. In 1997 it was named the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation, in honor of the American sound engineer John A. Bonner who served for several years as the governor of the academy's Sound Branch; and as chair of its Scientific and Technical Awards Committee and its Theater Sound Inspection Committee. Bonner had also been the director of special projects at Warner-Hollywood Studios. The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Arthur Hiller said that no person "...better represents the concept of service and dedication to the Academy" than Bonner and that he was "...dedicated to the Academy for more than 30 years. His devotion to the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater was legendary and his commitment to the Academy was simply extraordinary." From 2025 the award was given the name Scientific and Technical Service Award.
Recipients 1977 (50th) – Gordon E. Sawyer and Sidney Paul Solow 1978 (51st) – John O. Aalberg, Linwood G. Dunn, Loren L. Ryder and Waldon O. Watson 1979 (52nd) – Charles G. Clarke and John G. Frayne 1980 (53rd) – Fred Hynes 1985 (58th) – John H. Whitney, Sr. 1986 (59th) – E. M. (Al) Lewis 1990 (63rd) – Roderick T. Ryan, Don Trumbull and Geoffrey H. Williamson 1991 (64th) – Richard J. Stumpf and Joseph Westheimer 1992 (65th) – Petro Vlahos 1994 (67th) – John A. Bonner 1996 (69th) – Volker Bahnemann and Burton "Bud" Stone 1997 (70th) – Pete Clark 1998 (71st) – David W. Gray 1999 (72nd) – Edmund M. DiGiulio and Takuo Miyagishima 2000 (73rd) – N. Paul Kenworthy, Jr. 2001 (74th) – Ray Feeney 2002 (75th) – Curt Behlmer and Richard Glickman 2003 (76th) – Douglass Greenfield 2005 (78th) – Don Hall 2006 (79th) – Richard Edlund 2007 (80th) – David Inglish 2008 (81st) – Mark Kimball 2010 (83rd) – Denny Clairmont 2011 (84th) – Jonathan Erland 2012 (85th) – Bill Taylor 2013 (86th) – Charles "Tad" Marburg 2018 (91st) – Curtis Clark
See also :Category:Recipients of the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
References
External links
Sci-Tech Awards - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences