We’re gearing up for the 2024 Stibitz-Wilson Awards!
Since 1997, the American Computer & Robotics Museum has presented the Stibitz-Wilson Awards to celebrate groundbreakers in the computational and biological sciences. This year, the Stibitz-Wilson Awards will honor medical innovators who are working at the leading edge of technology.
Event details:
Friday, September 20th
The Ellen Theater: 17 W Main St, Bozeman, MT 59715
5pm to 7pm (doors open at 4pm)
Tickets are FREE, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
A limited number of seats will be available for advance reservation starting on June 1.
Did you miss the 2023 ceremony? View the highlight reel, below:
Meet the 2023 Honorees:
Dr. Sylvia Earle is President and Chairman of Mission Blue/The Sylvia Earle Alliance. She is a National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, and is called “Her Deepness” by the New Yorker and the New York Times, “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, and “First Hero for the Planet” by Time. She is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for several corporate and non-profit organizations.
Photo © Kip Evans
NATURE. Accepting the award for NATURE are executive producer Fred Kaufman, series producer Bill Murphy, and series editor Janet Hess. For more than 40 years, NATURE has brought the beauty and wonder of the natural world into American homes, and is one of the most watched documentary film series on public television. The series has won more than 700 awards and honors – including 21 Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, and the first honor ever given to a television program by the Sierra Club.
Gregory Robinson. Robinson’s four-year tenure as James Webb Space Telescope Program Director resulted in far-reaching contributions to the global astrophysics community. His leadership was instrumental to the success of Webb’s mission–a mission that is now delivering the first images of the hidden infrared universe. Robinson oversaw the largest and most complex space science observatory ever flown in space, heading a program that involved nearly 20,000 people across 29 states and 14 countries.
Watch the 2023 Awards Ceremony
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsors:
Zoot Enterprises
the nels and liz leutwiler foundation
Montana state university norm asbjornson college of engineering
Montana state university college of letters and Science
Supporting Sponsor:
Montana State University Office of the President
Contributing Sponsors:
First Interstate Bank
Holmes & Turner, CPAs
In-Kind Sponsors:
Yellowstone Public Radio, ColorWorld Printers, KBZK-TV
A Celebration of Excellence
The Stibitz-Wilson Awards are named for inventor George Stibitz, whose work at Bell Labs in the 1930s helped set the stage for modern digital computing, and for biologist Edward O. Wilson, who made landmark contributions to our understanding of the complex web of life on Earth.
For more than twenty years, the Stibitz-Wilson Awards have recognized insightful men and women whose work has powerfully impacted modern life. Learn about our previous honorees below.