Created in 1951 by industry pioneer Frank Piasecki, the DR. ALEXANDER KLEMIN AWARD is the highest honor the AHS bestows
on an individual for notable achievement in advancing the field of vertical flight aeronautics. The award honors the memory
of an eminent aeronautical engineer, educator, author, and outstanding pioneer in rotary wing aeronautics.
2009 - Professor Inderjit Chopra
2008 - Abraham Karem
2007 - Andrew W. Kerr
2006 - Jean Jacques Philippe
2005 - C. Harry Parkinson
2004 - John P. Magee
2003 - Dean C. Borgman
2002 - Walter G. Sonneborn
2001 - Dr. Peter G. Hamel
2000 - Raymond W. Prouty
1999 - Troy Gaffey
1998 - Francois Legrand
1997 - William W. Walls
1996 - Prof. Alfred Gessow
1995 - Dr. Marat N. Tischenko
1994 - Dr. Kenneth M. Rosen
1993 - Frank Robinson
1992 - Leonard M. "Jack" Horner
1991 - Stanley Hiller, Jr.
1990 - Dr. Kurt Pfleiderer
1989 - Joseph Mallen
1988 - Charles W. Ellis
1987 - Robert Zincone
1986 - Jack G. Real
1985 - Richard M. Carlson
1984 - Kenneth Grina
1983 - Robert R. Lynn
1982 - Wayne Wiesner
1981 - Charles Kaman
1980 - Frank N. Piasecki
1979 - Rene Mouille
1978 - William F. Paul
1977 - Ralph P. Alex
1976 - Kenneth B. Amer
1975 - Edward Woll
1974 - Bernard Lindenbaum
1973 - Paul F. Yaggy
1972 - Edward J. Ducayet
1971 - Robert A. Wagner
1970 - Charles Marchetti
1969 - LTG William B. Bunker, USA
1968 - Rene H. Miller
1967 - Dr. Anselm Franz
1966 - Irven H. Culver
1965 - Elliot Daland
1964 - Dr. Kurt H. Hohenemser
1963 - Frederick B. Gustafson
1962 - BG Robert R. Williams, USA
1961 - Leon L. Douglas
1960 - V. Keith Putnam
1959 - Robert L. Lichten
1958 - Friedrich L. Von Doblhoff
1957 - CPT Wayne W. Eggert, USAF
1956 - Charles H. Zimmerman
1955 - Bartram Kelley
1954 - Michael Gluhareff
1953 - Raoul Hafner
1952 - Louis Breguet
1951 - Igor I. Sikorsky
