Tektronix had an Engineering Council in the late 1970s. This article in the September 8, 1978 issue of TekWeek details the membership of the council.
This July 6, 1979 issue of TekWeek describes the 190 inventors honored at the first Inventor Recognition Banquet held on June 28th. The patent recipients were recognized with a framed copy of their award letter and patent. Included is also an article on the 38 engineers recently appointed to the position of Engineer/Scientist level IV or V. Click on the image to view the PDF.
Patent recipients were given a framed copy of their award letter and patent. Click on the image to view a higher resolution PDF.
Trade Secrets were also recognized as equivalent to a patent with their own award.
This May 11, 1984 issue of TekWeek describes the 130 inventors honored at the second Inventor Recognition Banquet held on April 24th. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This September 27, 1985 TekWeek article describes the inventors honored at the third Inventor Recognition Banquet held on September 10th.
This January 3, 1986 TekWeek article describes the inventors honored at the fourth Inventor Recognition Banquet. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This February 7, 1986 TekWeek article describes the number of patents and the inventor honor rolls.
This September 4, 1987 issue of TekWeek describes the 109 inventors honored at the Inventor Recognition Banquet. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This September 30, 1988 issue of TekWeek describes the inventors honored at the Inventor Recognition Banquet. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This September 22, 1989 issue of TekWeek describes the inventors honored at the Inventor Recognition Banquet.
Other awards were added to the annual Inventors Recognition Dinner and the event was renamed the Technical Excellence Banquet. Patent recipients were recognized with a leatherette portfolio with their award letter and patent.
The President's award was established to recognize new college graduates who made outstanding contributions in their first 5 years of their career.
The Software Leadership Award was established to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to improving and championing the software development process.
The Manufacturing Technology Leadership Award was established to recognize those who developed critical manufacturing processes to deliver technically complex products at their cost, volume, and performance requirements.
This February 13, 1998 Tekweek features award winners in all three categories. Click on the image to view the PDF.
The Howard Vollum award was instituted in 1987 after the death of founder Howard Vollum. The award continues Howard's ideals and legacy by recognizing individuals at Tektronix whose contributions clearly exemplify engineering excellence in Howard's tradition and represents the highest level of engineering sustained over a period of time with considerable market success. It is the lifetime achievement award for engineering at Tektronix and is not necessarily given out every year. This photo shows the gorgeous crystal award. It is no longer available from the vendor and so has been changed recently.
We are looking to add articles for all the award winners.
This March 6, 1987 TekWeek features the first-ever winner of the Howard Vollum award, Art Metz. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This March 4, 1988 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winners Jack Sterett and Rod Bristol. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This June 2, 1989 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winner Gene Andrews. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This 1990 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winners Graeme Boyle and Val Garuts. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This February 5, 1993 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winner Richard Bannister. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This February 4, 1994 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winner Chuck Saxe. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This February 10, 1995 TekWeek features the Howard Vollum award winner team of Wayne Jeager and Don Titterington. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This same team won the Johann Gutenberg industry prize for their significant contribution to the printing industry. Click on the image to view the PDF.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 1996 was Steve Sullivan.
The February 7, 1997 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winner Ron Burr. Click on the image to view the PDF.
This February 13, 1998 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winner Phil Crosby. Click on the image to view the PDF. Portions of Phil's speech were reprinted in the February 27, 1998 TekWeek. Click on the second image to view that PDF.
This April 1999 TekWeek features Howard Vollum award winner Dan Baker. Click on the image to view the PDF.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 2000 was Linley Gumm.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 2001 was Dan Kneirim.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 2002 was Eric Etheridge.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 2004 was Dave McKinney.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 2009 was Kei-Wean Yang.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 2011 was Tom Buzak.
The Howard Vollum award winner in 2015 was Ira Pollock .
The Technical Excellence Awards banquet recognized patent and trade secret recipients and various engineering awards including the President's Award for significant achievement by new college hires, and the Howard Vollum lifetime achievement award.
In 2000, the various engineering awards were reorganized around the four themes of the company - Strategy, Execution, Velocity, and People. Only the patent and trade secret recipients were included in the program since those were known prior to the banquet. The program also lists Tektronix executive staff and the Tektronix Fellows. Click on the image to view the 2000 Program PDF.
Click on the image to view the 2001 Program PDF.
In 2008, Tektronix established the honorary "Master Inventor" title for those individuals who have achieved 10 or more patents at Tektronix. This photo shows those individuals who had achieved this recognition at the 2008 Technical Excellence Awards banquet.
Click on the image to view a higher resolution PDF with the associated names. We believe these are correct but let us know if you spot an error.
In addition to using the title and logo on their business card, this watch is also awarded to the individual.
At this same 2008 Technical Excellence Awards banquet Patent, Trade Secret, and the Technical Excellence Award recipients were recognized. The theme for the event was Artists of Innovation. This program for the event lists these winners along with photos, a brief bio, and years at Tektronix. Click on the image to view the PDF.
In 2018, Tektronix created the annual "Connie Wilson Award" to recognize those within the company raise the bar in engineering. The Tektronix announcement is at www.tek.com/en/blog/lets-celebrate-international-women-engineering-day-and-teks-own-connie-wilson External site
The Oregon Masters Swimming site also announced this award at swimoregon.org/tektronix-honors-connie-wilson/ External site
The Oregon Masters Swimming site can also be viewed in this PDF. Click on the image to view the PDF.
