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NSA Hall of Honor
Memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters
Memorial at the National Security Agency headquarters

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.
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.
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.
2023
- Evelyn Akeley
- James Lovell
- Major General Joseph Mauborgne
- James Radford
- Harry Rashbaum
2022
- Eunice Russel Willson Rice
- Youn P. (YP) Kim
- Richard "Dickie" George
- Robert Orestes Ferner
2021
- Joseph E. Gilligan, Jr.
- Jack C. Mortick
- Clifford Cocks, James H. Ellis, and Malcolm J. Williamson
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
2018
- Richard L. "Dick" Bernard
- Seymour R. Cray
- Michael J. Jacobs
- Hilda Faust Mathieu
- Whitney E. Reed
2017
- Mary H. "Polly" Budenbach
- Dennis M. Chiari
- Colonel Frank E. Herrelko, USAF
- Admiral Bobby Inman, USN
- Floyd L. Weakley
2016
- Gerald Hale
- Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG
- Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA
2015
- Ralph W. Adams, Jr.
- Charles R. Lord
- William O. Marks
- Robert J. McNelis
- Virginia Jenkins Riley
2014
- Frank C. Austin
- Walter Deeley
- Howard Ehret
- Marian Rejewski
- Alan Turing
2013
- Vera Ruth Filby
- Richard Proto
- Washington Wong
- Native American Code talkers
2012
- Ann Caracristi
- Robert E. Drake
- Ronald Hunt
- Juliana Mickwitz
2011
- William D. Coffee
- Joseph Desch
- Colonel Parker Hitt
- Laura Holmes
2010
- Joseph Amato
- David Boak
- Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein
- Leo Rosen
2009
- Richard A. Day Jr.
- Minnie M. Kenny
- Major general Doyle E. Larson
- Arthur Levenson
2008
- Benson K. Buffham
- Charles L. Gandy
- General Alfred M. Gray
- Oliver R. Kirby
- Rear Admiral Donald M. Showers
2007
- Jacob "Jack" Gurin
- Robert J. Hermann
- Samuel Simon Snyder
- Milton Zaslow
2006
- Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana
- Edward A. Everett
- Cecil J. Phillips
- James W. Pryde
- Thomas E. Tremain
2005
- William Blankinship
- Francis Raven
- Arthur J. Salemme
- Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger
2004
- Dorothy T. Blum
- James R. Chiles
- Meredith Gardner
- Brigadier General John Tiltman
2003
- Lambros D. Callimahos
- Lowell K. Frazer
- Juanita Moody
- Howard E. Rosenblum
2002
- Captain Thomas H. Dyer
- Norman Wild
- Richard A. Leibler
- Mitford M. Mathews
- Charles C. Tevis
- Julia Ward
2001
- Howard C. Barlow
- Mahlon E. Doyle
- Sydney Jaffe
- Major General John E. Morrison
2000
- Louis W. Tordella
- Captain Joseph Rochefort
- Agnes Meyer Driscoll
1999
- William F. Friedman
- Elizebeth Friedman
- Herbert Yardley
- Captain Laurance Safford
- Frank Rowlett
- Abraham Sinkov
- Solomon Kullback
- Lieutenant General Ralph Canine
References
References
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