The C. B. Sawyer Memorial Award is to recognize outstanding contributions in the development, production or characterization of piezoelectric materials of interest to the Symposium Technical Program Committee, or to recognize entrepreneurship or leadership within profit or non-profit organizations in the frequency control community (including all parts of the community).

2008 - Jesse Searls
"For the development and successful commercialization of microwave signal sources exhibiting spectral purity that significantly advances the state-of-the-art."

2007 - Errol EerNisse
"For the founding and technical management of companies resulting in the commercialization of sensors based on his inventions of double-ended quartz tuning-fork, and high-stability resonators and sensors based on his understanding of stress effects in quartz."

2006 - John R. Vig
"For seminal contributions to the science and technology of quartz and piezoresonator devices, and for leadership in the frequency control and timing community extending over many years"

2005 - Samuel R. Stein
"For outstanding technical contributions and leadership in the
commercialization of highly precise timing standards and instrumentation".

2004 - Thomas C. English
"For outstanding contributions to the development of wide-scale commercial gas cell rubidium frequency standards, and for contributions to the understanding of the processes and control of variations in manufacturing these standards".

2003 - Peter W. Krempl
"For outstanding contributions and leadership in the development of Gallium Orthophosphate crystals for sensor and frequency control applications".

2002 - R. Michael Garvey
"For exceptional leadership and technical contributions in the successful development of commercial atomic frequency standards and other time and frequency products".

2001 - Yakov L. Vorokhovsky
"For outstanding entrepreneurship in leading Morion Inc. to a world class company and for many years of dedication to the quartz crystal industry".

2000 - Prof. Boris Mill
"For pioneering the development of the langasite family of single crystal piezoelectric materials".

1999 - Shih S. Chuang
"For contributions and leadership in the development and commercialization of micro-machined quartz crystal devices".

1998 - Donald B. Sullivan
"For leadership in supporting and encouraging the development of frequency and time standards technology"

1997 - Peter G. Sulzer
"For the evolution of a curiosity about quartz resonators into the low noise, low drift rate Sulzer oscillator design that was the foundation for Sulzer Laboratories, Inc."

1996 - Charles J. Jensik
"For leadership in the manufacture and design of precision AT, BT and SC-cut quartz resonators and oscillators."

1995 - Lidya I. Zhourkina
"For outstanding contributions to international standardization, and 30 years of leadership on the IEC Technical Committee No. 49, "Piezoelectric and Dielectric Devices for Frequency Control and Selection."

1994 - Roger Ward
"For technical and industrial contributions to the design and fabrication of quartz crystal resonators."

1993 - Jack L. Saunders
"For leadership in the development and manufacture of quartz resonator measurement equipment used throughout the industry."

1992 - Martin Bloch
"For that rare combination of scientific and entrepreneurial par excellence dedicated to the frequency control industry."

1991 - John G. Gualtieri
"For significant contributions in further understanding alpha quartz as regards to sweeping, etch channels, irradiation, and developing high yields in photolitho graphic processing."

1990 - William H. Horton
"For technical and industrial leadership in the development and manufacture of quartz crystals, filters, and oscillators."

1989 - The award was not presented due to insufficient nominations.

1988 - Charles A. Adams
"For contributions to the development of unique devices and manufacturing technology."

1987 - John A. Kusters
"In recognition of outstanding contributions in engineering, technology development and management relating to quartz crystals and devices."

1986 - Larry E. Halliburton
"For his contributions toward the characterization of cultured quartz using infrared absorption, electron spin resonance, acoustic loss, and thermoluminescence measurements."

1985 - Thrygve Meeker
"For his contributions to the theory and design of piezoelectric quartz devices."

1984 - William B. Benedick, Robert A. Graham and Frank W. Neilson
"For their fundamental experimental studies of the physical properties of crystalline quartz under extreme pressures and rates of loading leading to applications including a high pressure quartz stress gauge with nanosecond time resolution."

1983 - Erich Hafner
"For technical contributions and leadership in the fields of quartz resonator research, technology and measurement, and high precision frequency control."

1982 - No award given in this year (due to lack of suitable award nominations).

1981 - Eduard A. Gerber and Roger A. Sykes
Gerber: "For pioneering research in VHF and UHF precision oscillators and filter crystals and international leadership in the field of frequency control." Sykes: "For outstanding contributions in the development and application of quartz crystals in the frequency control industry."

1980 - Peter Chung-Yi Lee
"For contributions to the theory of vibrations in quartz crystal plates."

1979 - Harry F.R. Tiersten
"For contributions to the theory of piezoelectric resonators."

1978 - Arthur D. Ballato
"For contributions in the field of piezoelectric crystals such as; stacked filters, electric circuit analogues and stress effects in doubly rotated plates."

1977 - Virgil E. Bottom
"In recognition of theoretical and practical contributions to the Quartz Crystal Industry, and inspiration to his students to choose this field of endeavor."

1976 - Warren L. Smith
"For outstanding contributions in the field of precision crystal controlled oscillators of high spectral purity and monolithic crystal filters."

1975 - Morio Onoe
"For theoretical and practical contributions in the field of frequency control and selection, as well as leadership in national and international committees on piezoelectric devices."

1974 - Robert A. Laudise, Robert A. Ballman and David W. Rudd
"For outstanding contributions to the synthesis of crystalline quartz with special properties for resonator applications."

1973 - James C. King
"For major contributions to the understanding of the fundamental properties of quartz crystals, and methods for improvement of these properties in synthetic quartz."

1972 - William J. Spencer
"For advances in the theory and development of piezoelectric crystal devices."

1971 - Donald L. Hammond
"For development and applications of crystal devices to highly precise frequency control, and temperature and pressure instrumentation."

1970 - Issac Koga
"Theoretical and experimental investigations of quartz and tutorial leadership in the field of piezoelectric crystals."

1969 - Arthur W. Warner, Jr.
"Contributions to the development of high frequency thickness shear quartz resonators for precise frequency control and as an aid to the measurement of the intrinsic Q of quartz material."

1968 - Daniel R. Curran and David B. Fraser
Curran: "For original and imaginative design of multielectrode piezoelectric resonators, contributing significantly to the rapid advance of the quartz filter art in the past few years." Fraser: "For contributions to the knowledge of the mechanisms of acoustic loss in crystalline quartz, and the evaluation of this acoustic loss by optical methods."

1967 - Raymond D. Mindlin
"For fundamental contributions to the theory of vibration in piezoelectric resonators leading directly to advancements in the art."

1966 - Warren P. Mason and Rudolf Bechman
Mason: "For outstanding contributions in quartz crystal devices, particularly in the field of frequency selection." Bechman: "For outstanding contributions in quartz crystal devices, particularly in the field of frequency control."