NSA Hall of Honor
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. 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
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
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
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
2006
- Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana
- Edward A. Everett
- Cecil J. Phillips
- James W. Pryde
- Thomas E. Tremain
2005
2004
- Dorothy T. Blum
- James R. Chiles
- Meredith Gardner
- Brigadier General John Tiltman
2003
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
1999
- William F. Friedman
- Elizebeth Friedman
- Herbert Yardley
- Captain Laurance Safford
- Frank Rowlett
- Abraham Sinkov
- Solomon Kullback
- Lieutenant General Ralph Canine