Edward Warner Award

The Edward Warner Award is an award that's given in the field of aviation to aviation pioneers or organizations that have contributed to civil aviation. The award is named after Edward Pearson Warner, the first President of the council of ICAO.

The award consists of two items: a medal and a certificate. The medal is made of solid gold and is inscribed with the recipient's name. The certificate is a recognition citing the reasons for the award. The Edward Warner Award is recognized throughout the world as the greatest single honour the international civil aviation community can bestow, for its importance is derived from the fact that it is given by ICAO on behalf of its Member States. No other international civil aviation award offers such wide recognition.

Recipients

1959: Albert Plesman
1961: International Aeronautical Federation
1963: Max Hymans
1965: William Hildred
1968: Henri Bouché ^[1]
1971: Ruben Martin Berta [pt] ^[2]
1972: ASECNA, Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar
1973: Shizuma Matsuo ^[3]
1974: Alex Meyer
1975: Charles Lindbergh
1976: COCESNA, Corporación Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegación Aérea^[4]
1977: Mohammed Soliman El Hakim ^[5]
1978: Don Anderson
1979: Agnar Kofoed-Hansen
1980: Indalecio Rego Fernandez
1981: Harry George Armstrong
1982: Werner Guldimann
1983: Knut Hammarskjöld [sv]
1984: Maurice Bellonte
1985: Alexandr Fedotovich Aksenov
1986: J.R.D. Tata
1988: Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI)
1989: Anesia Pinheiro Machado
1990: Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
1991: Bill Bradfield
1992: Edward R. K. Dwemoh
1993: Arnold W. G. Kean
1994: B. J. Habibie
1995: Elrey Borge Jeppesen
1996: The Institute of Air and Space Law of McGill University
1997: Tatiana Anodina
1998: Kenneth Rattray
1999: Jerome F. Lederer
2000: Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA)
2001: Petro Balabuyev
2002: International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM)
2004: Brian O'Keeffe
2007: Silvio Finkelstein
2010: Nicolas Mateesco Matte
2013: Assad Kotaite
2016: David Ronald de Mey Warren
2019: Roberto Kobeh González
2022: Ángela Marina Donato

References

^ ICAO Bulletin. The Organization. 1969. p. 85. Retrieved February 25, 2018. ICAO Council President Waller Binaghi, right, presents the Edward Warner Award to Henri Bouche. in ceremonies held at ICAO Headquarters on 21 May 1969, the ICAO Edward Warner Award was presented to Henri Bouche of France, who represented his country on the ICAO Council from 1945 to 1966.
^ ICAO Bulletin. The Organization. 1972. p. 20. Retrieved February 25, 2018. Ruben Martin Berta, aviation pioneer. On 17 May in Brazil ICAO President Walter Binaghi presented the Edward Warner Award for 1971 posthumously to Ruben Martin Berta. In a ceremony at the Country Club of Rio de Janeiro, the gold medal and citation were accepted by his widow, Mrs. Catherina Weber de Berta. Mr. Berta, born in Brazil in 1907, dedicated his entire life to civil aviation until his death in 1966. He joined VARIG Airlines in 1927, became its President in 1941, directed ...
^ South African Transport. Bolton Publications. 1973. p. 514. Retrieved May 18, 2018. The International Civil Aviation Organisation decided at its Council meeting held in Montreal in June, to bestow the "Edward Warner Award", the highest honour of Aviation World, on the late Mr. Shizuma Matsuo, former ...
^ Action of the Council. 1975. p. 23. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ Plenary Meetings, Minutes. International Civil Aviation Organization. 1974. p. 105. Retrieved May 18, 2018. The third decision was the one taken by the ICAO Council to grant the Edward Warner Award to Eng. Mohamed Soliman El-Hakim, former President of CACAS. This decision has had a deep moral impact on all civil aviation personnel in...